Student evaluations of teaching: Perceptions of faculty based on gender, position, and rank

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 623-636

  Kogan, Lori R ^a   Schoenfeld Tacher, Regina ^a   Hellyer, Peter W ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Faculty; Gender; Student teaching evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958537551     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2010.491911     Document Type: Article

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