CAMPUS PROFILE GLOSSARY
November 2007
9500-9980 STUDENT TEACHING EVALUATIONS
Source: Instructor-course evaluation system (ICES) files maintained
by the Center for Teaching Excellence
9520 % of Fall & Spring on-campus sections using ICES
The number of class sections offered by this unit for which instructor-course evaluation forms were submitted divided by the number of class sections offered by the unit. The denominator does not include off-campus or individual instruction sections. Occasionally the percent may exceed 100% when multiple instructors for one course request evaluations or when the department is incorrectly identified on the instructor's ICES request form. For example, if a course is crosslisted, the instructor may identify it as being offered by one department when it was recorded as being offered by another.
9560-9760 Faculty and TA ratings
Students are asked to "Rate the instructor" on a 5-point scale, excellent to poor. The average score (1-5) is computed for each section. The average section scores are divided into groups (top 10%, next 20%, etc.) and the percent of this unit's sections in each group is shown. The instructors self- identify themselves as faculty or TAs. This means that "faculty" includes tenure-system and non-tenure system faculty. The ICES data is for each academic year, excluding summer sessions.
9770-9860 Percent of sections ranked 4 or 5
The percentage reported is the average proportion of students in a course assigning an ICES rating of 4 or 5 to the instructor. The percent of 4s and 5s received in each course is averaged across the entire unit. (This is a course-level statistic).