About
Privacy-first professor ratings
OpenAcademiaRating is built to protect graduate and PhD reviewers while giving future students a clear view of advising culture, mentorship style, and teaching outcomes.
How anonymity works
Reviewers verify their `.edu` email once. After verification, all published reviews are anonymized. No public profile, no visible username, and no disclosure of institution metadata beyond the selected school and class. Reviews are public; only submissions are gated by verification.
- • Verified email stored privately, never shown publicly.
- • Reviews display only scores, comments, course, and term context.
- • Moderators can remove abusive content without exposing identities.
What we measure
Ratings focus on advising outcomes with optional teaching and academic scores. Reviews can be course-specific, program-specific, or advising-only.
Open source promise
The full product logic and UI are open sourced in `prof-rating-core` to encourage community review and transparency. Deployment secrets and infrastructure remain private in `prof-rating-ops`.