“(2) The names of the five professors who rank lowest on their institution’s evaluation for the semester, but who scored above the minimum threshold of performance, shall be published on the institution’s internet site and the student body shall be offered an opportunity to vote on the question of whether any of the five professors will be retained as employees of the institution. The employment of the professor receiving the fewest votes approving retention shall be terminated by the institution regardless of tenure status or contract.”
This is merely a mandate to give every student an A, to avoid being on that list.
In my opinion there should be such tension. But the focus needs to be on: 1) using technology to slash costs - classroom learning is quite unnecessary nowadays, 2) administrative bloat, and 3) upholding high standards.
3) isn’t going to win any votes unfortunately, the fact is that there are way too many students in college (who should be out there working) not too few.
It’s easier to scapegoat these college instructors who are stuck pandering to students who have remedial skills and probably shouldn’t have made it out of high school in the first place.