Master of Business Administration (Financial Services)

ii. the head of each relevant teaching unit (Department Chair/Head or Director of aSchool) receives reports for every individual (i.e., Chair of History receives reports for allthose teaching History classes, and so on); andiii. from time to time at their written request, reports are provided to the President,Vice-President (Academic) and Provost, and the Dean of the Faculty in which theindividual teaches.c. Standard end-of-term SRI reports summarizing the mean responses (that is,collective “departmental means” defined as the mean of the means for individuals) foreach teaching unit (programs, departments, or schools or specific instructor groups likeTAs) are printed by CLT and distributed to:i. Department Head/Chair or Director of the relevant teaching unit,ii. Deans of the relevant Faculty, andiii. from time to time at their written request, the President or the Vice-President(Academic) and Provost.d. On the written authorization of the President, Vice-President (Academic) andProvost, or under the terms of the relevant collective agreement, CLT may preparecustomized reports based on SRI data for purposes such as institutional/program reviewor accreditation, or teaching/career award competitions. Deans are also authorized torequest customized reports based on SRI data for their own Faculties. To the extentpossible, the identity of individuals shall be protected unless essential to the purposes ofthe report (e.g., for award competitions).e. Outside of the normal distribution process, individuals must make a writtenrequest to CLT for SRI information to which they have authorized access.4. Archiving of SRI Data by CLTThe raw data for every course evaluated in each academic year (September 1 to August31), together with the reports generated, will be electronically archived and can beaccessed at a later date if necessary. At the end of each academic year (the twelve monthsending August 31 of each calendar year) these data are backed-up onto portableelectronic media (e.g., CD-ROMs), which are stored indefinitely in a secure place withinthe offices of the Centre for Learning and Teaching.5. Destruction of paper questionnairesa. Questionnaires for quantitative data collection (paper, scannable forms) will beheld secure by the Centre for Learning and Teaching for a period of no less than twelve(12) months after the end of the academic year in which they were collected before theyare shredded by CLT. For example, those questionnaires completed during the academicyear 2003-2004 (September 1, 2003 to August 31, 2004) will be shredded in September2005 (or as soon thereafter as is practicable).b. Questionnaires for qualitative data collection—so called “Student Commentforms”—are returned to the relevant teaching units who are advised by CLT to establishprocedures in conformity with the terms of the collective agreement and Universityregulations. To assist teaching units in devising appropriate procedures for students’written comments, CLT provides information on relevant University rules, regulations,and policies (see CLT bulletin: Information on the Dalhousie University Student Ratingsof Instruction Program).122