Are Teaching Evaluations Sexist?
In August, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) filed an amicus brief alongside the faculty union of Nevada public universities in support of the gender-discrimination claims of Alice Wieland,…
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Exposing the Moral Flaws in Our Higher Education System
Many if not most professors and higher education leaders enjoy pontificating about their high-minded ideals in contrast with the grubby, self-interested world outside of academia. What few people have done…
A Professor’s Tough Examination—Of Our Higher Education System
There are lots of people in our higher education system who claim that it is “the envy of the world” and just needs more money to graduate more young Americans…
Should We Stop Asking College Students to Evaluate Their Instructors?
At the end of every semester, at nearly every college in the country, millions and millions of students fill out student evaluations of teachers. These forms ask very sensible questions.…
Maintaining the Status Quo in Teaching
Some administrators evaluate pedagogy not on whether it works but on whether it has been done for the past fifty years.