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Race and Gender Bias in Online Courses

March 09, 2018 / PSU-AAUP

Inside Higher Ed
By Scott Jaschik
March 8, 2018

Many proponents of online education have speculated that the digital learning environment might be a meritocracy, where students are judged not on their race or gender, but on the comments they post.

A study being released today by the Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University, however, finds that bias appears to be strong in online course discussions.

Read the full article at the Inside Higher Ed website here.