title: Hiring practices in dental education: comparison of top-and lower-ranked schools.
abstract: The ten top-ranked dental schools, as indicated in The Gourman Report, had hired significantly more faculty members from among their own graduates (Mdn=42.5%) than had ten randomly selected lower-ranked dental schools (Mdn=19.6%). However, the proportions of faculty members hired by the ten top-ranked dental schools from graduates of the top-ranked schools other than their own (Mdn=15.9%) were nearly identical to the proportions of faculty members hired by the lower-ranked schools from graduates of the ten top-ranked schools (Mdn=17.2%). Both top-ranked and lower-ranked schools showed wide variations in their tendencies to hire faculty from top-ranked schools. Some variables that might account for these variations in hiring practices are noted.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bair
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boor
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental; D005179:Faculty, Dental; D006801:Humans; D010560:Personnel Selection; D012575:Schools, Dental; D014481:United States