EVALUATION
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University President Myles
Brand has re-emphasized the
importance of teai hing to all
departments. Armstrong sail),
and evaluations play a role in
determining a teacher's effe<
liveness
"We trv to reward good
teai.long through merit pay
he said.
All signed, written evalua
tions are considered when de
termining merit pay raises, he
said.
Lorraine Davis, vice provost
for academic personnel, said
the University Assembly ap
proved the present course eval
uation policy in December
1<)78. The policy states that ev
ery department must keep sta
tistics on class and major status
of students taking the course,
in addition to student percep
tions of the course and teach
ing
Kvery instructor at the Uni
versity must evaluate at least
two of his or her courses a year.
Davis said. All non tenured fac
ultv are reviewed at least once
a year by the department head
Teaching evaluations play a
significant role in these re
views.
every signed, written evaiua
tion accompanies tin* instructor
seeking tenure all the way to
the provost’s office. Davis said.
The Facultv Personnel Commit
tee then has the opportunity to
examine all the written evalua
tions and the summary data
from computerized records
Tilt; Fit' makes a rot ommonda
tion to the provost regarding
the tenure decision
Although University policy
requires course evaluations in
every department, it does not
specify any standard format of
questionnaires According to
Kutli Felevre in the Computing
Center, departments may ask
up to 2t> questions on the com
puteri/.ed portion of evalua
lions
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The Student Senate is n*
sponsible for keeping evalua
lions accessible lo students
l-mira Do Leone. senate vice
< hairvvoman. said the summary
records kept in the knight Li
brary an* sometimes so confus
ing that It is impossible to tell
where (he course number is lo
i ated
l)e I cone and sludenl senator
l hristi Drue are try ing to come
up with .1 way to standardize
evaluation forms for the whole
university.
Drue said they are using the
I’niversity ol Washington as a
model lor a possible new sys
I fin Kvt-rv two wars Washing
Ion publishes .1 Iwiok .iIkhi! the
size ol the t'niversitv s student
directory containing all tin*
summary evaluations and tbi'
different types of forms
livery Washington professor
receives .1 i .mi to iiuiu.ile the
nurnlMT .mil (lie t\ pe ol lonn lie
or she needs
Hill Drue said she would like
to see a set of eight standard
forms, stn h .is one tor lei lures
one lor disi nssion and one tor
(III led courses She said she
hopes lo see administration ol
tii nils to begin the proi ess soon
lo change the confusing mess
of evaluations in the library
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