The Little Rebellion

Tag: SEI

  • Access to Data Enables Journalists To Speak Truth to Power

    Access to Data Enables Journalists To Speak Truth to Power

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    Gianna Canevari
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    By Gianna Canevari When students in Prof. Rob Miraldi’s Muckraking Journalism class wanted to expose the flaws in the end-of-semester Student Evaluations of Instruction (SEIs), they utilized a little-known but powerful law. After repeated requests to access SEIs and proving that the evaluations were in fact public documents, the students were granted access to two…

  • High Response to SEIs Recorded

    High Response to SEIs Recorded

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    Alicia Buczek
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    Almost three-quarters of students filled out the Student Evaluation of Instructor (SEI) which concluded this week. The results will help faculty adjust their teaching and possibly boost their chances at promotion, administration said. The fall 2012 semester brought the highest response rate, 72 percent, since the online SEI was available in the fall 2011 semester,…