[Theodore R.]

Absolutely, at universities those false student evaluations are the holy grail. One cannot survive on the faculty without inflating grades.

[Verginius Rufus]

When they were introduced at my university they said they would not be used in the retention and tenure process (this was before I came here) but they lied--they were. But apparently as of this year they have stopped considering them for that purpose.

I do remember an email from an administrator admonishing faculty not to give too many D's, F's and W's. They didn't want to lose the students. The same administrator once told us that all courses should address issues of race, gender and class.