Student Evaluation of Faculty Teaching

At the end of each semester, questionnaires are distributed so that students may evaluate the effectiveness of each instructor’s teaching. The evaluations are read by the instructors, many of whom find them useful tools in improving their method and style of teaching. Instructors do not have access to the evaluations until after final grades have been submitted to the office of the registrar.
Evaluations are used by the departments, the president, and the Committee on Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions in reviewing faculty for reappointment, tenure, and post-tenure reviews. If fewer than 50 percent of the students taught by an instructor during the semester return questionnaires, the returned questionnaires do not constitute an evaluation of the instructor’s teaching.