Input boxes lauded as success
By Jason Hochstatter
IV Leader Staff, Oct. 19, 2006
This fall marks the first anniversary of the input boxes
that have been around campus to give students, faculty staff and community
members a chance to comment on how things are at IVCC.
If anyone has a comment on what’s going on at IVCC, they may
use one of the forms that are located next to the input boxes throughout IVCC.
The forms are are “not just for improvements, but also for both praises and
concerns,” said Renée Prine, the counselor involved in the project.
If someone is interested in having the college get back to
them about their comment, it will happen. Prine said, “if the person requests to
be contacted, they will be contacted within the week.”
While all of the comments are confidential, “if the
individual does not sign their name, we can’t get back to them,” said Sandy
Beard, the administrative assistant for student services. The input box program
actually started in the 2004 Continuous Quality Improvement Network Summer
Institute.
The University of Wisconsin had been working with an input
box program, and the idea was brought back to IVCC. The boxes themselves were
put up in Spring 2005, while the program was implemented in Fall 2005. As to the
success of the program, Prine said, “Absolutely. People are using them and they
have legitimate concerns.” Beard said that the program has been “absolutely a
success.”