Online students give instructors higher marks if they think instructors are men

College students in online courses give better evaluations to instructors they think are men -- even when the instructor is actually a woman. "The ratings that students give instructors are really important, because they're used to guide higher education decisions related to hiring, promotions and tenure," says the lead author of a paper. "And if the results of these evaluations are inherently biased against women, we need to find ways to address that problem."

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