Answers for Those Afraid to Take a Hit on College Student Ratings
At a workshop on learner-centered teaching, a participant told us that philosophically she couldn’t agree more with the need to make students more responsible for their own learning, but she couldn’t...
View ArticleFaculty Evaluations: Those Hurtful Student Comments
At most colleges today, students are given the opportunity to evaluate instructors at the end of each class. Along with standardized items, students are invited to offer open-ended narrative comments...
View ArticleHiring, Promotion, and Tenure: Understanding and Avoiding the Pitfalls
Hiring, promotion, and tenure activities are full of risk and potential landmines. Poor hiring decisions are not only costly, but the hiring process itself opens the institution up to litigation if...
View ArticleCourse and Instructor Evaluations: Misconceptions and Realities
If evaluation sounds good in theory but feels bad in practice, it may be that you or others are operating under some common misconceptions. Misconception: Outcomes are the only things worth measuring....
View ArticleFaculty Evaluations: An Alternative Approach Based on Classroom Observations
Department chairs and deans face many challenges in their roles. One of the most difficult is the evaluation of faculty regarding teaching effectiveness. This is particularly challenging for two...
View ArticleGuidelines for Effective Classroom Observations
A second edition of Nancy Chism’s Peer Review of Teaching is, in my opinion, the definitive resource on peer review. Besides providing excellent summaries of relevant research and translating those...
View ArticleAddressing Issues of Collegiality in Faculty Evaluations
Two concerns are often raised when department chairs attempt to address breaches of collegiality through the faculty evaluation process. The first is whether they’re permitted to do so at all, since...
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Evidence of Evidence-Based Teaching
Evidence-based teaching seems like the new buzzword in higher education. The phrase appears to mean that we’ve identified and should be using those instructional practices shown empirically to enhance...
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