The Universal Student Ratings of Instruction (USRIs) that are advertised to students as a way to evaluate courses and professors might not have been the useful tool they purported to be last semester. At last as early as the 2020 spring and summer intersessions, professors and instructors were given the option to opt-out of having the results of the USRIs released to department heads, associate deans or deans. An Academic Staff FAQ posted on the University of Calgary’s website, provides the following information: “Student feedback through the Universal Student Ratings of Instruction (USRI) will be collected for spring/summer and fall courses and will only be released to course instructors. Feedback will not be released to department heads, associate deans or deans unless you, as the course instructor, provide prior approval. This is included in our agreement with the Faculty Association. Academic staff are still free to use and share their student feedback at their discretion, such as in a teaching dossier.”