On October 12, 1993, the General Faculties Council (GFC) of the University of Alberta modified its policy concerning Teaching Evaluation and Student Evaluation of Instruction to include the requirement for collection of students' ratings of instruction on a University-wide basis using a basic set of mandated questions. The policy also made provision for releasing the associated results to the Students' Union and the Graduate Students' Association. Currently, results are not made "public" unless there have been at least 10 completed questionnaires for a class.

The current version of this policy may be viewed by linking to Section 111 of the GFC Policy Manual.

Included in this policy is the following cautionary note concerning the results obtained from students' ratings.

Student questionnaires form an important part of evaluating teaching effectiveness but cannot be taken alone as a complete assessment of an instructor or course. Factors other than an instructor's teaching ability may influence ratings. These factors include class size, class level, Faculty, time of class, required versus optional course, grade expectations, student GPA, gender, race, ethnicity, age of both students and instructors.

Small differences in evaluation should not be considered as meaningful.

In order to access the results for these mandated questions, proceed to the login page at:
Search for Universal Student Ratings of Instruction Results

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