Form 7

Student Advisory Committee

( ) Undergrad SA ( ) Graduate SA ( ) Special SA

A report on the teaching effectiveness and student-teacher relations of the individual under consideration

STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES

a.  In an academic unit with declared majors and/or graduate students, the IPC shall ask students to elect a Student Advisory Committee or Committees. In the case one does not exist, the Dean may request that a student advisory board be formed. There may be one undergraduate student advisory committee and one graduate student advisory committee, or a single combined committee. Each committee shall consist of three to eight students, and shall elect its own chair. A wide range of students should be included.

b.  The student advisory committee(s), when extant, shall be asked to report on the teaching effectiveness and student-teacher relations of the individuals under consideration. The committee should gather student opinions as follows: 1) solicit the opinions of students in the academic unit; 2) verify that the opinions they have solicited do come from identifiable students in that academic unit; and 3) prepare a single report summarizing the range of viewpoints. The committee must ensure that in their report, no names of individual students appear. Student opinions may be collected in a number of ways, for example: through signed emails, signed letters, and surveys conducted in the faculty member’s classroom. Only the members of the student advisory committee(s) should sign the committee’s report.

c.  The report(s) of the student advisory committee(s) must be included in the report of the IPC. This report must be shared with the faculty member in question, who shall be given time to file a written comment with the IPC. This comment, when extant, must also be included in its report. If a report from the student advisory committee is not included in the report of an IPC, the reasons shall be stated in the latter report.

Note: Your signature below shows you consider the Student Advisory report to be accurate, NOT that you necessarily agree with the report.

List of student advisory members / Signature