Agreed. I don’t think we, food safety individuals, could ever contain the innovate atmosphere of the food industry. “New” doesn’t have to be negative per se. I just feel that education has to evolve with the new trends that emerge.

I have honestly never even thought of that. Hearing from students that dropped the course would be beneficial. However, I wouldn’t know the best way of providing that type of information. If you reached out to the professor, they may be hesitant to listen to a student that dropped the course. I did find this resource (below) titled “Student Complaint Resolution Procedures” from Virginia Tech Online. I have never heard of this resource but it looks promising. It says that the complaint can be either formal or informal. But yes, I fully agree that all students enrolled in a course from beginning to end should receive the SPOT eval. However, an eval from a student that dropped a course does not necessarily have to be a complaint which suggests the need for something specific to teaching evals in general.

http://www.vto.vt.edu/details.php?view=resources&show=resources&page=student_complaint