Student evaluations for RST purposes shall be separate from those for self-improvement. The departments and colleges should keep the process as simple and as fair as possible and should see that no questions are included that would destroy student anonymity. Recommendations for reappointment, and the granting of tenure must be based on a cumulative annual record. Student evaluations must be conducted each semester for faculty during their first three years of service. All other faculty must be evaluated by students in all classes they teach in one semester at least once every three years.
Faculty members are free to add additional evaluations to their files.
Faculty members have the right to respond to all summary statements of student evaluations prepared for retention, promotion, tenure, and salary purposes. Peer evaluation must be independent of student evaluation. Colleges and departments may use a variety of peer evaluation techniques. Peer evaluations may be made by a single individual or by several. Evaluations in a given department may be solicited and summarized by a designated individual, the chair of the department, chair of the DRB, the DRB, or an ad hoc committee.