We realize that many educators have concerns about our web site. On this page we hope to answer some of your questions and make our intentions clear.

To begin, we did not create ProfessorPerformance.com to paint a bullseye on all professors' foreheads. Each of us have had some wonderful instructors- who are in no small part responsible for getting us where we are today. We even created a section to showcase such professors- The A+ Club

This being said, there are "bad" professors at every institution in the United States. This page was not designed to seek them out and get rid of them, but make students aware of what they should expect when they step in such a professor's classroom.

We do not advocate administrative action against professors based on what is posted on this site. Firing, suspending or discipling a professor based on a handful of evaluations is rash and rather thoughtless. We do not endorse, nor support, such actions.

We also do not support the actions of professors who use this web site to seek out critical students and challenge their views. Students have the ability to post anonymously, but also can use their real name. Those who do should not be subject to harassment.

We realize that there will be instances of students who post false, misleading, libelous, or defamatory evaluations about their professors. If you find such an instance, then e-mail us. While we will make every attempt to investigate such postings and remove them if necessary, we will not be held responsible for any consequence resulting from an evaluation posted to our site. Please see our Legal Page for more information.

A final word- if you are a professor, please keep all the above factors in mind and try to remain calm before e-mailing us. We will not reply to frantic accusations, demands or anger fits.