Hakkola’s research featured in Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle about diversity in higher education
Inside Higher Education and the Chronicle of Higher Education featured a study by Leah Hakkola, associate professor of higher education at the University of Maine, and doctoral student in higher education Sarah Dyer exploring how faculty search chairs’ status and social identities impact interpersonal committee dynamics and decisions about hiring diverse candidates. The researchers found that the U.S. professoriate remains largely homogeneous, at 53% white men, 27% white women, 10% men of color combined and 5% women of color. This overrepresentation of white men becomes even more obvious when examining the faculty by rank, with white men being especially concentrated in senior faculty positions. R1 News shared the Chronicle of Higher Education report.