Student Evaluations Gone Wild: Rants and the Mixed Bags of Nuts

This chapter presents some of the scathing comments written about college professors on RateMyProfessors.com. The chapter delineates problem areas in college instruction/instructors, as perceived by college students. The chapter also considers mixed and neutral commentaries. Finally, the chapter notes that students monitor their peers online, evident when students come to the defense of professors whom they felt were unjustly rebuked.