Student ratings of professors and teachers

Wired recently published the article Prof-Ratings Site Irks Academics. In it, they discuss the website RateMyProfessors.com:

While the site is ridiculously popular with students, university administrators and professors are finding it neither funny nor instructive. John Swapceinski, the site’s founder, says he gets lawsuit threats “pretty much on a weekly basis” (though no actual suits), for publishing allegedly defamatory comments.

While I’m sure these ratings sites are somewhat abused, the universities brought the problems on themselves. When students fill out a university sponsered survey, the results are tucked away deep within academia. Prospective students can’t use these surveys as a factor of what professors might be beneficial to their learning.

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