It shouldn't make ultimatums about getting published. Research is extremely important at any university, but when Georgetown stresses research as the primary requisite for tenure, it sends a disconcerting message to the student body. Georgetown cannot afford to lose good teachers for judgment calls about research. Students need to give the university more of a reason to take the teaching side of this university more seriously. If students want more involved professors rather than researchers hidden from our view, they shouldn't blow off evaluation reports given at the end of the semester.
Evaluations are the only outlet to let the university know how well a professor has performed.
Teaching talent may be hard to quantify, but students can't let it be an enigma to the university. The validity of Georgetown professors as teachers should be the most important criterium used to judge tenure. Professors don't speak to students in academic journals, they speak in classrooms.