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From: mirth@reed.UUCP (Ellen Chapin)
Newsgroups: soc.college
Subject: Re: Student opinion on instructors.
Message-ID: <4116@reed.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Sep-86 19:01:41 EDT
Article-I.D.: reed.4116
Posted: Wed Sep 17 19:01:41 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Sep-86 01:08:32 EDT
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Reply-To: mirth@reed.UUCP (Ellen Chapin)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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Keywords: comments, evaluations, opinion

Just when you thought the first lines were safe... Line-Eaters II!!!

Reed College has something called (prosaically) "The Student Evaluation of
Faculty," which is a set of short comments about the faculty and their teaching
ability/style -- moreover, there is a set of comments for each course they 
teach.  These comments are not profane or abusive; although printed anonymously,they may not be submitted that way.  Each semester the president's office
distributes requests for comments, as well as computer forms to be filled out
in class, which latter reflect the effectiveness of the professor.  Along with
the computer forms (do not fold, spindle, bend, etc, #2 pencil only:-)), there
is a sheet for addressing comments directly to the professor about what you
like/dislike in the course.  S/he reads these later, and they do help.

Copies of the Evaluation are available in all dorms, the coffee shop, and 
other random places around campus.  I think it's nifty to page through them -- 
one positive comment even made me take a course I otherwise wouldn't have (the
verbal grapevine was negative about the prof, and it shouldn't have been,
'cause she was WONDERFUL).  So it does have its uses....

                                           No disclaimer 'cause I haven't
                                           figured out .signature yet,
                                                Ellen.
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