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Berkeley Prof Wants to Nix Student Evals After White Male Profs Score HigherMarissa GentryCampus Reform Nov. 28, 2018 |
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 A University of California, Berkeley professor suggested scrapping end-of-semester student evaluations for hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions after claiming that the grades and evaluations are biased against female instructors and people of color. “Over the next few weeks, students will get the chance to evaluate their professors and TAs. They’re going to get it wrong,” UC Berkeley history professor Brian DeLaytweeted on Sunday. “They’ll be harder on women and people of color than on white men. Tenured white male faculty, in particular, should help their students understand this.” _(1).jpg) [...]"[G]iven the well-documented shortcomings of SETs, we shouldn't be using them for hiring, tenure, or promotion decisions," DeLay tweeted. “In the meantime, tenured faculty - especially tenured white men - should explain this stuff to our students before each evaluation season." "Help them understand why evals matter to peoples’ careers, & how implicit bias affects the results. They’ll listen," he added. Read More |
