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2005-06, Faculty Course Evaluation Survey of Student Opinion

Prior to the Fall 2007 Term, The Faculty/Course Evaluation (FCE) survey at Ryerson was completed in class each semester in weeks 10, 11 or 12 by students in individual courses. The procedures, questions, and use of the survey were specified in Appendix F of the University's Collective Agreement with the Ryerson Faculty Association. The survey process was managed by the Office of Academic Council, on behalf of the Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs.

Students were asked to indicate their degree of agreement/disagreement with seven statements regarding the faculty member and four statements regarding the course.  Results were not released until after final grades had been submitted for the course.

The aggregated results of FCE surveys were expressed as the mean (average) rating for each question by students who responded. These averages were reported in two tables for the following terms:

For each term, Table 1 showed the Ryerson University averages and the averages for each of the five Faculties: Arts, Business, Communication & Design, Community Services, and Engineering, Architecture & Science. This table was sent to all Chairs, Deans, Vice Presidents and the President. 

Table 2 showed results by School or Department, with the Ryerson and Faculty averages included for comparison purposes. For small departments where data were available for fewer than three faculty, the name of the department was shown, but not the ratings.  Chairs and Deans received the Table 2 report for their specific Faculty. All reports were copied to the Vice Presidents and the President. 

Results for individual instructors were confidential and were sent to the faculty member only. They were required as part of the documentation of teaching performance in annual reviews during the probationary period, and in tenure and promotion applications.

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