Faculty Evaluation

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1 Faculty evaluations suspended
Northern Iowan 110:2, p.1 		Student evaluations of professors will not affect tenure or salary of their professors this year, because the faculty and administration did not get a new evaluation process prepared and approved in time.
2 Online evaluations
Northern Iowan 106:24, p.3 		Believes on-line evaluations of professors would save resources and money. Writer feels that choices are being taken away.
3 Students give professors grades of their own
Northern Iowan 106:23, p.1 		Evaluation forms have been handed to students to allow them assess the course and the professor. Forms are scored electronically, summarized by an outside firm, and following the posting of grades, shared with the professor; photo.
4 Ratemyprofessor.com; use it, don't abuse it
Northern Iowan 106:16, p.5 		Students urged to speak for themselves, be specific in their comments, describe both strengths and weaknesses, use pertinent details, and then proof read comments when rating professors.
5 Professors rated No. 25 in nation on Web site
Northern Iowan 104:31, p.1 		Students are able to rate their professors on www.ratemyprofessor.com. According to the site, UNI is rated 25 out of 50 in the nation of having the top rated professors; photo.
6 Do student evaluations make the grade?
Northern Iowan 100:20, p.5 		Encourages students to be mature when filling out professor evaluations.
7 Final vote removes Pick-a-Prof funding
Northern Iowan 100:8, p.5 		NISG Senate voted to reverse the allocation of $5000 originally intended for an online professor rating system.
8 NISG questions $5,000 service over free options
Northern Iowan 100:4, p.6 		Senator Andrew Lietzow encouraged the endorsement of a free Internet service to rate professors, but President Lerda believes a free service does not need NISG backing and offered the idea of receiving the same type of service through the university.
9 Pick-a-Prof contract remains unsigned
Northern Iowan 100:2, p.4 		Students consider faculty rating and comment system; information provided by faculty and administration to assist senators in their decision.
10 Students grading the graders
Northern Iowan 99:35, p.11 		Dennis Clayson claims that negatively impacted students are more likely to visit and post messages at www.ratemyprofessor.com.
11 Do teacher evaluations make the grade?
Northern Iowan 99:29, p.1 		Teacher evaluations filled out by students help to define the performance of an instructor.
12 Service gives scoop on profs
Northern Iowan 99:25, p.1 		NISG is considering implementing "Pick-a-Prof" which will provide students with information about faculty members from an online service.
13 Do you make the grade?
Campus News Network 11:12, p.2 		A Web site contains comments about professors at UNI by current students.
14 Observation criteria need the evaluation
Northern Iowan 97:23, p.8 		Discusses the method used to observe the teaching style of professors.
15 Oral competency tests unfair, 'xenophobic'
Northern Iowan 93:48, p.6 		Faculty member believes oral competency evaluations of instructors are unfair.
16 Faculty Senate addresses use of evaluations
Northern Iowan 90:46, p.1 		Faculty debates use of demographic data on evaluation forms.
17 Faculty assessments serve varied purpose
Northern Iowan 90:38, p.1 		Outline of assessment process.
18 Clause provokes controversy; professor calls change "gag order"
Northern Iowan 90:20, p.1 		Would keep classroom reviews confidential until they have been considered by committee.
19 Evaluations measure excellence: research, service important for faculty tenure
Northern Iowan 90:12, p.5 		Faculty members explain faculty evaluation process.
20 Student Assessments need some improvement
Northern Iowan 89:63, p.2 		Believes student assessment instruments still fall short.
21 New UNI instructor evaluations next fall; old form 'too vague', new forms avoid confusion
Northern Iowan 89:48, p.1 		Faculty and administrators give views of new forms and procedure as a whole.
22 Tenure process reviewed
Northern Iowan 87:39, p.5 		NISG bill calls for review of tenured faculty every year.
23 Professor studies teacher evaluations
Northern Iowan 85:29, p.1 		Professor Clayson is studying the effectiveness of evaluation.
24 Teacher evaluation process reviewed
Northern Iowan 82:56, p.8 		Committee formed to try to develop a better method of evaluating faculty teaching performance.
25 Student assessments evaluate teacher effectiveness
Northern Iowan 82:36, p.4 		Student assessments are given once a year for non-tenured professors and every five years for tenured professors.
26 Conflict 'juvenile at best'
Northern Iowan 78:35, p.2 		Professor Vajpeyi expresses views on recent conflict between Professors Parker and Chabert; comments on outside evaluators.
27 Does teaching need a warning?
Northern Iowan 78:25, p.1 		Faculty members give their impressions of college teaching.
28 Course and Teacher Evaluation handbooks are now available
Northern Iowan 76:49, p.1 		Jackie Mackin discusses the CATE handbooks that will soon be available.
29 UNISA president Lathrop reviews year
Northern Iowan 76:41, p.4 		UNISA president Craig Lathrop recaps last year's accomplishments, including the establishment of the Course and Teacher Evaluations (CATE), and sponsoring Homecoming events; photo.
