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From: rossj@dartvax.UUCP (Ross Jacobs)
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Re: Student opinion on instructors.(Example from Dartmouth)
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Date: Sat, 20-Sep-86 14:54:39 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 20 14:54:39 1986
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Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Keywords: comments, evaluations, opinion


     We here at Dartmouth have a similar, student-organized publication
called "The Course Guide", which is a relatively new appearance on the
campus.  Data was gathered through the use of questionnaires filled out
after the final exam was taken. They rate (or, actually, summarize) the
professor, the workload, etc., in relation to "the average Dartmouth 
course", and also give a two-or-three paragraph summary of the responses
of the students who just took the course the previous term.  It can be
quite frank--e.g. (Speaking of a very popular blow-off course) "Most
students recommend going to the lectures, or reading the notes, but not
both." However, there are a lot of courses for which it has very little
or no information, and I'm sure many students probably wouldnt want to
be totally candid on their questionnaires.

-Ross

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Ross Jacobs          rossj@DARTMOUTH.EDU     -or-   
Dartmouth College    {ihnp4,decvax,linus}!dartvax!rossj
Hanover, NH