The concept of an institute of higher learning being a place where someone could learn and earn an education has taken a drastic shift. Instead, Universities and Colleges are being run with the same philosophy as a business that seeks to attract and retain customer approval (Lord, 2008). As a result, student opinion surveys are used to dictate how effective a professor is, and whether or not the material being taught was satisfactory. As Professor Stanley Fish argues, the results of the survey depend heavily on the mood and classroom experience of the student (as cited in Lord, 2008). Unfortunately, this method of educating to satisfy the student body has removed the instructor’s authority and criticality; resulting in lenient grading practices
