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International Review of Economics Education 18 (2015) 11–24 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Review of Economics Education journal homepage: /locate/iree Student evaluation based indicators of teaching excellence from a highly selective liberal arts college§ Aju Jacob Fenn * Economics and Business, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: The paper uses individual level data from each student that has Received 17 December 2013 enrolled in each class in the department in the last five years. Unlike Received in revised form 1 October 2014 several past studies that lack data on teaching quality measures Accepted 22 November 2014 Ordered Probit models reveal that the significant determinants of Available online 2 December 2014 effective teaching, based on student evaluations of teaching (SET) are: organization, clarity of exposition, availability and enthusiasm JEL classification: of the instructor. The gender and race of the instructor is significant A10 with female and non-white instructors being downgraded by A22 students. The usual findings of expected grades inflating teaching Keywords: evaluations are contested by the empirical evidence from this Teaching