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50 Years of ERIC
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Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Student Evaluation of Faculty: Galloping Polls in the 21st Century.
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Haskell, Robert E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1997
The educational research literature suggests that student evaluation of faculty (SEF) infringes on instructional responsibilities of faculty by providing a control mechanism over curriculum, course content, grading, and teaching methodology. SEF also plays a role in attacks on tenure and is a threat to academic freedom. Commentary by Michael…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Educational Research, Higher Education
Academic Freedom, Promotion, Reappointment, Tenure and the Administrative Use of Student Evaluation of Faculty: (Part II) Views from the Court.
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Haskell, Robert E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1997
Reviews legal rulings categorized and abstracted verbatim from cases where student evaluation of faculty is integral to the denial of academic freedom, tenure, reappointment, and promotion. Seventy-eight findings are summarized. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Educational Research
Academic Freedom, Promotion, Reappointment, Tenure and the Administrative Use of Student Evaluation of Faculty (SEF): (Part III) Analysis and Implications of Views from the Court in Relation to Accuracy and Psychometric Validity.
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Haskell, Robert E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1997
Reviews legal rulings related to student evaluation of faculty (SEF), their implications, and assumptions with regard to accuracy and psychometric validity when SEF is integral to the denial of academic freedom, tenure, promotion, and reappointment. The legal principles of Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact are considered in relation to SEF.…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Educational Administration
Academic Freedom, Promotion, Reappointment, Tenure and the Administrative Use of Student Evaluation of Faculty (SEF): (Part IV) Analysis and Implications of Views from the Court in Relation to Academic Freedom, Standards, and Quality Instruction.
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Haskell, Robert E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1997
Legal rulings related to student evaluation of faculty (SEF) are reviewed in terms of their implications for academic freedom and quality of instruction in higher education. The issues examined are not primarily concerned with individual faculty rights, but with the implications of SEF when used for administrative purposes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Educational Administration