How to Sacrifice Academic Quality.

Marg, Elwin

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ERIC Number: EJ209637

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Publication Date: 1979

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How to Sacrifice Academic Quality.

Marg, Elwin

Improving College and University Teaching, v27 n2 p54-56 Spr 1979

The detrimental effect of evaluating college teachers with student ratings of their performance is illustrated. The author found that he could raise his ratings by reducing the quality of his teaching and concentrating on the improvement of morale among his optometry students at the University of California at Berkeley. (JMD)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Morale, Optometry, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Student Reaction, Teacher Improvement

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