From:    The Senate Committee on Diversity and Affirmative Action

Prepared by: Shangyou Scott Zhang, Chairperson, April 12, 2012

To:      Executive Committee

Subject: Uniform questions in course evaluation

The UD Diversity and Equity Commission made a recommendation to the

President, in April 2011:

  "We recommend adding a question to the faculty evaluation form

  asking whether a student feels that their abilities were prejudged

  based on their identity and/or background and, if so, how such

  alleged prejudgement manifested."

The UD President accepted this recommendation in September, 2011, when meeting the Diversity and Equity Commission.  The Diversity and Affirmative Action Committee drafted the following questions, as common questions for possibleUD course evaluation:

1. The instructor showed no prejudice against any student.

 A=strongly agree  B=agree  C=Not applicable D=disagree E=strongly disagree

2. To what extent did the instructor address diversity, both in terms of

  teaching content and teaching methods?

 A=excellent    B=good    C=satisfactory    D=poor    E=very poor

The Committee would recommend

1. forward this proposal to Faculty Senate directly and seek its approval;

2. or forward this proposal to the General Education Committee, and

   charge the Committee to form a set of 5 or so common questions for

   UD course evaluation.