Applicant qualifications and characteristics in STEM faculty hiring: an analysis of faculty and administrator perspectives

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants

Sample characteristics	n	%
Total	103	100
Gender
Men	60	58.3
Women	43	41.7
Race
White	65	63.1
Black	22	21.4
Asian	10	9.7
Black, White	1	1.0
A race not listed here	2	1.9
Black, A race not listed here	1	1.0
I prefer not to answer	2	1.9
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latinx	10	9.7
Not Hispanic or Latinx	93	90.3
Disability
Yes	4	3.9
No	98	95.1
I prefer not to answer	1	1
Minority Serving Institutions (MSI)
HSI	25	24.3
HBCU	21	20.4
ANNH	1	1.0
AANAPISI	5	4.9
Not MSI	51	49.5
Current Institution’s Carnegie Classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity	46	44.7
Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity	22	21.4
Doctoral/Professional Universities	5	4.9
Master’s Colleges and Universities	18	17.5
Baccalaureate Colleges	8	7.8
Baccalaureate/Associate’s Colleges	2	1.9
Associate’s Colleges	2	1.9
Academic position
Tenure track faculty	15	14.6
Tenured faculty	55	53.4
Non-tenure track faculty	10	9.7
Administration	23	22.3