In responding to Linda, Rick wrote the following:
> 2. If you are seriously claiming that anonymous postings to a service
>such as collegestudent.com will affect someone's career, freedom, or
>custody you are living in a fantasy. No reputable instutution would take
>such a source seriously in evaluating an instructor
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> What if they do precisely the same thing on an official evaluation? Do
>you believe an administrator will take a web site more seriously than an
>official form?
SNIP
> And how many of these absurd examples do you honetly believe an
>administrator would take seriously? You are claiming that a person's
>career or tenure are at risk. From comments like these? That's ridiculous!
SNIP
> Now THERE'S a comment guaranteed to convince a department chair that the
>instructor is unfit, right?
>
> Sheesh . . .
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> Are you SERIOUSLY claiming in a professional list that you believe such
>ridiculous comments will have an effect on the opinions of the
>administrators or other professionals at the individual's institutions?
>You certainly have a low opinion of your colleagues if that is the case.
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> Of course they will--because absurd statements such as those you cited
>will CAUSE no damage to the person. Again, NO administrator would take
>them seriously.
In my 15 years + in academia, I have known some very fine administrators.
However,
I don't know about others on this list but, not only do I _believe_ that some
administrators would sink to such depths, I _know_ of one or two who have! That's
why I, like Linda and others, am concerned about websites such as
<http://www.collegestudent.com/>www.collegestudent.com, and about student
evaluations in general.
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