A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
08.05.2025 17:36
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,584,051!
I did too. I’m feeling a lot of emotion watching her be greeted by thunderous applause tonight.
Faculty are often (almost always) req’d to include course evals in their annual reviews, p&t packets, often considered for teaching awards, etc. For contingent fac., they are often the sole determinant for rehire for following semesters.
Low response rates, self report, uncalibrated instruments, small sample sizes, ordinal data, over-interpretation of small differences with no attempt to detect statistical significance…
DON’T GET ME STARTED ON THE DOCUMENTED BIAS AGAINST WOMEN AND FACULTY OF COLOR!!
On the subject of course evals: Academics, we are smart people trained in research methods and data analysis.
So why do we (the entire academic enterprise) forget all of those principles when in comes to course eval data?!
#AcademicSky
#HigherEducation
It’s that time of year when we experience Newton’s third law of course evals: For every positive student comment there is an equal and opposite student comment. #AcademicSky
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Awwww…Here is my guy!
You are living the dream! And yes, the Oxford comma is a hill I am prepared to defend until the end.
Exceptions will be made. 🙂
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