Accountability Report
Appendices
Appendix L
Responses of freshmen and transfer students were compared and those that were found to be statistically significant (p < .05) are shown in bold type in the tables below.
Your student number: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
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Please rate the extent of your agreement with each of the following statements. |
Circle: | SA if you Strongly Agree A if you Agree N if you are Neutral D if you Disagree SD if you Strongly Disagree |
| SA | A | N | D | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. I have found my University experience to be positive. | 29.5 | 56.7 | 9.8 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| 2. I have been generally able to enroll in classes that I wanted to take. | 19.9 | 51.0 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 2.6 |
| 3. I have been able to enroll in classes that I needed for graduation. | 30.0 | 50.6 | 11.9 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
| 4. I have felt a part of a community within the university. | 9.8 | 24.7 | 39.4 | 21.1 | 5.1 |
| 5. I would like to have had more courses that included volunteer service in the community as a way of learning. | 14.1 | 23.5 | 36.3 | 18.2 | 7.9 |
| 6. I would like to have had more involvement in research with professors. | 21.0 | 33.5 | 33.8 | 9.5 | 2.3 |
| 7. I believe I had ample opportunities to write in my classes. | 35.8 | 43.4 | 11.7 | 6.8 | 2.3 |
| 8. If I had it to do over, I would choose to attend UW. | 37.0 | 38.7 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 2.3 |
| 9. While at UW have you participated in Volunteer Service in the Community? | ||
| 42.0 1. Yes | 58.0 2. No | |
| If yes: please answer the following: | ||
| SA | A | N | D | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10. My participation contributed significantly to my overall educational experience. | 23.9 | 39.3 | 26.1 | 8.5 | 2.1 |
| 11. My participation will help me make the transition from the university to work. | 19.5 | 29.9 | 29.4 | 16.5 | 4.8 |
| 12. My participation will help me more generally in my life after UW. | 27.3 | 46.8 | 18.6 | 5.2 | 2.2 |
| 13. Have you participated in Service Learning Courses, Internships, or Cooperative Education? | ||
| 27.0 1. Yes | 73.0 2. No | |
| If yes: please answer the following: | ||
| SA | A | N | D | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14. My participation contributed significantly to my overall educational experience. | 56.5 | 32.7 | 9.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 15. My participation will help me make the transition from the university to work. | 57.5 | 32.2 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| 16. My participation will help me more generally in my life after UW. | 52.7 | 34.2 | 11.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| 17. Have you participated in the research of a faculty member other than being a subject for the research? | ||
| 20.7 1. Yes | 79.3 2. No | |
| If yes: please answer the following: | ||
| SA | A | N | D | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18. I was treated as a member of a research team. | 34.2 | 41.4 | 14.4 | 9.0 | 0.9 |
| 19. My participation contributed significantly to my overall educational experience. | 39.6 | 34.2 | 20.7 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
| 20. My participation will help me make the transition from the university to work. | 29.7 | 36.0 | 18.9 | 13.5 | 1.8 |
| 21. My participation will help me more generally in my life after UW. | 25.2 | 37.8 | 25.2 | 9.0 | 2.7 |
| 22. While at UW did you become involved in a learning community with other students (i. e., a group of students working and learning together, such as a FIG or TRIG group or a research or seminar group)? | ||
| 31.8 1. Yes | 68.2 2. No | |
| If yes: please answer the following: | ||
| SA | A | N | D | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23. My participation contributed significantly to my overall educational experience. | 33.3 | 39.3 | 20.8 | 5.4 | 1.2 |
| 24. My participation will help me make the transition from the university to work. | 17.4 | 28.1 | 32.9 | 18.0 | 3.6 |
| 25. My participation will help me more generally in my life after UW. | 24.3 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 10.1 | 4.1 |
