Discrimination against academics and career implications of student evaluations: university policy versus legal compliance

• Published in: Assessment and evaluation in higher education Vol. ahead-of-print; no. ahead-of-print; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Heffernan, Troy, Harpur, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 17.11.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: abuse; College students; Colleges & universities; comments; Compliance (Legal); Data collection; Education discrimination; Education policy; evaluations; Higher education; legal; Marginalisation; Occupations; School Policy; Student Evaluation; Teacher evaluations; Universities

Across the international higher education sector, existing studies highlight that student evaluations of courses and teaching are biased and prejudiced towards academics and can cause mental distress. Yet student evaluation data is often used as part of faculty hiring, firing, promotion, award and g...