{"product_id":"grading-the-college-9781421438160","title":"Grading the College","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive history of evaluation in American higher education.   In Grading the College, Scott M. Gelber offers a comprehensive history of evaluating teaching and learning in higher education. He complicates the conventional narrative that portrays evaluation as a newfangled assault on the integrity of higher education while acknowledging that there are many compelling reasons to oppose those practices. The evaluation of teaching and learning, Gelber argues, presented genuine dilemmas that have attracted the attention of faculty members and academic leaders since the 1920s. Especially during the peak era of faculty authority that followed the end of the Second World War, significant numbers of professors and administrators believed that evaluation might improve institutional performance, reduce the bias inherent in traditional methods of supervision, strengthen communication with laypersons, and encourage a more deliberate focus on the distinctive goals of college.   Gelber reveal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo reader can walk away from Gelber's study without a curious mix of respect and exasperation.\u003cbr\u003e—Daniel A. Clark, Indiana State University, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Education Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Grading the College\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Teaching\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Teacher Evaluation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Student Course Evaluations\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Learning\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Testing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Rubrics, Surveys, and Rankings\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Accreditation\u003cbr\u003ePart III. Accountability\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Evaluation of Teaching and Learning since 1980\u003cbr\u003eConclusion. How Should Colleges Be Evaluated?\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408138314071,"sku":"9781421438160","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421438160.jpg?v=1730501727","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/grading-the-college-9781421438160","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}