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Please indicate the degree to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about your UW experiences. |
Circle: | SA if you Strongly Agree A if you Agree N if you are Neutral D if you Disagree SD if you Strongly Disagree |
| SA | A | N | D | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26. received good advising about what courses to take. | 8.6 | 32.0 | 27.1 | 22.0 | 10.3 |
| 27. received good advising about career choices. | 2.8 | 11.4 | 42.7 | 31.1 | 12.0 |
| 28. had a lot of fun. | 17.7 | 39.2 | 32.3 | 8.5 | 2.3 |
| 29. had my education fully supported by my parents. | 24.2 | 18.3 | 9.0 | 16.7 | 31.7 |
| 30. had to work for wages 15 or more hours per week. | 39.0 | 23.2 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 16.4 |
| 31. gone into debt that will remain when I graduate. | 41.7 | 14.9 | 3.0 | 14.3 | 26.0 |
| 32. dropped out to work (other than summers). | 8.9 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 21.5 | 54.2 |
| 33. written a lot of papers. | 29.2 | 35.1 | 23.2 | 10.4 | 2.1 |
| 34. taken a lot of multiple choice tests. | 17.3 | 27.7 | 22.2 | 24.3 | 8.5 |
| 35. had to work hard in courses to succeed. | 31.6 | 50.0 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 0.6 |
| 36. gained a general education and appreciation of ideas. | 31.6 | 55.6 | 10.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 37. increased my understanding of an academic field. | 43.0 | 49.6 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 38. discovered my career interests. | 24.9 | 40.9 | 22.6 | 8.7 | 3.0 |
| 39. became prepared for a career. | 16.6 | 33.9 | 27.5 | 16.2 | 5.8 |
| 40. increased my chances to be economically successful. | 23.9 | 46.9 | 19.2 | 6.6 | 3.4 |
| 41. clarified my values. | 18.3 | 40.1 | 30.0 | 8.2 | 3.4 |
| 42. clarified my goals in life. | 17.3 | 43.5 | 28.8 | 7.6 | 2.8 |
| 43. increased my appreciation of different cultures and people. | 27.8 | 40.8 | 22.7 | 5.8 | 2.8 |
| 44. interacted regularly with students of different ethnicities. | 19.2 | 43.5 | 23.9 | 9.8 | 3.6 |
| 45. met many people and made new friends. | 29.9 | 41.2 | 18.8 | 8.5 | 1.7 |
| 46. taken good advantage of campus and student activities. | 9.4 | 23.7 | 37.0 | 24.1 | 5.8 |
| 47. encountered many professors who care more about doing research than teaching. | 12.1 | 24.7 | 33.0 | 25.2 | 5.1 |
| 48. encountered many professors who discourage students from seeing them outside of class. | 1.9 | 14.0 | 28.9 | 41.4 | 13.8 |
| 49. had an easy time choosing a major. | 18.2 | 32.3 | 21.8 | 19.0 | 8.6 |
| 50. had no problem getting into the major of my choice. | 34.2 | 38.9 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 5.1 |
| 51. found most courses were really hard. | 5.7 | 25.0 | 41.2 | 25.0 | 3.2 |
| 52. the belief that high grades will be important after college. | 14.3 | 31.5 | 23.6 | 21.7 | 8.9 |
| 53. confidence of being able to get a good job after I get my bachelor's degree. | 13.3 | 26.5 | 31.1 | 19.5 | 9.7 |
| 54. The normal bachelor's degree is expected to require four years of study. Yet, many students require more than four years from start to finish. Do you expect to take more than four years from the time you first enrolled in any college until you graduate? | ||
| 66.7 1. Yes | 28.8 2. No | 4.5 3. Uncertain |
| If Yes: or Uncertain, please indicate the extent to which each of the following possible causes contributed to the increased time: | ||
| Causes | Extent of Contribution | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Some | Little | None | |
| 55. The need to work. | 31.9 | 26.4 | 17.2 | 24.5 |
| 56. Changing majors. | 24.9 | 22.2 | 12.7 | 40.2 |
| 57. Difficulty in choosing a major. | 17.7 | 21.4 | 18.5 | 42.3 |
| 58. Difficulty getting into the major of my first choice. | 9.5 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 65.8 |
| 59. Uncertainty about what I wanted to do with my life. | 20.7 | 24.4 | 21.0 | 34.0 |
| 60. Courses needed for graduation that were not available. | 11.9 | 18.3 | 24.4 | 45.4 |
| 61. Courses that didn't satisfy graduation requirements. | 11.7 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 42.3 |
| 62. Courses taken at another institution that didn't transfer. | 10.1 | 17.7 | 14.6 | 57.7 |
| 63. Bad advice. | 9.0 | 15.3 | 24.1 | 51.6 |
Accountability Report
Appendices
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