Misrepresentation of research on academic promotions at the University of Cape Town
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22110048 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Morrell (0000-0002-6096-486X, University of Cape Town, corresponding author), Karen Barnes (University of Cape Town), Karen I Barnes (0000-0002-5547-820X, University of Cape Town), Freedom Gumedze (0000-0003-4387-8844, University of Cape Town), Hassan Sadiq (0000-0003-0192-7134, University of Cape Town), M Price (0000-0001-9562-6580, University of Cape Town) |
| Editors | Kar-wai Tong (City University of Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cogent Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-1886 • E-ISSN: 2331-1886 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23311886.2020.1728949 |
| OpenAlex | W3007477944 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In this response, we address the misrepresentation of our article by Rene W Albertus on higher education decolonisation processes in South Africa. We respond to her claim, based on a misreading of our article, that at the University of Cape Town white academic staff are promoted faster than black staff and restate the major findings of our quantitative analysis of 11 years of promotion data. We used time to promotion as a proxy for fairness to examine patterns of promotion at the university. In general, there was evenness across various categories with few systemic differences; there were no consistent differences between times to promotion by gender or for those categorising themselves as “Africans”, “Whites”, “Coloureds” and “Indians”. However, international staff, those in more junior positions, with higher qualifications and in certain faculties enjoyed quicker promotion time. We discuss the possible explanations for the findings reported, and the role of affirmative action recruitment policies to ensure redress
Affirmative action · Cape · Misrepresentation · Political science · Public relations · Redress · Sociology · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |