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epaa-619	Haskell, Robert E.	Student Evaluation of Faculty:Psychometric Validity of Court's Views	1997	44	.pdf	application/pdf	23703	1072	50	Summary: With regard to accepting the subjective judgements of administrators evaluation of SEF, the legal reasoning and rulings can be summarized as ranging from: (1) accepting administrative subjective judgements if (2) they are deemed sincere (3) grounded on some evidentiary basis (4) if made on the vigor and variety of student criticisms (5) not arbitrary or capricious and were exercised honestly upon due consideration, (6) based upon much experience in reviewing student evaluations, (31) reasonably draw on that experience (7) and have ruled that Presidents are not bound by factual findings made by majority members of a faculty. Summary: From the cases analyzed, it can be seen that court rulings range from saying that (1) relying primarily or solely on student evaluations is acceptable, to (2) placing little exclusive reliance on SEF, (3) in rare cases SEF can not be permitted to stand in the way of promoting or retaining professors who are excellent in non teaching areas, (4) tenure decisions can not be based solely on SEF by students who have not been made aware of the ramifications of their evaluations, (5) anonymous documents or those based on hearsay should not be included in a faculty member's file, (6) students should be made aware of the purpose and ramifications of their evaluations of faculty, (7) anonymous student evaluations should not be used, (8) peer evaluations must also be a part of evaluating teaching.	cache/epaa-619.pdf	txt/epaa-619.txt