A Relational Database for Student Course Evaluation

Evaluating the teaching performance of the faculty is an integral part of the academic process with major implications on the careers of the faculty and institutions involved. Student course evaluation represents an important metric for assessing the teaching performance of the faculty. However, evaluating the teaching performance of the faculty through student course evaluations poses several challenges and issues. It is important to accurately assess the faculty teaching, while minimizing grade inflation. The process of evaluating teaching performance through student course evaluations should be fair and rational, in addition to being carried out as promptly as possible. This paper presents a computerized system for the collection and analysis of student course evaluations. The different issues and problems involved in the course evaluations process are discussed. The various metrics that can be used to assess the student course evaluations are also presented