September 14, 2009

Don't Shrug Off Student Evaluations

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Tim Foley

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Tim Foley

By H. William Rice

After more years in academe than I care to admit, holding positions from faculty member to department chair to dean and even interim provost for a long year and a half, I have witnessed more faculty histrionics than I care to remember. However, the most extreme performances I have seen have been in response to student evaluations.

The first occurred on a cold, rainy Friday afternoon at a small liberal-arts college where I was a young faculty member. A colleague—we'll call him

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