122.2 Surveys of Student Opinion of Instruction

122.2 Surveys of Student Opinion of Instruction

A. Background

During each semester and May Experience, Furman University solicits student opinions of instruction.

B. Policy

Each faculty member will provide an opportunity for students in every course to offer opinions about the course and the instruction using a survey prepared by the Faculty Status Committee and/or the academic department.

C. Guidelines

1. The Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean is responsible for managing the process for soliciting student opinion of instruction and communicating the process to the faculty in a timely manner.

2. Normally, the survey instrument is made available at least two weeks before the beginning of the examination period. Surveys should be completed before the beginning of the examination period.

3. The Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean is responsible for managing the compilation of the results of the opinion surveys and the delay of their distribution until grades for the class have been reported.

4. Results of the survey opinions are available to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean, the Faculty Status Committee, the department chair or the supervisor of the instructor and the chair of the department in which the course resides. Results of opinion surveys for interdisciplinary courses and first year seminars are also available to the Senior Associate Academic Dean.

5. Individual faculty members may use the student opinion surveys to improve their classroom work. Department chairs may use them as one basis for conversations with individual faculty members regarding their work.

6. The Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean and the Faculty Status Committee may review the results of student opinion surveys in formulating their recommendations on salary, promotion, tenure, renewal of contract, nonrenewal of contract, or termination

7. Any survey of a different format from that of the Faculty Status Committee should be approved by the relevant department chair(s), and a sample of that format should be provided to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean.

8. The Faculty Status Committee has responsibility for the oversight and evaluation of the procedures used to administer the surveys.

9. The department chair and the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean may, under unusual circumstances, approve the omission of the usual student opinion surveys.

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