GSLIS faculty ranked as excellent for Summer 2015

Ten GSLIS instructors were named to the University’s List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Summer 2015. The rankings are released every semester, and results are based on the Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) questionnaire forms maintained by Measurement and Evaluation in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Only those instructors who gave out ICES forms during the semester and who released their data for publication are included in the list.

Faculty and instructors appearing on the list include Sid Berger, Bertram "Chip" Bruce, Nicole A. Cooke, David Dubin, Pat Olson, Scott Schwartz, Joel Silver, Kevin Trainor, Terry Weech, and Melissa Wong. Cooke received the highest ranking of “outstanding.”

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