Intesting article on teaching quality from Daily Northwestern

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Profs’ CTECs lowest for teaching quality
By: Sara Neufeld, Anne Lindner and Jennifer Lutgert
Posted: 6/13/00
In the eyes of Northwestern students, the faculty members with the highest salaries and the most prestige are the least effective teachers, a Daily investigation has found.
And the most effective teachers, according to students, are among those with the lowest salaries and little job security. </p>

<p>A study of the past two years of CTEC evaluations concluded that, on a six-point scale, students gave lecturers an average overall instruction rating of 5.05; they gave tenured professors an average of 4.70. </p>

<p>Lecturers, who are paid an average of $39,900 per year, are up for contract renewal as often as every year. Tenured professors, who make $111,200 on average, have jobs for life. </p>

<p>“Chances are, tenure-line faculty are here because they’re great scholars,” said Laura LaBauve, a Hispanic studies lecturer. “Being a great scholar doesn’t mean you can teach.” </p>

<p>Indeed, administrators confirm that research is the single most important category in receiving tenure. </p>

<p>“One cannot get tenure at Northwestern simply on the basis of teaching,” Weinberg Dean Eric Sundquist said. “There is an expectation that one is an excellent scholar and excels in research.”

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