fetter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Rating
      your
      professors
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      following
      article
      I
      would
      like
      to
      inform
     
     
      students
      of
      a
      decision
      made
      at
      the
      most
      recent
     
     
      council
      meeting
      of
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
     
     
      about
      the
      administration’s
      inactivity
      on
      the
     
     
      subject
      of
      mandatory
      student
      evaluation
      ofteach-
     
     
      ing
      at
      our
      university.
     
    

    
     
      At
      the
      Senate
      meeting
      of
      the
      university
      held
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      on
      October
      15,
      1993,
      the
      Report
      from
      the
      Senate
     
     
      Committee
      on
      Evaluation
      of
      Teaching
      was
      pre-
     
     
      sented
      and
      then
      sent
      to
      the
      Faculty
      Association
     
     
      for
      further
      review.
      At
      that
      time
      the
      student
     
     
      senators
      present
      were
      unaware
      of
      the
      history
     
     
      behind
      this
      committee-
      more
      specifically,
      we
     
     
      were
      unaware
      that
      this
      committee
      was
      struck
      in
     
     
      1987
      and
      that
      this
      was
      only
      the
      third
      time
      it
      has
     
     
      reported
      to
      senate.
      Another
      fact
      that
      does
      not
     
     
      please
      us
      is
      that
      the
      original
      report
      of
      this
     
     
      committee
      was
      already
      reviewed
      by
      the
      Faculty
     
     
      Association
      at
      that
      time.
      This
      is
      the
      same
      pre-
     
     
      amble
      as
      I
      gave
      to
      our
      council
      meeting,
      and
      as
     
     
      aresult
      of
      this
      we
      have
      decided
      by
      a
      unanimous
     
     
      vote
      of
      council
      to
      proceed
      with
      an
      independent
     
     
      evaluation
      of
      teaching
      organized
      from
      the
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      level.
      This
      is
      a
      plan
      which
      has
      been
      in
     
     
      existence
      at
      the
      Student
      Union
      for
      several
      years,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      but
      we
      believe
      that
      the
      present
      situation
      neces-
     
     
      sitates
      our
      bringing
      it
      into
      action.
      A
      project
      of
     
     
      this
      magnitude
      requires
      the
      help
      of
      students.
     
     
      What
      would
      be
      ideal
      is
      for
      there
      to
      be
      a
      repre-
     
     
      sentative
      from
      each
      class
      at
      the
      university
      who
     
     
      is
      willing
      to
      pass
      out
      these
      evaluation
      forms
     
     
      randomly
      to
      a
      given
      percentage
      of
      his
      or
      her
     
     
      classmates.
      We
      are
      not
      aiming
      at
      a
      complete
     
     
      survey
      on
      our
      very
      first
      try.
      Instead,
      we
      would
     
     
      like
      to
      hit
      some
      of
      the
      major
      classes
      on
      campus.
     
     
      For
      example,
      two
      versions
      of
      the
      same
      course
     
     
      taught
      by
      different
      professors
      are
      ideal
      targets.
     
     
      Emphasis
      will
      also
      be
      placed
      on
      courses
      re-
     
     
      quired
      for
      the
      most
      degree
      programs.
     
    

    
     
      This
      evaluation
      of
      teaching
      will
      be
      done
      no
     
     
      matter
      what
      the
      faculty
      association
      and
      senate
     
     
      decide
      to
      do
      with
      the
      recommendations
      of
      this
     
     
      report.
      While
      we
      still
      want
      the
      university-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Macleans
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      10/X-Press/November
      11,
      1993