Surveys
Several major surveys are administered at Emmanuel College on a scheduled basis, either annually or in rotation with other surveys. Their results inform planning and decision-making in many areas. Taken together, the results of such surveys help the College understand the quality of its programs and services, the nature of faculty-student and staff-student interaction, the hopes of incoming students, the aspirations of exiting students, and the value of many facets of the Emmanuel College experience.
- Developed by: UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institution
- Survey population: Incoming freshmen
- Aim: To determine the characteristics, hopes, expectations, and beliefs of incoming students before they begin the college experience (administered during summer orientation for this reason); comparable with the results of the College Senior Survey also developed by HERI
- Frequency: Every year
- Developed by: UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute
- Survey population: Students with senior standing
- Aim: To measure student satisfaction with the academic, social, and service dimensions of the College; comparable with results of the CIRP Freshman Survey also developed by HERI
- Frequency: Every three years, in rotation with NSSE and SSI
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
- Developed by: Indiana University Bloomington’s Center for Postsecondary Research
- Survey population: Students with freshman or senior standing
- Aim: To measure student satisfaction with various dimensions of the academic experience, including student-faculty interaction, course workload, and co-curricular opportunities; comparable with results from FSSE
- Frequency: Every three years, in rotation with SSI and CSS
Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE)
- Developed by: Indiana University Bloomington’s Center for Postsecondary Research
- Survey population: Full-time faculty
- Aim: To determine faculty perception of students’ academic experience and compare with results from NSSE
- Frequency: Every three years (first administered 2012)
Student Satisfaction Inventory
- Developed by: Noel-Levitz
- Survey population: Students with senior standing
- Aim: To measure student satisfaction with the academic, social, and service dimensions of the College
- Frequency: Every three years, in rotation with NSSE and CSS
Graduating Student “Exit” Survey
- Developed by: College staff
- Survey population: Graduating students
- Aim: To provide these students an opportunity to “weigh in” on many areas of their experience (curriculum, faculty, offices and services, social opportunities, career preparation), notify the College of future career and educational plans, and provide candid, open-ended assessments of their growth as students at Emmanuel
- Frequency: Every year
Alumni Survey
- Developed by: College staff
- Survey population: Alumni
- Aim: To map the career and educational trajectories of former students, allowing them to reflect on academic, social, and spiritual preparation provided by the College, particularly the degree to which such preparation has served them professionally
- Frequency: Every year
