Institutional and Program Evaluation
To assure the continued strength of the institution and all programs within the university, several types of ongoing evaluation procedures are maintained throughout the academic year. Student input is essential in determining institutional decisions that affect student life and welfare and is leveraged to generate institutional strategic initiatives, programmatic improvements, and course improvements.
Student Evaluation of the University
Students are surveyed annually regarding all major components of the institution through the anonymous General Student Survey disseminated at the completion of each academic year. This survey includes questions about the overall institution, all departments, and student support at the university. Student input is disseminated to all faculty and staff, is routinely discussed, and is leveraged to create institutional and departmental improvements.
Student Evaluation of Degree Program
The anonymous General Student Survey also includes questions about the student’s academic degree program. Students are requested to provide their opinion about their program’s effectiveness, student life, student processes, integration, diversity & inclusion, etc. Additionally, graduating students and alumni are surveyed and asked to provide additional feedback on their overall experience within their degree program. This input is leveraged to create targeted programmatic improvements.
Student Evaluations of Course/Instructor
At the end of each course, students are asked to provide feedback through an anonymous online evaluation. Students are asked to rate the instructor and course content. Survey feedback is 1utilized to make general improvements and is provided to the individual instructors to make adjustments in order to improve courses. These student surveys are completed online and often inform additional degree program improvements.
Additional Feedback
In addition to the methods described above, throughout the academic year, students can provide feedback to their course instructor and to Richmont through email, telephone, and in-person appointments.