Temporal dynamics of faculty hiring in mathematics
Temporal dynamics of faculty hiring in mathematics
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数学教师招聘的时间动态
DOI：
10.1057/s41599-023-01708-9
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发表时间：
2023
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通讯作者：
Topaz, Chad M.
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作者：
FitzGerald, Cody;Huang, Yitong;Leisman, Katelyn Plaisier;Topaz, Chad M.
众所周知，大学教师招聘网络是等级分明的，会加剧各种不平等。尽管如此，在许多学术领域，对招聘动态缺乏详细的历史理解。我们专注于数学领域，分析了70多年来来自150个机构的120，000多条记录，以阐明在个人和部门层面上雇用博士授予（DG）教师的时间动态。我们证明，数学博士学位授予的数量和DG教师职位的数量之间的差距随着时间的推移而增长。即使是最好的DG教师安置记录的机构经历了他们的毕业生获得DG教师职位的概率暂时下降。通过用网络统计量权威中心度来量化各院系的数学声望，发现博士学位声望的对数与学位授予者的数学声望之间存在近似线性关系。机构和获得教师职位的概率的日志。此外，我们观察协会表明，DG教师安置的概率随着时间的推移而下降，女性比男性小。在部门层面，1950年至2019年期间，由14个精英部门组成的小组主导了整个网络的权威中心地位。引人注目的是，这个精英群体中的一个部门不断提高其中心性分数，这暗示了一个部门提高其声望的可能性。这一分析强调了从博士过渡到博士的挑战。数学系教员的保持器。
University faculty hiring networks are known to be hierarchical and to exacerbate various types of inequity. Still, a detailed, historical understanding of hiring dynamics lacks in many academic fields. We focus on the field of mathematics, analyzing over 120,000 records from 150 institutions over seven decades to elucidate the temporal dynamics of hiring doctoral-granting (DG) faculty at the individual and departmental levels. We demonstrate that the disparity between the number of mathematics Ph. Ds awarded and the number of DG faculty positions filled has grown over time. Even institutions with the best records of DG faculty placement have experienced a temporal decline in the probability of their graduates obtaining a DG faculty position. By quantifying the mathematical prestige of each department with a network statistic, authority centrality, we find an approximately linear relationship between the log of the prestige of one’s Ph. D. institution and the log of the probability of obtaining a faculty position. Moreover, we observe associations suggesting that the probability of DG faculty placement has decreased over time and is smaller for women than for men. On the departmental level, a group of 14 elite departments dominated the authority centrality of the entire network between 1950 and 2019. Strikingly, one department within this elite group increased its centrality scores consistently, which hints at the possibility for a department to improve its prestige. This analysis highlights the challenges of transitioning from Ph. D. holder to faculty member in mathematics.
教师招聘网络的动态
影响因子：
3.6
作者：
Eun Lee;A. Clauset;D. Larremore
通讯作者：
D. Larremore
影响因子：
64.8
作者：
Wapman, K. Hunter;Zhang, Sam;Clauset, Aaron;Larremore, Daniel B.
通讯作者：
Larremore, Daniel B.