State Could Suspend Former UI Law Professor's License
By
Danielle Plogmann
Story Created:
Apr 1, 2007 at 4:54 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Apr 1, 2007 at 4:54 PM CDT
AP - A former University of Iowa law professor faces a possible license suspension. That's for altering students' evaluations of his classroom performance.
Kenneth Kress resigned last summer after 18 years as a professor
in the school's College of Law. The Grievance Commission of the
Iowa Supreme Court is recommending that the court suspend his law
license for at least one year. That's after an incident in April of
2004. It involved surveys in which students scored his
effectiveness as a professor.
Kress allegedly distributed a questionnaire to ten students in a class dealing with mental health law. He then replaced three of the
completed surveys with three that he had filled out. He also
changed some of ratings on two other surveys from ``average'' to
``outstanding.''
Kress ultimately resigned from the law school. State records show that he entered into a ``confidential settlement agreement'' with the university.
Grievance commission records show that Kress, who has bipolar
disorder, acknowledged changing the students' evaluations of his
performance. He blamed his conduct on physical and mental
illnesses.
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