Differences Between Male Students' and Female Students' Perception of Professors

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This study is an empirical examination of possible differences between female and male college seniors' perceptions between male and female college professors. Subjects were presented with three variations of a scale designed to measure students' perceptions of university professors in general, female professors, and male professors. These students, both male and female, perceived that both male and female professors resembled university professors in general to a greater degree than female professors resembled male university professors. When females were compared with males using positive and negative items from the measurement scale, fifty three positive items could be used to describe female professors and only forty eight could be used to describe male professors.

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Differences Between Male Students' and Female Students' Perception of Professors

No one would argue that there are differences between males and females. However, some segments of society have made the fact that women are different from men synonymous with the belief that women are, in some ways, inferior to men. One such area may be in higher education and the evaluation of professors by students. Several studies have looked at gender bias in student evaluations of professors. Such studies have had a variety of results. For example, Feldman (1993), Bachen, McLoughlin, and Garcia (1999) and Basow (1995) reported little or no, or inconsistent gender bias. Basow (1998) reported that students reacted differently to professor behavior based on their (student) gender...

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