Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdahl!ikluft From: ikluft@uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: class/professor evaluations Message-ID: Date: 10 Jun 91 20:27:38 GMT References: <1991Jun5.174820.9058@athena.cs.uga.edu> Reply-To: ikluft@uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Systems Software, Santa Clara CA Lines: 24 In article <1991Jun5.174820.9058@athena.cs.uga.edu> greg@athena.cs.uga.edu (Greg Whitlock) writes: >The University of Georgia does not print a class/professor evaluation. >A suggestion was made for our chapter of the ACM to distribute, collect, >compile, and make available class/professor evaluations. [...] > >My question is: Do any other chapters of the ACM do this? If so, can > someone converse with me on the best approach? I think this topic will be watched with interest by many student chapters. When I was in school at Cal State Univ, Chico, we had the same question. (Though the school does evaluations, the results are confidential.) Our final decision was that it was much too political. The ACM chapter at CSU Chico depends on faculty support in several ways. We decided that, if we were going to do anything of that kind, the survey results would only go toward awards for the best instructors. It was the only politically safe approach to take. Professor evaluations are a good idea. The problem is that your chapter may be too close to the action not to be affected by the results. --- #include #define UTS (( Unix System V ) + ( Amdahl mainframe )) Ian Kluft UTS Systems Software, Amdahl Corporation ikluft@uts.amdahl.com Santa Clara, CA