Professors are Less Likely to Mentor Female and Minority Students, Especially in Business School – The Wire

Another version of the blind cv test to demonstrate bias (see How an ethnic-sounding name may affect the job hunt), this time with respect to mentorship in the US:

Faculty bias is particularly entrenched in areas of study that lead to the best-paying jobs, like the natural sciences and business. “The very worst in terms of bias is business academia,” Milkman says. “We see a 25-percentage-point gap in the response rate to caucasian males versus women and minorities.”

Professors are Less Likely to Mentor Female and Minority Students, Especially in Business School – The Wire.