The NY AG lawsuit had this to say.
"Trump University instructors also asked that students complete evaluations in order to receive their Certificates of Competition for the course and 'pleaded for a favorable rating so that 'Mr. Trump would invite [them] back to do other retreats.' Mentors compelled students to complete the non-anonymous evaluations in their presence, filled out the forms themselves or pressured students into giving them higher scores or completing the evaluations before they had an opportunity to see if Trump University's promises would be fulfilled."
That’s BS and if anyone believes it, they’re just plain ignorant.
He asked them to fill out cards before they could get their completion certificate.
Did it say they had to be favorable to get the certificate?
Of course an instructor is going to ask that you fill it out favorably. Good grief. Does he have to tell them to fill it out negatively for you to be happy?
I mean this stuff just gets silly beyond words.
What happened there that is shady to you?
Over the last 30 years or so I’ve been working in the business world, in accounting and PR and HR, I’ve gone to a lot of business seminars and or training classes (Fred Pryor, SkillPath, ADP, Oracle and seminars through the local Chambers of Commerce to name just a few examples), often paid for by my employer, but never, ever have I been ever asked to complete or turn in an evaluation non-anonymously or before the class was even complete nor in anyway was I ever pressured to turn in a positive evaluation as a condition for getting my CME credit or a certificate of completion, or as a condition for signing up for further seminars or classes.
Did the “instructors” ask for a positive evaluation? Sure they did. But allowing me to complete the evaluation anonymously, often on-line after I returned to my office, allowed me to submit a subjective review of the instructor and of the course materials. I was sometimes told that the overall ratings and scores and some comments may be shared with the instructor, but that it would be done so anonymously. But I never had to sign my name to any evaluation in writing or in front of the instructor or turn in an evaluation in writing to the instructor with my name on it, and if I had been asked to, I would have refused.
Any company providing seminars and or training classes who is truly interested in getting honest feedback in order to improve the course or course materials and to evaluate the instructors would do the same.