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Having been on both sides of the podium—Harvard undergrad and TF—I would go one step farther than today’s editorial (“Will A Professor Please Stand Up?”). Both faculty and students should be accountable for their CUE evaluations. For evaluations to be meaningful, all students—not just those with the strongest positive and negative feelings—must complete them with the knowledge that their comments could appear in their instructor’s teaching portfolio to be read by hundreds of faculty search committee...
Under this new legislation, classes led by professors who abstain from the annual CUE Guide will likely present students with an unusual evaluation: Students, presumably, will receive a shortened CUE questionnaire, asking for comments on their TF but specifically omitting questions regarding their professor...
...legislation passed and a new general education as the focus of next semester’s meetings, it is unlikely that professors will be required to be evaluated any time soon. Although this fact affects only a small number of courses—60 professors opted out of the CUE Guide last spring—the exemption remains a large blot on any claim that Harvard is trying to improve students’ academic experiences...
...both philosophical and practical levels, professors’ ability to opt out of the CUE guide is offensive to students, who essentially are deemed unworthy of making judgments—even ones that lack any repercussions—on their vaunted professors. Students might not have doctorates yet, but so long as they are being given the responsibility for choosing their courses, they deserve reasonable information upon which to base those decisions. It is a shame that not a single professor stood up in support of mandatory evaluations for all professors...
...report yesterday, the Faculty approved three measures by unanimous voice vote.After approving a nearly-80 page list of courses and instructors for Harvard Summer School, the Faculty voted to require student evaluations of all teaching fellows and teaching assistants, even if their course heads opt out of CUE evaluations.The Faculty also voted to recommend renaming the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS).If the Harvard Corporation approves, DEAS will become known as the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti said that the name change would...