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OK, but teaching’s a part of that evaluation, and the main aspect most students interact w/ a prof on

OK, but teaching's a part of that evaluation, and the main aspect most students interact w/ a prof on (aside from students who research w/profs). Shouldn't teaching students feedback have more weight?
OK, but teaching’s a part of that evaluation, and the main aspect most students interact w/ a prof on (aside from students who research w/profs). Shouldn’t teaching students feedback have more weight?
--> some depts. say they don't even read the evals students submit :0 and why don't other fields benefit from something like tenure? If I mess up/don't do my job, I'm fired!
–> some depts. say they don’t even read the evals students submit :0 and why don’t other fields benefit from something like tenure? If I mess up/don’t do my job, I’m fired!

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do you think university tenure policies should have some sort of clause that if students don’t like a prof-teaching style, approachability, etc.-that tenure should become null and void?

do you think university tenure policies should have some sort of clause that if students don't like a prof - teaching style, approachability, etc. - that tenure should become null and void?
do you think university tenure policies should have some sort of clause that if students don’t like a prof – teaching style, approachability, etc. – that tenure should become null and void?

Faculty are evaluated on research, teaching, and contributions to the university and the scholarly community. Student feedback and evaluations are part of that. bit.ly/bc-faculty-bylaws. Tenure was designed to protect faculty from being fired for not being popular with donors or governments, so whether students “like” a professor seems potentially like a similar issue. More info on tenure and why it’s useful: bit.ly/bc-tenure.