30 'Faculty--examine motives'
Northern Iowan 76:36, p.3 		Feels current method of evaluation of faculty needs to be looked at.
31 Students to publish faculty evaluations
UNI Century 8:1, p.1 		UNISA will publish Course and Teacher Evaluation (CATE) handbook.
32 'Too much hooplah being generated by the CATE handbook'
Northern Iowan 76:16, p.2 		Student believes there is too much controversy over the CATE handbook; faculty are feeling threatened by it. Student feels that there is too much controversy over the CATE handbook.
33 Faculty support sought for handbook
Northern Iowan 76:13, p.1 		Representatives from UNISA are meeting with various faculty members to gain cooperation for the Course and Teacher Evaluation handbook.
34 CATE: better than 'advice'
Northern Iowan 76:10, p.2 		Believes the CATE handbook will be provide students with valuable information.
35 HOBAHS?
Northern Iowan 76:10, p.3 		Feels that if the Course and Teaching Evaluations are made available to students, there should be an evaluation of students so that faculty members would get only "good" students.
36 'Handbook will not improve teaching'
Northern Iowan 76:9, p.2 		Believes the new handbook for teachers will not improve teaching and give students the best education.
37 Kamerick discusses teacher evaluation, Aud; 'quality of UNI education improving'
Northern Iowan 76:9, p.6 		President Kamerick brought up several points during a recent interview on KCRS.
38 UNISA passes teacher evaluation handbook
Northern Iowan 76:8, p.1 		Establishing the Course and Teacher Evaluation (CATE) handbook was one of the items passed at the last UNISA meeting.
39 Student assessments of their instructors: required but not always accurate
Northern Iowan 76:6, p.14 		Some faculty feel student assessments do not always reflect a true picture.
40 Teacher assessment handbook proposed
Northern Iowan 76:4, p.1 		UNISA passes a bill to create a handbook to aid students in selecting courses and professors.
41 Questions
Northern Iowan 74:50, p.2 		Contends that if subjective evaluations improve teaching then they should also improve administration.
42 "Home of the Dome" not popular with students; NI Poll
Northern Iowan 74:46, p.7 		Results of survey on general education, faculty evaluations, and athletics.
43 Result of the faculty evaluations may be released to students
Northern Iowan 74:35, p.9 		Scott Beckman hopes to see the results of the faculty evaluations open to the student body.
44 Are they a flawed instrument?
Northern Iowan 74:28, p.7 		Some believe that the forms are poorly printed and confusing.
45 Evaluations improve quality of teaching
Northern Iowan 74:28, p.6 		Students and faculty talk about the value of faculty evaluation.
46 Little time--poor forms
Northern Iowan 74:28, p.7 		Jim Wolf talks about the difficulty in designing the form and the ways in which it will be scored.
47 Look at faculty evaluations
Northern Iowan 74:28, p.1 		Upcoming article on faculty evaluations by students and how they should be handled.
48 Problems with form may affect data interpretation
Northern Iowan 74:28, p.6 		Most seem to believe that defects will have little effect.
49 Variety of input on assessments
Northern Iowan 74:28, p.7 		Provost Martin talks about the development of the faculty evaluation form.
50 Constitution changes are approved by Association
Northern Iowan 74:24, p.1 		Students will vote on composition of UNISA, nomination procedures, and initiation of student fees.
51 New evaluations to help, says V. P. Martin
Northern Iowan 74:22, p.1 		Provost Martin wrote first draft; will be used before the end of November.
52 Are faculty evaluations an indignity? NO
Northern Iowan 74:21, p.2 		Professor Chang welcomes what he will learn from evaluation.
53 Sidewalk, constitution, KCRS discussed by UNISA Senate at last meeting
Northern Iowan 74:20, p.1
54 Get rich quick?
Northern Iowan 74:19, p.2 		Professor Schwartz talks about the effects of collective bargaining on her paycheck; urges students to take faculty evaluation seriously.
55 New form of faculty evaluation
Northern Iowan 74:17, p.5 		Description of new form.
56 UNISA working to grade the faculty by ABC's
Northern Iowan 74:12, p.3 		Administration approves structure of faculty evaluation.
57 New method of faculty evaluation proposed
Northern Iowan 74:9, p.8 		Scott Beckman explains his proposal.
58 Special UNISA session needed on general ed
Northern Iowan 74:8, p.6 		Also considering faculty evaluation; appointments announced.
59 Adm. evaluation set this spring
Northern Iowan 73:15, p.1 		New evaluation instruments for dean and department head approved.
60 Faculty evaluation revised
Northern Iowan 69:19, p.7 		Revised edition available.
61 UNISA discusses Regents, calendar, faculty evaluation
Northern Iowan 69:19, p.1
62 Faculty evaluation to be conducted
Northern Iowan 68:48, p.7 		Scheduling evaluation times now.
