A faculty member must teach for six years before being evaluated for tenure at Wartburg. I want students to know that their voices are an important part of the evaluation process. Students should not blow off filling out the SRIs. Menzel admitted that not every faculty member will agree with the student's comments, but they will read them and take them seriously. Menzel also stressed that if a student has a problem, he or she should talk with that instructor instead of waiting to fill out the SRI at the end of the term.
Most faculty members do respond to students' comments.