Section 3.2  Student Assessments
     Upon request of either United Faculty or the Board, the
      Provost shall convene a committee consisting of three
      members appointed by the United Faculty, three members
      appointed by the Provost, and three students appointed
      by the Student Government.  The committee shall review
      and recommend revisions in the current assessment form
      to the Provost for approval.  In the event the Provost
      does not concur with the recommendation the matter shall
      be returned to the committee for further review and
      deliberation. 
     Student assessments shall be administered in accordance
      with procedures as follows:  
     Subdivision 3.21   Assessment Procedure
     Student assessments shall be administered by the
      department head or her/his designee.  Individual faculty
      members may assist and cooperate in the administration
      of the student assessment but a faculty member shall not
      be required to do so involuntarily.  In no case may the
      faculty member, when assisting in the administration of
      the student assessment, administer the instrument in
      her/his own class.  The faculty member will leave the
      classroom when the instrument is administered to her/his
      class.
     Subdivision 3.22  Probationary, Term, and Temporary Faculty
     Student assessments shall be administered for each
      probationary, term, and full-time temporary faculty
      member during the fall semester of each year
      except for first year faculty will be assessed in the
      spring during their first year.
     Subdivision 3.23  Tenured Faculty
     Tenured faculty members shall be assessed by students
      during the fall or spring semester each fifth (5th)
      year, not counting years on leave or non-teaching
      assignments.
     Subdivision 3.24  Scheduled Assessments
     When a student assessment is conducted to fulfill the
      requirements under Subdivisions 3.22 and 3.23, it shall
      be administered in all sections of all classes.  
      Subdivision 3.25  Additional Assessments
     Additional student assessments may be conducted as
      determined to be appropriate by the department head, as
      required by procedure, or as requested by the faculty
      member.
     Subdivision 3.26  Informational Assessments
     Faculty members may conduct additional assessments of
      their classes for informative purposes.  The
      administration of such assessments shall be arranged by
      the faculty member.  The university shall process such
      assessments but no record of the results shall be kept
      in the evaluation file or any other file maintained by
      the university.  Only when the department head and the
      faculty member agree, prior to the conducting of a
      student assessment, that such assessment is for
      informational purposes, will the assessment be processed
      according to the provisions of this Subdivision.
     Subdivision 3.27  Assessment Report
     A report of the results of student assessments of a
      faculty member shall be transmitted to the faculty
      member and, except for those covered under Subdivision
      3.26, entered in the faculty member's evaluation file. 
      The individual student assessment response sheets shall
      be considered as part of the evaluation file.
     Subdivision 3.28  Exclusions
     The provisions of this Section do not apply to faculty
      whose assignments do not include collegiate level
      courses.
     Subdivision 3.29 Oral Communication
     The oral communication competence of each member of the
      faculty shall be evaluated each academic period as
      prescribed by Iowa law.  The University shall implement
      this policy.  Upon request of either United Faculty or
      the University a committee process as provided in
      Section 3.2 hereof shall be convened to review such
      policy.