Rutgers Begins 8 Teaching-Evaluation Projects

By Denise K. Magner

Whenever undergraduates finish a course at Rutgers University, they fill out a standard form rating their professor. Now, campus officials are looking for different ways to evaluate teaching.

Under a new program, the university has awarded grants totaling more than $25,000 to eight teaching-evaluation projects on its New Brunswick and Newark campuses. The money came from the university's general fund.

One way to improve undergraduate education is to enhance the teaching skills