63 Evaluation and improvement of instruction
Northern Iowan 68:46, p.2 		Professor Fox has no illusions that a plan currently under consideration will improve the quality of instruction.
64 UNISA unveils new faculty evaluation
Northern Iowan 68:26, p.1 		Description of new instrument.
65 Behind the scenes
UNI Quarterly 2:4, p.5 		Collection of brief articles on recent events and activities on campus; photo.
66 Leonard thanks people involved
Northern Iowan 67:55, p.2 		Grateful to those who helped with faculty evaluation.
67 Professor chides faculty evaluation.
Northern Iowan 67:54, p.3 		Professor Hoff cites problems with evaluation.
68 Faculty evaluation swings into action tomorrow
Northern Iowan 67:50, p.11 		Prepared to administer instrument.
69 Faculty evaluation: "a misnomer"?
Northern Iowan 67:50, p.1 		Reporter questions just exactly what the evaluations are.
70 Faculty evaluation workers needed
Northern Iowan 67:49, p.1 		Need more students to administer instrument.
71 Complete faculty evaluation for UNI: the first
Northern Iowan 67:48, p.1 		History of evaluation development; plans for administration of instrument.
72 Faculty evaluation format drawn
Northern Iowan 67:46, p.1 		Plans for administration of form.
73 Evaluation assistance
Northern Iowan 67:43, p.2 		Asks for help in administering faculty evaluation forms.
74 Patton explains faculty evaluation; instrument finally released
Northern Iowan 67:42, p.6 		Detailed look at background and objectives of instrument; photo.
75 Considerate evaluation
Northern Iowan 67:24, p.2 		Believes that evaluation of teaching should allow for creative methods.
76 Faculty evaluation begins study
Northern Iowan 67:15, p.4 		Committee will review faculty evaluation procedures.
77 Dean Lang's speech at Chicago meeting
Public Relations News Release 1969:472, p.1 		Dean Lang presented "Faculty Evaluation Procedures at the University of Northern Iowa" at the meeting; summary
78 Faculty evaluation is student responsibility
Northern Iowan 66:36, p.4 		Mike Conlee proposes a faculty evaluation and points out his recommendation for carrying it out.
79 Professor evaluation poll results to be announced
Northern Iowan 65:30, p.1 		Will reflect limited response to survey.
80 Student Senate to compile prof ratings
Northern Iowan 65:7, p.4 		Student Senate Committee on Faculty Relations hopes to produce booklet of faculty evaluations in time for spring preregistration, based on questionnaires filed by students last spring.
81 7000 responses expected for prof evaluation survey
Northern Iowan 64:53, p.4 		Evaluations carried out this week; data will be tabulated.
82 'Grade the Prof' polling begins Monday
Northern Iowan 64:51, p.1 		General results may be made public.
83 Not a 'witch hunt'
Northern Iowan 64:48, p.2 		Defends idea of evaluation of faculty by students.
84 Prof evaluation survey gets Student Senate funds
Northern Iowan 64:47, p.4
85 'Talk is cheap'
Northern Iowan 64:43, p.3 		Encourages students to contribute to the faculty evaluation effort.
86 Faculty evaluations
Northern Iowan 64:41, p.5 		Supports effort to evaluate faculty.
87 Postpone prof evaluation, Iowan withdraws support
Northern Iowan 64:41, p.1 		Will require more time to get organized.
88 Teacher evaluation survey
Northern Iowan 64:41, p.4 		Outlines aims of survey.
89 Student-Faculty Senates discuss, grades, evaluation
College Eye 63:56, p.5
90 Should we forget evaluation?
College Eye 63:39, p.4 		Laments the lack of participation in the independent survey.
91 Faculty evaluation discussed by students, faculty members
College Eye 63:31, p.1 		Students speak at AAUP meeting.
92 Supports student evaluation
College Eye 63:27, p.2 		Satirizes the faculty evaluation form.
93 Richter questions Childers
College Eye 63:26, p.3 		Questions the validity of the study being done on faculty evaluation.
94 Faculty evaluation promises instant dope
College Eye 63:25, p.2 		Discusses the possible value of student evaluations of professors.
95 Childers recollections different
College Eye 63:23, p.3 		Responds to a Letter written by Dr. Lang about faculty evaluations.
96 Dean Lang misunderstood Childers
College Eye 63:23, p.3 		Responds to a recent meeting about faculty evaluations.
97 Hot dope on faculty evaluation
College Eye 63:23, p.3 		Gives the results of survey questions for a faculty evaluation.
98 Instructor evaluation coming
College Eye 63:19, p.2 		Reports that a committee has the approval of Dean Lang to proceed with instructor evaluations.
99 Where is faculty evaluation?
College Eye 63:17, p.2 		Believes that faculty evaluations would be a good idea.
100 Should students be allowed to rate their professors?
College Eye 60:65, p.2 		Professor Howard expresses his opinion.