Presentation for the 2008 iConference on hiring in the iSchool community; more focus on diversity in hiring than the prior versions.

1. Community Identity: Peer Prestige & Academic Hiring in the iSchools Andrea Wiggins, Mick McQuaid, & Lada Adamic iConference 2008 2/28/2008

11. Comparing CS & iSchools 0.15 ( random = 0.08) 0.23 ( random = 0.05) Clustering Coefficient 4 ( random = 11) 5 ( random = 7) Diameter 2.3 2.2 Average Distance 0.019 0.021 Betweenness 0.019 0.038 Density 674 1121 Total PhD Degrees 2.8 4.7 Average Degree 429 572 Edges 134 94 Alters 18 29 Egos 152 123 Nodes iSchools Network CS Network Network Characteristic

12. Visual Comparison

17. Faculty Areas of Study

22. CS Regression Table * p < .05, *** p < .001 R 2 = .8121, Adj. R 2 = .7865, F (3,22) = 31.7 *** -5.733 *** 0.011898 -0.068210 cs-indegree 9.340 *** 0.000670 0. 006258 cs-betweenness 2.613 * 4.294460 11.223359 cs-weighted pagerank t SE B B

23. iSchool Regression Table 0.00279 ** 0.010957 0.053361 lis-output . p < .1, ** p < .01 R 2 = .8605, Adj. R 2 = .7675, F (4,6) = 9.251 *** 0.05972 . 0.247805 0.574079 lis-hiring entropy 0.00539 ** 2.966607 12.604780 lis-weighted pagerank 0.00481 ** 0.001131 -0.004923 lis-betweenness t SE B B