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New instructors can struggle to learn the craft. Required courses where not everyone is interested in the topic typically earn lower ratings than elective courses. Students are not qualified to evaluate instruction. Ratings become a popularity contest. An anonymous website by and for students to describe courses and instructors. Unvarnished appraisals by students. Completely unmonitored nature leads to inappropriate comments. Course enrollments The number of students enrolled in each class is gathered by the university registrar in order to collect tuition and award credits. Declining numbers of students in previously popular courses may be an indicator of poor performance. This data is readily collected and easily observed and tabulated. Subjects grow and fade in popularity for reasons unrelated to the quality of instruction.