Student Evaluations of Instruction (SEI) Policy (Policy 39)

Approved By:

President Cheryl Green

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Revised:

12/01/1976, 08/01/1986, 03/20/2017, 06/17/2024

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  1. Students in each course shall evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction they received using a university-wide Student Evaluation of Instruction (SEI) process. 
  2. The appropriate SEI survey will be distributed though the learning management system and student emails in each credit-bearing and non-credit- bearing course associated with an academic program, and for each instructor. 
  3. Instructors may supplement university-wide SEI surveys with up to four additional questions. 
  4. The standard period during which students will be allowed to complete SEI survey shall begin three weeks and shall end one week before the end of a course. 
  5. SEI distribution shall be limited to students enrolled in the course at the start of the standard period, as defined in IV. 
  6. Results will be released to faculty one week after the deadline for the submission of grades. 
  7. The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness manages the process and systems that distribute SEI surveys and alert faculty when evaluations have been released to students.
  8. The Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness manages the process and systems that collect, analyze, record, and publishes SEIs results. 
  9. The University provides access to an archival database of historical reports.