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...were considering taking a particular introductory course and if I read in the Confi Guide that the course lectures were "incomprehensible to those without previous training," it is unlikely that I would give further thought to taking that course. How unfortunate it would be if that claim turned out to be entirely inaccurate. Such a description was given the lectures in Phil 8 by this year's Guide, and it is the belief that that description is inaccurate that prompts this letter...
...Phil 8 was higher than the average of those courses evaluated. Given that the course had an enrollment of 44.5 per cent freshmen and very few students with any previous preparation in philosophy, the CUE evaluation results are just plainly incommensurable and irreconcilable with the reported results of the Confi Guide poll. Given the additional fact that the CUE sampled 98 per cent of those enrolled (though the response rate was 91 per cent of those polled, or 89 per cent of those enrolled), the hypothesis that most strongly suggests itself is that the Confi Guide sample was sharply distorted...
...results were also incompatible with the Confi Guide's characterization of most Phil 8 sections as "lackluster...
...should be mentioned that the subjective questionnaires were consonant with the CUE results in their evaluation of the quality of lectures. I phoned The Crimson on three occasions last spring and summer offering them the use of those questionnaires in the Confi Guide's evaluation, but the offer was not accepted. I also suggested that the CUE results (then in Dean Kiley's office) be examined. Apparently they were...
...weeks between registering and turning in your study card with your semester's courses is a hectic period of hopes and frustrations, of the vision of new horizons and the disappointment of dead ends. Endless perusals of the course catalogue, anonymous tips and countertips, consultations of the Confi Guide, dranw-out late night discussions, all contribute to both the sense of chaos and urgency that characterize the start of a new term...