Abstract This article presents information on new student rights and academic freedom in the U.S. Two examples of the greater student participation in the academic process are found in California State College at Los Angeles. The first was established by action of the college's academic senate whereby students were accorded the right to evaluate their professors' classroom performance. Evaluations are to be made in writing at least once per academic quarter. Some faculty members have of course used student evaluation sheets for many years for their own information and self evaluation. The evaluations at California State College, however, are not solely for use by the individual professor but are forwarded by student representatives directly to the chairmen of the departments and then to the department Faculty Affairs Committees. There is no denying that classroom performance of most professors, including accounting professors, can always be improved. Some professors may be stimulated to improve the quality of their teaching by the two examples discussed above. The answer to this question depends on the individual professor's view of and reactions to possible unfavorable personnel actions that might arise through either unfavorable student evaluations or unfavorable Grievance Committee actions.
Dr Don E. Garner (Sat,) studied this question.