What role does student input play in the process as it is currently outlined?
Student input is critical to the review process. The Associate Dean’s office solicits online teaching evaluations from all currently enrolled students who have worked with a given faculty member and former students who have graduated within the past five years. In addition, the faculty member being reviewed suggests the names of current and former students who have worked especially closely with the professor (on independent study projects or honors projects or within several courses). Those students are invited to provide letters about the professor’s teaching. All materials submitted by students are reviewed in detail by the Faculty Personnel Committee and weigh heavily in the evaluation of a candidate’s teaching.
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