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Grades, Performance, Reputation, and Ratings: An Empirical Study

Previous research on student evaluation of teaching has explored the effect of expected grades but not the impact of a professor's reputation as an easy instructor. The current analysis shows that this reputation increases the expected grade, which in turn increases student ratings of the professor. Instructors with a reputation for giving high grades for relatively low quality work, may reduce the incentive for students to put forth sufficient effort to achieve a high level of competence. A promotion, tenure, and merit system that rewards this behavior can cause the pattern to proliferate and reduce the quality of the education.