One professor sat in the foyer for approximately one hour on Thursday reviewing some psychological periodicals while student workers came in and out. The envelopes were already opened, and the professor was never asked to leave. On Friday a faculty senator and the professor returned to the second floor, and there were still four large boxes of questionnaires on the table. Later in the afternoon, one party took photographs of the unsecured questionnaires. Such a cavalier attitude with respect to the storage and tabulation of this important data is reprehensible.
Professors have rights just like students.
The publication of SET data causes important due process and academic freedom issues, which should not be handled in such a sloppy fashion. For example, in some accounting classes at TAMU as many as one out of five students are zapping male professors on the SET questionnaires. Professors must realize that the SET questionnaire is a control system used by students and administrators to control teachers. This control device is similar to alcohol to an alcoholic or drugs to an addict. Students and administrators will not give up this control device easily.