Who did you turn down for Amherst?

OHMomof2
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:03:58 +0000

My D told me something interesting the other day. We were talking about professors and tenure and she said “I’m glad my ___ prof got tenure, I wrote a recommendation for her”. I was like, what? She explained that when an Amherst prof is up for a tenure track position, previous students are invited to give feedback on how that teacher was for them. It’s considered in the decision.

I have never heard of that before. Is it unusual, I wonder?