Rule R6-100D: Student Course Feedback for Credit-Bearing Courses

1. Student Course Feedback
2. Student Course Feedback Instruments(s) and Reports
3. Course Feedback Uses
4. Administration and Stewardship

‌Purpose and Scope‌

1. Purpose.

   This rule establishes requirements for student course feedback.

2. Scope.

   This rule applies to credit-bearing Courses offered by the university.

‌Definitions‌

The definitions provided in Policy 6-100 apply for this rule.

‌Rule‌

1. ‌Student Course Feedback‌

   1. The university will assess its credit-bearing Courses and instruction in multiple ways, including by soliciting students' feedback.

   2. Student feedback will be solicited for all credit-bearing Courses every term they are offered using approved instrument(s). Exceptions may be requested by contacting the Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and will be considered in consultation with the cognizant executive vice president or designee.

   3. Chairs or equivalents of each course-offering unit have the responsibility of seeing that student course feedback is requested according to university regulations as overseen by CTE.

   4. For non-credit Courses, student course feedback may be conducted as determined by the Course-Offering Unit.

2. ‌Student Course Feedback Instrument(s) and Reports‌

   1. The student course feedback instrument(s) shall be standardized and designed to be suitable for use in all credit-bearing Courses, of both undergraduate and graduate levels. Instrument limitations may require exceptions.

   2. The approved student course feedback instrument(s) and report template(s) shall be made available by CTE for use by all Course-Offering Units.

   3. The review and approval of the standardized student course feedback instrument(s) and report template(s) is described in Policy 6-002.

3. ‌Course Feedback Uses‌

   1. The standardized report template(s) will serve as the default format for student planning, curricula improvement, instructor professional development and instructional improvement, and additional uses as described below and as determined relevant. When student course feedback is required for Instructor reviews, the standardized report template(s) will be used to present student perspectives on teaching.

   2. The content and format of customized report requests for additional uses (as described below) is overseen by CTE. Confidentiality of student respondents shall be maintained.

   3. For courses with low enrollment, student course feedback results shall be reported in a manner that protects the confidentiality of student respondents and mitigates the risk of re-identification. The criteria for determining low enrollment, and the reporting format and method for such courses, shall be reviewed and approved in accordance with Policy 6-002.

   4. Student Planning

      1. Student course feedback provides information of interest to students planning their educational pursuits.

      2. Approved standardized report(s) shall be made available to university students, as determined appropriate by the Senate Advisory Committee for Student Course Feedback (SACSCF) in consultation with CTE and the relevant administrators.

   5. Curricula Improvement

      1. Student course feedback is useful in making improvements in instruction and curricula.

      2. Course-Offering Units may use approved standardized report(s) as part of the assessment of courses.

   6. Instructor Professional Development and Instructional Improvement

      1. Approved standardized reports(s) for individual Courses, including all collected data, shall be made available to Course Instructors, and appropriate administrators of the Course-Offering Unit after grades for the Course are filed.

   7. Instructor Reviews

      1. Student course feedback provides a student perspective on teaching for reviews of Course Instructors.

      2. See Policies 6-303, 6-309, 6-310, and 6-321 for procedures for course instructor reviews, including how approved standardized reports are shared with student advisory committees (SACs) and included in faculty review files.

   8. Additional Uses

      1. Additional uses of student course feedback include, but are not limited to:

         1. Accreditation and compliance reporting

         2. Teaching awards and recognition

4. ‌Administration and Stewardship‌

   1. CTE is responsible for the administration, reporting, and dissemination of student course feedback for appropriate uses.

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      Sections IV- VII are for user information and are not subject to the approval of the Academic Senate or the Board of Trustees. The Institutional Policy Committee, the Policy Owner, or the Policy Officer may update these sections at any time.

‌Policies/ Rules, Procedures, Guidelines, Forms and other Related Resources‌

1. Policies/ Rules.

   1. Policy 6-100: Instruction and Evaluation

2. Procedures, Guidelines, and Forms. [ reserved ]

3. Other Related Resources. [ reserved ]

‌References‌

1. Policy 6-303: Reviews of Tenure-Line Faculty Members (RPT Criteria, Standards, & Procedures)

2. Policy 6-309: Academic Staff, Educational Trainees, Postdoctoral Fellows and Medical Housestaff

3. Policy 6-310: Reviews of Career-line, Adjunct, and Visiting Faculty Members, and Other Instructional Personnel (Standards and Procedures)

4. Policy 6-321: Required Reviews for Tenured Faculty

‌Contacts‌

The designated contact officials for this regulation are:

1. Policy Owner(s) (primary contact person for questions and advice): Vice Provost for Student Success

2. Policy Officer(s): Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences

   See Rule 1-001 for information about the roles and authority of policy owners and policy officers.

‌History‌

Revision History.

1. Current version. Revision 0.

   1. Approved by the Academic Senate on April 14, 2026, with effective date of August 1, 2026.

   2. Legislative History

   3. Editorial Revisions

2. Previous versions.

3. Renumbering

   1. Renumbered from Policy 6-100 Section III. N.