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80% of professors at Ph.D.-granting universities attended the same handful of colleges

November 2, 2022

A small minority of top universities trained most of the faculty at U.S. Ph.D.-granting institutions, essentially dominating the tenure-track hiring process, according to the research.

Even when researchers took field of study into account, 80% of faculty members were educated at only 19% to 28% of universities, depending on their field of study. Differences in university or department size didn’t explain the inequalities in faculty production.

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