Do Good Looks Equal Good Evaluations?

[Miguel Roig]

From Michael Renner:

A story in the Chronicle of Higher Education that will certainly spark discussion:

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Do Good Looks Equal Good Evaluations?

By GABRIELA MONTELL
Professors aren't known for fussing about their looks, but the results of a new study suggest they may have to if they want better teaching evaluations. Daniel Hamermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin, and Amy Parker, one of his students, found that attractive professors consistently outscore their less comely colleagues by a significant margin on student evaluations of teaching. The findings, they say, raise serious questions about the use of student evaluations as a valid measure of teaching quality.  See http://chronicle.com/jobs/2003/10/2003101501c.htm for the complete story.

Prof. Hamermesh's papers on "beauty" are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Hamermesh/Beautystuff.htm. The paper 
on teaching evaluations is the last one listed.

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