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...seen as a competitor. It’s a good complement to the existing guidebook, clearly intended to fill a different role. If students take full advantage of “CriticalMass,” the new site has the potential to provide the candid personal student feedback that the CUE guide cannot. More importantly, this new site could help identify particularly awful teachers mid-course, much quicker than any CUE evaluation...
...caters to extremes; it cannot replace the CUE guide as a measure of overall student opinion about courses. Of course, the CUE guide could still benefit from several updates to its format. Part of the appeal of “CriticalMass” is that it provides students with feedback beyond statistics, and the Committee on Undergraduate Education ought to take note...
...data public so that each House can recognize tutors’ overall strengths and weaknesses and try to pinpoint areas that need improvement. House Masters can then use this information in their rehiring decisions, ensuring that all the tutors are committed to making themselves available to students. Accountability and feedback can only lead to positive changes for House communities...
...exclusion of non-resident tutors in the evaluations is a mistake, as many House residents rely on these tutors for advice on both academic and personal issues. And surveys are one of the only ways for Masters to get solid feedback on non-resident tutors, since tutors who live outside the House don’t interact as regularly with the rest of the community...
Next year’s surveys should include evaluations for non-resident tutors and must be offered in Leverett and Quincy Houses. After students give their feedback this year, it should become obvious that these surveys do not disrupt the fabric of House community; they only strengthen...