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UPA Home > University Surveys > Overview
Overview of regularly-scheduled campus-wide survey activity
- New freshman students are surveyed:
- every year at fall-term orientation sessions.
- about demographics and family background; factors influencing decisions to apply and accept; application and admission experience; goals, interests, & expectations.
- Second-term sophomores are surveyed:
- currently biannually (even-numbered years) by Web and as part of advising for fall registration.1
- about satisfaction with their overall educational experience, faculty contributions to their educational experience, and academic and support services; about campus climate; self-rated knowledge, skills, and development; and their suggestions for improvement.
- Seniors graduating in both fall and spring are surveyed:
- currently every year by Web, typically as part of the graduation checkout process. 2
- about satisfaction with their educational experience in their major area, faculty contributions to their educational experience, and academic and support services; about campus climate; self-rated knowledge, skills, and development; their suggestions for improvement; whether their objectives were met; their employment and campus-involvement experiences; and their plans for the next year. Special survey inserts may ask additional questions specific to the student's college and major program.
- Alumni who received bachelor's degrees are surveyed:
- currently by web, one to three years after graduation.
- about their employment and/or further education; the importance of and preparation in various skills and abilities for employment and/or further education; and their employment-search experience. Special survey inserts may ask additional questions specific to the student's college and major program.
- Employers of bachelor's-degree alumni are surveyed (discontinued):
- by mail, in conjunction with the Alumni Survey in 1995 and 1998.
- about the importance of and the employee's preparation in various skills and abilities; and about the employing firm and the employee's position.
Notes:
1. The Sophomore Survey was administered annually until 2000. (back)2. In AY00-01 and AY01-02 departments chose either web or paper option. Prior to December 2000, only spring graduates were surveyed, and only the paper survey option was available. (back)