These instructions should be read before every evaluation even though students may have heard them many times.  They are aimed at encouraging students to take the evaluations seriously and answer the questions thoughtfully.

To be read to students:

This occasion for evaluation of both the course and the professor is your opportunity to have input into the educational process of your university. It is a great responsibility that requires thought, objectivity, honesty, and fairness on your part. This evaluation will be used by the professor and administrator to maintain and improve the quality of the course and the teaching of the professor. As you evaluate the course, please remember to consider your own responsibility as a student, taking into consideration your attendance, your completion of reading and other assignments in a timely manner, and the amount of work you put into the course.

This process is completely anonymous.  Your professor must not be present while you complete the evaluation forms.  The person administering the evaluation will separate the computer sheets from the written answers and deliver them to the office of the dean of the College of Business Administration.  The dean's office will set the written answers aside, unread, until after all grades for the course have been turned in to the Registrar.  No one will see the written answers until after your grades are reported.  At that time, the written answers will be given to your professor, who is expected to consider your suggestions.  Professors can choose to include the written comments in their annual reports, but you should address your comments to the professor, not to any administrator.

The computer sheets are treated differently.  Information Technology Services will process the sheets into reports that are sent back to the dean's office  and to the individual professor. The Dean of Business will consider these reports when preparing annual evaluations of faculty.

Please take your time and answer the questions thoughtfully.