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...sure, this is not always the fault of the CUE Guide staff. Indeed, the introduction to the book clearly states that the heads of each undergraduate course are offered the opportunity to be evaluated: "Instructors are not required to participate in the evaluation process; if a course does not appear in the Guide we were most likely unable to obtain the instructor's permission." What is up with that? Teaching undergraduates at the world's best university is a privilege, one that should be conditional upon the assent given to evaluation...
...instructors and the University the only guilty parties? Perhaps not. The editors of the CUE Guide absolve themselves pre-emptively for not choosing which courses are evaluated and printed. In boldface type they write, "This decision is entirely in the hands of the instructors." But this seems impossible. Indeed, they state further that for courses with enrollments of less than 15 students, there are no writeups, just survey tables. Is it possible that in such courses, students unanimously elected not to fill out the second page of the CUE Guide sheets...
Clearly, some choices on the part of the CUE Guide staff appear to exist. One might similarly ask, "Where on earth do all those Expos evaluations...
Essentially my criticism is twofold: first, the publishers of the CUE Guide are not providing us with all of the information they receive; and second, they are not getting enough information because some professors and departments refuse to be evaluated...
...good reform would include three steps. First, the University should mandate that all classes and courses be evaluated. Second, if neccessary, more money should be allotted for the CUE Guide so that a more comprehensive edition can be published Finally, if it proves financially unfeasible to publish reports for classes of 15 or less students the records and questionnaires should be made accessible to students who wish to see them...