Importance of undergraduate institution prestige in physics faculty hiring networks

Author:

Grunspan Daniel Z.123,Komperda Regis4ORCID,Offerdahl Erika G.5,Abraham Anna E.2,Etebari Sara2,Maas Samantha A.2,Roberts Julie A.2,Ghafoor Suhail3ORCID,Brownell Sara E.2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada

2. Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, USA

3. Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, USA

4. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA

5. School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA

Abstract

Reforming the professionalization experiences of future faculty members, including their undergraduate experience, provides a possible means to create scalable change in higher education. However, this requires an understanding of where faculty undergraduate training occurs. We analyze data from 7748 tenure-line faculty members across 611 U.S. physics departments, including their undergraduate alma mater and their employer university. The resulting undergraduate professionalization network reveals a prestige hierarchy similar in strength to those previously found in hiring networks at the Ph.D. level, indicating that the road to faculty jobs begins during undergraduate admissions. Furthermore, 42% of physics faculty members earned their undergraduate degrees from institutions outside of the United States. These results reinforce the importance of institutional prestige in academia and offer a potential strategy for driving systemic change. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Funder

National Science Foundation

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)

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