change...."may be" used as part of faculty evaluation....to "are" used; is there any department that does not use them at all?---++COURSE AND TEACHER SURVEY (CATS)

Current Policy:

The University administers a Course and Teacher Survey (CATS). The survey instruments are distributed to faculty members at the end of the fall and spring semesters. The packets include instructions for how the survey is to be administered. CATS is only administered for summer courses if requested by the College Dean. The results are tabulated by the Office of Planning, Training, and Institutional Research (OPTIR). The individual reports are made available to faculty members a few weeks after the end of the semester. The reports are initially released on a confidential website, and paper reports are sent to faculty members at a later point. The results of the surveys are sent to department chairs and deans, and may be used as part of faculty evaluation. Summaries of the CATS reports are also sent to chairs to be included in applications for promotion and tenure. Faculty members who wish to do so may also make their reports public, so that the reports are available to anyone who has a legitimate Villanova ID and password. Further information on the CATS process and a copy of the instrument itself is available in CATS: A guide for New Faculty Members. This publication is available on the web at http://vpaa.villanova.edu/CATS/CATSGUIDE.html

VPAA 8/02/02

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