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Students give male professors better evaluations, study finds
Students in online courses may rate professors higher if they believe them to be male, according to new research from North Carolina State University. Researchers had a male and female professor "switch" genders during a course and students rated the female professor higher when students were told the instructor was a male. The perceived male professor was ranked higher in areas such as professionalism, promptness and fairness, the study found. InsideHigherEd.com
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Can partnerships help colleges and universities survive?
Public colleges and universities should be fostering partnerships with private businesses to improve academic programs, job prospects for students and funding, Matthew Lambert, the vice president for university advancement at William & Mary, asserts in this blog post. Schools that are successful are increasing private support, reducing costs and moving toward autonomy, Lambert writes. The Hill/Congress blog
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