She noted that in the last hiring cycle, we had eight turn downs, but seven of those were for non-salary issues. She asked for further input. The strategy is to phase it in, begin new by October 2000. Feedback indicates that the process is cumbersome, the student response forms do not give good information, and for many of our teaching modalities, there is no assessment that is nationally normed. Results from the cards are very slow in coming back to the instructor.
Training is needed to interpret the results.
Charlotte reiterated that the Board has directed that we have an assessment instrument, and asks options on the next appropriate step. Charlotte will present her findings for discussion at the next meeting of the Academic Deans.