[twigs]

Where my husband teaches, professor's promotions and raises are almost entirely dependent on student evaluations. And students often evaluate on the basis of their anticipated grades.

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

Yeah, you're right. But EDUCATION people say that student evaluations have no relationship to grades. Those of us who teach bonified academic subjects know otherwise, but it's still almost impossible to get another professor or an administrator to come sit in on one's class to directly evaluate one's teaching.