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Assistant professors are in a similar position -- student evals influence tenure decisions. It's a fundamental problem of poorly designed incentives.
by Tloewald 11y ago
Assistant professors are in a similar position -- student evals influence tenure decisions. It's a fundamental problem of poorly designed incentives.
- Rhapso 11y agoNo, the incentives are well designed, just not for the task we perceive as important. We want to produce competent and educated students. Colleges and Universities want to maximize throughput and income. _In the short term_, student reviews do that job.
- Tloewald 11y agoRight -- universities are "diluting their brand" in the long term by creating incentives that destroy the value of college education.