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Chapter

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Documenting Teaching Excellence

Editor

Karin deJonge-Kannan and Travis N. Thurston

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

2025

First Page

19

Last Page

42

Abstract

For many universities, student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are synonymous with teaching evaluation. Universities typically administer surveys to students at the end of the semester, year after year, to solicit evaluations of their instructors’ teaching. Instructors report their scores as evidence of their teaching excellence for formal evaluations. Different academic units review these scores while making consequential decisions, such as raises or promotions. For better or worse, SETs are deeply embedded within the academic evaluation system.

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