Student Opinion Survey on the General Education Program at …

Student Opinion Survey on the General Education Program at CMU

May 2005

Results compiled by: Adam M. Peruski Office of Academic Affairs Central Michigan University

Contents

Summary.................................................................................................................2 Section I: Respondent Demographics

On/Off-Campus Student.....................................................................................3 Year/Class Standing.........................................................................................3 Age...............................................................................................................3 Current/Intended Major.....................................................................................3 Current/Intended Minor.....................................................................................4 First Year Experience (FYE) poll.........................................................................4 Section II: Perceptions about CMU's General Education Program Level of agreement on statements pertaining to U.P. courses...................................5 Level of agreement on statements pertaining to why enrolled in U.P. courses..................................................................................................11 Level of Agreement on statements of "being critical" towards U.P. courses .................................................................................................15 Factors that play a role in registering for U.P courses.............................................20 Factors that play a role in giving student their "fullest possible effort" in U.P. courses..............................................................................................24 Level of agreement on required writing components in U.P. courses.........................27 Level of agreement on comments directed towards competency courses..................31 Method of becoming informed on relevance of University Program...........................36 Additional comments on CMU's General Education Program..................................37

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Summary

A survey of students' experience and opinions relative to CMU's General Education Program was administered in spring 2005. A random sample of 1000 on- and off-campus students received an email asking them to participate in the survey in March. Two reminders were sent out in April and the survey closed on May 2nd. 197 students completed the survey, yielding a 20% response rate, which is lower than had been hoped for. The survey was developed by the General Education Steering Committee to satisfy its charge to gather input on CMU's General Education Program. Questions in the survey were answered on ratings scales, with additional space in which students could explain their responses. Data for the General Education Opinion Survey has been captured electronically via an Office of Academic Affairs survey tool. All data for the survey was anonymous; there is no mechanism, nor has there been any attempt, to identify the individual contributor. The following document contains two sections: Section I includes Respondent Demographics data. Section II includes Perceptions about CMU's General Education Program data. All charts, graphs and interpretations reflect the survey results exactly as they were submitted by participants. Percentages have been rounded for spacing and general understanding reasons. Responses from open-ended questions were edited for vulgar language only. Readers are encouraged to review this report in its entirety to develop their own conclusions.

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Section I: Respondent Demographics

1.) Are you an on-campus or off-campus [CEL] student?

On-Campus Off-Campus

Responses

136 61

%

69.04 30.96

2.) What is your current year/class standing?

Freshman Sophomore

Junior Senior

Responses

34 31 51 81

3.) What is your age?

Age 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25+ Blank

Responses 21 25 39 37 40 10 12 12 1

% 17.26 15.74 25.89 41.11

% 10.66 12.69 19.8 18.78 20.3 5.08 6.09 6.09 0.51

4.) What is your current/intended major? (Leave blank if undecided)

-Many specific majors have been categorized into more general groups and only the most populated groups are shown below for a more beneficial view.

# of Responses

Biology

30

Psychology

Marketing

25

English

Business

20

Mathematics Education

15

Sociology Science

Accounting

10

Foreign Language

Social Work

5

Journalism

Recreation

0

Health

Blank

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5.) What is your current/intended minor? (Leave blank if undecided)

-Many specific minors have been categorized into more general groups and only the most populated groups are shown below for a more beneficial view.

# of Responses

Biology

50

Psychology

45

Business

40

Education

35

Sociology

30

Science

25

Health

20

Finance

15

Child Development

10

Foreign Language

5

Chemistry

0

History

Blank

6.) Did you take the First Year Experience [FYE] course?

Yes No Blank

Responses %

11

5.58

184

93.4

2

1.02

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