Checklist
Reading course evaluations from contested courses
Checks for modules on politically charged topics, before scores reach a review panel
A six-point checklist for quality teams and programme leads reading student evaluations from courses that touch contested political topics. It draws on research showing students rate teachers lower when they see a political gap, so fairness should be measured on its own. Use it before evaluation results feed a review or promotion file. Koji runs evaluations as AI-moderated conversations that ask students to explain a low rating.
What's in this checklist
- Rate fairness to different viewpoints separately from overall satisfaction
- Ask students for a specific example when they report bias
- Benchmark contested modules against each other, not the whole faculty
- Count how many students raise one-sidedness, and which sessions they name
- Treat a low score as a prompt for a conversation, not a verdict
- Tell lecturers what the data can and cannot show
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