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RUTH LATHAM

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Raw average: 3.75/5 from 4 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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EPS570 · course not matched2014-02-25

Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5

Office hours are a must. Discussion based class with very fair grading. Ruth is inspiring.

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EPS570 · course not matched2014-02-17

Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5

Pretty good class... Very good Lecturer... and you always have one or two very eloquent classmates you can learn from during class discussion.

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570 · course not matched2013-05-08

Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5

As a Black adjunct, she called out the students of color one by one to give the "colored perspective." Is this good teaching? or ignorance?

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570 · course not matched2013-05-08

Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5

this adjunct teaches that schools marginalize students of color. yet she did the same thing to students in her class.

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Classes with RUTH LATHAM

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Instructor identity & provenance

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