Iowa Legislator Wants to Give Students the Chance to
Fire Underwhelming Faculty
“Do I think that students who range in age between
18 and 30 years old,
who are spending thousands of dollars to get an education,
are qualified to make those decisions? Absolutely.”
This from the Chronicle of Higher Ed:
A bill circulating in the Iowa State Senate offers a
novel (and cutthroat) way to hold professors accountable: putting their
fates into students’ hands, Survivor-style. Every year the professor most disliked by students would be voted off the campus.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Mark Chelgren, a Republican, would require the state’s public universities to rate professors’ performance based solely on students’ evaluations of their teaching effectiveness. Professors whose evaluation scores didn’t reach a minimum threshold would be automatically fired by the university.
Then comes the competition. The names of the five professors with the lowest ratings above the minimum threshold would be published online. Students would then vote on those professors’ future employment — and the professor with the fewest votes would be fired, regardless of tenure status or contract terms.
Iowa’s professors don’t need to look over their shoulders just yet. The bill has been languishing in the Education Committee since it was introduced, in late January. It’s the latest example, albeit an extreme one, of state lawmakers' taking a closer interest in how public universities serve their students.
- See more at: http://m.chronicle.com/article/Iowa-Legislator-Wants-to-Give/229589/#sthash.NoSmJrAr.dpufThe bill, introduced by Sen. Mark Chelgren, a Republican, would require the state’s public universities to rate professors’ performance based solely on students’ evaluations of their teaching effectiveness. Professors whose evaluation scores didn’t reach a minimum threshold would be automatically fired by the university.
Then comes the competition. The names of the five professors with the lowest ratings above the minimum threshold would be published online. Students would then vote on those professors’ future employment — and the professor with the fewest votes would be fired, regardless of tenure status or contract terms.
Iowa’s professors don’t need to look over their shoulders just yet. The bill has been languishing in the Education Committee since it was introduced, in late January. It’s the latest example, albeit an extreme one, of state lawmakers' taking a closer interest in how public universities serve their students.
A bill circulating in the Iowa State Senate offers a novel (and cutthroat) way to hold professors accountable: putting their fates into students’ hands, Survivor-style. Every year the professor most disliked by students would be voted off the campus.The bill, introduced by Sen. Mark Chelgren, a Republican, would require the state’s public universities to rate professors’ performance based solely on students’ evaluations of their teaching effectiveness. Professors whose evaluation scores didn’t reach a minimum threshold would be automatically fired by the university.
State Sen. Mark Chelgren of Iowa Then comes the competition. The names of the five professors with the lowest ratings above the minimum threshold would be published online. Students would then vote on those professors’ future employment — and the professor with the fewest votes would be fired, regardless of tenure status or contract terms.Iowa’s professors don’t need to look over their shoulders just yet. The bill has been languishing in the Education Committee since it was introduced, in late January. It’s the latest example, albeit an extreme one, of state lawmakers' taking a closer interest in how public universities serve their students.
Iowa Legislator Wants to Give Students the Chance to Fire Underwhelming Faculty
April 23, 2015
A bill circulating in the Iowa State Senate offers a
novel (and cutthroat) way to hold professors accountable: putting their
fates into students’ hands, Survivor-style. Every year the professor most disliked by students would be voted off the campus.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Mark Chelgren, a Republican, would require the state’s public universities to rate professors’ performance based solely on students’ evaluations of their teaching effectiveness. Professors whose evaluation scores didn’t reach a minimum threshold would be automatically fired by the university.
Then comes the competition. The names of the five professors with the lowest ratings above the minimum threshold would be published online. Students would then vote on those professors’ future employment — and the professor with the fewest votes would be fired, regardless of tenure status or contract terms.
Iowa’s professors don’t need to look over their shoulders just yet. The bill has been languishing in the Education Committee since it was introduced, in late January. It’s the latest example, albeit an extreme one, of state lawmakers' taking a closer interest in how public universities serve their students.
- See more at: http://m.chronicle.com/article/Iowa-Legislator-Wants-to-Give/229589/#sthash.NoSmJrAr.dpufThe bill, introduced by Sen. Mark Chelgren, a Republican, would require the state’s public universities to rate professors’ performance based solely on students’ evaluations of their teaching effectiveness. Professors whose evaluation scores didn’t reach a minimum threshold would be automatically fired by the university.
Then comes the competition. The names of the five professors with the lowest ratings above the minimum threshold would be published online. Students would then vote on those professors’ future employment — and the professor with the fewest votes would be fired, regardless of tenure status or contract terms.
Iowa’s professors don’t need to look over their shoulders just yet. The bill has been languishing in the Education Committee since it was introduced, in late January. It’s the latest example, albeit an extreme one, of state lawmakers' taking a closer interest in how public universities serve their students.
Iowa Legislator Wants to Give Students the Chance to Fire Underwhelming Faculty
April 23, 2015
A bill circulating in the Iowa State Senate offers a
novel (and cutthroat) way to hold professors accountable: putting their
fates into students’ hands, Survivor-style. Every year the professor most disliked by students would be voted off the campus.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Mark Chelgren, a Republican, would require the state’s public universities to rate professors’ performance based solely on students’ evaluations of their teaching effectiveness. Professors whose evaluation scores didn’t reach a minimum threshold would be automatically fired by the university.
Then comes the competition. The names of the five professors with the lowest ratings above the minimum threshold would be published online. Students would then vote on those professors’ future employment — and the professor with the fewest votes would be fired, regardless of tenure status or contract terms.
Iowa’s professors don’t need to look over their shoulders just yet. The bill has been languishing in the Education Committee since it was introduced, in late January. It’s the latest example, albeit an extreme one, of state lawmakers' taking a closer interest in how public universities serve their students.
- See more at: http://m.chronicle.com/article/Iowa-Legislator-Wants-to-Give/229589/#sthash.NoSmJrAr.dpufThe bill, introduced by Sen. Mark Chelgren, a Republican, would require the state’s public universities to rate professors’ performance based solely on students’ evaluations of their teaching effectiveness. Professors whose evaluation scores didn’t reach a minimum threshold would be automatically fired by the university.
Then comes the competition. The names of the five professors with the lowest ratings above the minimum threshold would be published online. Students would then vote on those professors’ future employment — and the professor with the fewest votes would be fired, regardless of tenure status or contract terms.
Iowa’s professors don’t need to look over their shoulders just yet. The bill has been languishing in the Education Committee since it was introduced, in late January. It’s the latest example, albeit an extreme one, of state lawmakers' taking a closer interest in how public universities serve their students.
1 comment:
Well if we followed the same approach to rating the effectiveness of our legislators we probably wouldn't have to worry about idiotic legislation like this as they would all be without a job also.
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