FACULTY PRIVACY

Faculty data privacy is protected through compliance with University policy, data processing procedures, and in-house security.

A subset of SRT results applicable to the course (not instructor) are released to students in accordance with January 2015 revisions to the University’s Administrative Policy on Evaluation of Teaching. This policy applies to the Twin Cities, Morris, and Rochester campuses. Policy changes were approved by the Faculty and Student Senates in May 2014 upon recommendation by the Senate Committee on Educational Policy.

Data from items pertaining to a course are released to students to aid in future course selection. Data from items pertaining to an instructor are not released.

The University considers SRT data that directly identify instructors as personnel data. As such, it is protected by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, which prohibits the public release of personnel data. In support of this distinction between course data and instructor data, the SRT form separates instructor-specific questions from course-specific questions.