The first forum focused on how research and development are evaluated, and the next forum will examine how service is evaluated. The topic of this forum was evaluation of faculty teaching. Students were not invited to this forum, but it is hoped that future meetings can be held to discuss this issue together. Professor Matt Stroud, acting chair of the ad hoc committee that organized this forum, made introductory comments which were useful in organizing the thoughts from those in attendance. I have attempted to place the various comments that were made during the 90 minutes under the most appropriate heading below.
Some ideas obviously overlap.
Each heading is divided into ideas of concern and ideas for improving the current system. Evaluation of faculty by students. One of the biggest concerns expressed was that students do not provide enough written comments on the teaching evaluation forms. The current format does not necessarily evaluate student learning. The total picture of one's teaching is far greater than what the current evaluation form includes.