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After four years at Duke, I have become familiar with the frequent (and not always inaccurate) perception of the University administration as operating with a heavy-handed, top-down approach. Often, new policies and programs seem to spring from thin air with minimal, and sometimes no, consultation with students.
In recent weeks, the issue of course evaluations has bubbled to the surface of hot campus topics, and with good reason. Despite the admirable efforts of students and administrators, the perennially abysmal rate at which professors make their information available (currently around 10 percent) has finally generated enough frustration within the student body to make the situation untenable.
Last week, I started doing something that made me realize the semester was in full swing. I started worrying. Not about tests or papers or deadlines, but about my courses for next semester.
