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UConn reports seven new COVID cases
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A sign leads to check-in for the student dorms at the UConn Stamford branch in Stamford, Conn. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Health experts say active screening for COVID-19 is critical in preventing college outbreaks.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
STORRS The University of Connecticut on Friday reported seven new cases of COVID-19, a week after students returned for the spring semester.
Four of the new cases were found among UConn students living at the Storrs campus, and the remaining three were found off campus, university spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said in a news release.
UConn has reset its COVID-19 dashboard for the start of the spring semester. So far, 25 students living on campus have tested positive this semester, and 29 students are in isolation on campus after either testing positive or exhibiting symptoms.
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Student evaluations of teaching which have been shown again and again to be subject to student biases, especially gender bias remain as controversial as ever. And two new studies of these evaluations, or SETs, are more fuel for the fire.
The first paper suggests that relatively simple changes to the language used in SETs can make a positive impact in assessments of female professors. Yet the authors warn that if these changes were widely adopted, students (and their biases) might adjust to the new system and the positive effect for female professors might wear off.
A second study finds that professors are seen by students as better teachers before they earn tenure. The authors say that this is not a reason to do away tenure entirely, just that increased job security inside or outside academe may come with decreased quality of output.