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Re:Open letter to the Yale Community from Dean by wvenable on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @11:53AM (#7096446)
If the university no longer provides the data this seems like a good opportunity for the application developers to manage that data themselves. They already have the students' course information so they could email them at the end of term and get their own evaluations -- removing Yale from the equation entirely.
Re:Open letter to the Yale Community from Dean by andrewfong on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @01:59PM (#7097411)
Also worth pointing out that it's in Yale's interest to collect and provide the data. If they collect it, they can ensure a more representative sample size, even if they can't ensure how that data is ultimately presented. If students start using a third party service, not only does Yale still not have control over presentation, the data collected will probably make the faculty look worse by virtue of the fact that disgruntled students are more likely to respond than happy students.
Re:Open letter to the Yale Community from Dean by mullingitover on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @05:36PM (#7099097)
As a wise man once said, "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."