One of the e-mails I ignored for a while was one sent out about a survey being conducted by EMU. I finally went through all of it tonight and some of the questions perked my interest. I figured I’d share them with everyone:
- On the whole, the campus is well-maintained.
- Channels for expressing student complaints are readily available.
- Freedom of expression is protected on campus.
- Tuition paid is a worthwhile investment.
- This institution shows concern for students as individuals.
- I seldom get the “run-around” when seeking information on this campus.
- Administrators are approachable to students.
- Faculty care about me as an individual.
- The campus staff are caring and helpful.
- Most students feel a sense of belonging here.
The survey also asked about how the University treats commuters, if there was enough parking, etc.
A lot of the above questions seem to be items that are frequently talked about on this site. And those are only a slim portion of the 100+ questions in the survey. It was interesting to go through and I’d love to see the overall results, but doubt those will be shared.
Hey Mike, two questions:
* When you say this is a survey conducted by EMU, what do you mean? Who did you get it from? (This sure sounds a little like the kind of survey a consulting firm might send around….)
* You wouldn’t happen to have a link to that someplace, would you? That might be interesting to post here someplace.
Hello .
Your input is valued, so we have extended the availability of the Eastern Michigan University survey to November 17, 2006, to give you a chance to complete the survey.
As a reminder, you need to enter your unique passcode of [your 'E' number] at this Website:
http://survey.noellevitz.com/
The survey must be completed in one sitting and should take you no longer than 20 minutes. Your responses will be kept confidential.
Keep in mind that in appreciation for your completing the survey, you will be entered into a drawing to receive one of ten fall 2006 registration fee ($40) refunds.
This is your last opportunity to share your priorities and concerns with us through this survey. We would appreciate you taking the time to complete this information today!
Christina Shell
Interim Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management
Thanks for posting the full text – I was just going to do that..
It’s been a couple of weeks since I got the survey, so I don’t remember all of my answers…. However, I just clicked on your link and it let me sign in again with my E number, so I can look through and relate some of my opinions.
I know that a lot of times something would rank very high in “importance” and very low in “satisfaction.” For example, having helpful financial aid counselors is very important to me, yet I am not at all satisfied with the numerous experiences I’ve had with them in the last 3 1/2 years. The same thing happens with business offices being open during convenient hours (when you’re in class/work from 8-5 for most of the week, it’s hard to get to places like financial aid), and dorm living (for example, while I liked the privacy the Towers afforded, it was a terribly uncomfortable place in many senses of the word).
On the questions about faculty, I generally had positive answers, for while I’ve had a handful of truely terrible professors while I’ve been here, the vast majority of them have been in the good-to-fantastic range.
However, a lot of my answers seem to differ from [ASFFSDF]‘s. I do feel like I often get the “run around” on campus (see previous financial aid difficulties), I feel my tuition gets spent on things that I don’t care about and outside of my niche communities, I often don’t feel a sense of belonging on campus. My forensics and Lyceum groups are awesome, but I feel very disconnected from everything else on campus.
It’ll be interesting to see if any of the other students post their responses. I wonder how many of my experiences are just me being anti-social