Thursday, June 24, 2010

Some real content: What say you on Fish & student evals?

Has everyone read the NYT piece by Stanley Fish about student evaluations?

The good doctor (or is he evil?) takes a swipe at articulating the irrelevance of most student evaluations of courses and professors and then tries to wrangle that insight into the absurdity going on in Texas about offering profs incentive bonuses to please the snowflakes. Basically, it kinda-sorta sounds like you get an extra $10k if everyone gets an A.

I say: A's for everyone! To heck with an actual education, I got student loans to pay! Just gimme my pony money!

What say you?

Keep your response short and sweet. (No dissertation-length screeds, please.)

marathon

Why do all our department meetings seem to last as long as this Wimbledon match?

Sure hope this blog lasts a lot longer!