Student Evals- summer question

TTU, as an institution, does not support summer course student evaluations. Courses taught in the summer are not expected to be evaluated. Units within the institution can conduct their own evals but they would have to be hand marked and will not become part of the university's data warehouse.

This seems problematic considering the amount of summer teaching we do in the study abroad courses. We have a required studio course that is ONLY taught in the summer in ARCH4601. I've asked the Dean's Council to add this issue to their agenda to seek advice and possible petition frmo the Dean to the Provost's office to reverse this choice to ignore our teaching in the summer institutionally. The institution compels us to teach in the summer and looks for year round use of facilities and other resources. Some great teaching and very satifying teaching goes on in our summers. It seems a shame to not get student feedback on this academic experience and to make that feedback part of the institutional memory.

Any thoughts, questions, or comments?