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The race of the two professors, obviously.

• pc86 3y ago
  Why is that obvious?
  • btilly 3y ago
    Because the influential groups that care most about "desirable backgrounds" in academia are those promoting DEI. Given that both were women, gender wasn't the deciding factor. And so race becomes the most likely desirable background to matter. Some school systems are very explicit about this. See https://pacificlegal.org/california-globe-university-of-california-retreats-from-unlawful-diversity-statement-mandates/ https://pacificlegal.org/california-globe-university-of-cali... for criticism of the UC schools on this. But as https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/02/04/american-universities-are-hiring-based-on-devotion-to-diversity https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/02/04/american-... makes clear, the trend is happening nationwide.
• karaterobot 3y ago
  It's not at all obvious what he meant. Could be a number of things. So far in this thread, it's more of a Rorschach test.
• kaitai 3y ago
  Nah, this is a lot of projection. More likely fanfic: could be that the one who got tenure had the former advisor who would add her to grants and bring in a lot of $$, or who started a center that would bring in a lot of $$. Routine research often is easier to get through funding committees and get published. Less "what journal does this fit in, I'm not sure our division should fund this, does the PI truly have the expertise needed to do research in this, this result doesn't clearly advance the field"