Good The study of 94 University of Texas professors and 25,000 students found Hamermesh, a labor economist at the University of Texas, says the findings " In the study, 10 students were asked to rate the attractiveness of the from the Chicago Sun Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I knew there must be some logical explanation as to why my Summer students gave me such low evaluations. It couldn’t have been just because I taught the class largely by remote control fron an isolated fishing cabin in the Yukon … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/michteach.jpg\")
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\n knew there must be some logical explanation as to why my Summer students
\n gave me such low evaluations. It couldn’t have been just because
\n I taught the class largely by remote control fron an isolated fishing
\n cabin in the Yukon or that for the final exam I took them on a field
\n trip deep into a housing project in Cripps territory and gave them the
\n slip. It’s blatant discrimination against the hunkiness handicapped!
\n Hafta send a copy of this article to my supervisor…..<\/em><\/p>\n
\n looks may be just as important to teachers as they are to actors or models,
\n according to a study by Texas economist David Hamermesh.<\/p>\n
\n that the better-looking professors got consistently higher ratings as teachers
\n from their students.<\/p>\n
\n could call into question the practice of using evaluations as a factor
\n in setting teacher pay scales and promotions. <\/p>\n
\n Even if instructional ratings have little or nothing to do with actual
\n teaching productivity, university administrators behave as if they believe
\n that they do, and they link economic rewards to them," Hamermesh wrote. <\/p>\n
\n professors by looking at photographs, then those ratings were compared
\n to evaluations scores turned in by the professors’ students. <\/p>\n