Student Ratings Bait Profs Into Lowering Standards
In the fall of 1980, towards the end of my first semester of college teaching, I received a memo saying that on the last day of class I was to hand out the course evaluation forms for students to...
View ArticleSome Faculty Say Diversity Lowers Academic Quality
Harvey Mudd College has been roiled by a self-study, informally titled the Wabash report, that referred to some anonymous faculty declaring that efforts to promote diversity in the student body had...
View ArticleStudent Ratings Bait Profs Into Lowering Standards
In the fall of 1980, towards the end of my first semester of college teaching, I received a memo saying that on the last day of class I was to hand out the course evaluation forms for students to...
View ArticleSome Faculty Say Diversity Lowers Academic Quality
Harvey Mudd College has been roiled by a self-study, informally titled the Wabash report, that referred to some anonymous faculty declaring that efforts to promote diversity in the student body had...
View ArticleMore Diversity, Lower Standards
The English departments of Cornell and Harvard have dropped the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) requirement for graduate applicants—a noteworthy move that amounts to a setback for the quality of...
View ArticleHow Low Can Higher Education Go?
A new book from author John Ellis examines the real reasons why most college graduates are woefully undereducated when they leave college after four or more years. Below is an eye-opening excerpt from...
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