Attachment Two: A Selected List of Major Surveys Conducted at the University of Saskatchewan: 1994-2007
Survey Name
Aboriginal Student Survey
Alumni Survey
Alumni Surveys for SPR
Areas of Preeminence
Survey
Scope
Interinstitutional
Employee Opinion Survey
(EOS)
Purpose/Focus
2007
???
Aboriginal Students
???
Student perceptions of selves.
To learn more about what matters to alumni
and the types of services and programs
Last time alumni
that appeal to alumni views on the role of
was surveyed
the Alumni Association, volunteerism,
was 1997
communication, publications, and general
alumni services.
All alumni
College
Ongoing throughout
SPR process
Department or
College
Past graduates
If at all, once
every SPR cycle
Alumni views on quality of academic
program.
Institutional
???
VPR
???
???
???
Arts & Science
Graduates of the College of Arts &
Science (with target years
1975–2006)
One-time
To gather information on the
professional/work experiences of alumni
following graduation and uncover trends in
the types of employment Arts and Science
graduates are obtaining.
Graduate Students
Conducted for
first time in 2007
Information from graduate students about
their activities and what they feel they are
gaining from their university experiences
overall.
Yearly
To gain a better understanding of students
regarding the quality of education they
received, how it contributed to their growth
and development, their reasons for
attending university, what they think about
services on campus, how they pay for their
education, their debt levels and their plans
for further study and employment.
InterInstitutional
Donor Relations Survey
Frequency
Alumni Association
& Advancement
Canadian Graduate and
Professional Student Survey
(GPSS)
College Outcomes Surveys
(Nursing, Agriculture,
Commerce)
Population
November 2005
College
College Dining Survey
Sponsors
Institutional
Arts & Science Career/Major Choice Survey
Canadian Undergraduate
Survey Consortium (CUSC)
Year(s) Conducted
Spring 2007
Winter 2007
CGSR
Interinstitutional
2001-2007
IPO
Direct-entry undergraduate
students (first-year, all
undergraduate, and graduating
students) in successive years over
a 3-year cycle
???
???
???
???
???
???
College
Various
Individual colleges
Varies
Varies
Varies
???
April 2005
Advancement
All donors with current e-mail
addresses
???
Review the donor relations practices at the
University of Saskatchewan concentrating
on acknowledgment and accountability.
Institutional
2005/2006
HR
All employees
Yearly
Work environment issues
Survey Name
Scope
Year(s) Conducted
Sponsors
Population
Frequency
Purpose/Focus
Program issues, service by CGSR, etc.
Exit Surveys of Graduate
Students
Institutional
Ongoing (inception
1994)
CGSR
Graduate students who have
completed their program
At the end of
each student’s
program
From Learning to Work
Survey
InterInstitutional
2007
SECC
All students registered in
2006/2007 and in SECC's job
posting subscription list
???
Student interests and attitudes regarding
their careers and employers.
Yearly
Online university search tool that gives
students the ability to search for Canadian
universities on their terms. The Navigator
lets students generate their own personal
ranking by deciding how important they
consider certain indicators to be to their
studies.
???
To assist CGSR & DSS in developing
policies and procedures around
accommodations provided to graduate
students with disabilities.
Globe and Mail University
Report Card Navigator
Graduate Students with
Disabilities Survey
InterInstitutional
Institutional
2006
Globe & Mail
Undergraduate students
August 2005
CGSR's
Employment &
Equity Committee &
DSS
International students
???
All graduate students
To assess the degree of awareness,
usage, and satisfaction with services,
programs, events/activities and publications
of the ISO.
Assess current access and faculty,
students and staff needs. Basis for future
planning.
International Students'
Opinions and Expectations
Survey
Institutional
2004
International
Student Office (ISO)
IT Needs Assessment
Institutional
1999
???
Faculty, undergraduate & graduate
students, staff
One-time
February 2007
University Library
Students, faculty, and staff
???
Perceptions of library services on campus.
2004/2006
Maclean's
Recent graduates
Non-annual
Measures graduate satisfaction at the
institutional level.
Maclean's
High school principals, guidance
counsellors, university officials,
heads of organizations, corporate
CEOs and recruitment officers
Yearly
Survey addresses institutional reputation
based on 4 areas: quality, innovation,
leadership and best overall.
Regularly
To collect information on students' habits,
behaviours, and perceptions on the most
prevalent health topics and factors
impacting academic performance, retention
and campus life.
???
Assesses student participation in programs
and activities that institutions provide for
their learning and personal development.
Estimates how undergraduates spend their
time and what they gain from university.
LibQUAL+ Canada
Maclean's Recent Graduate
Survey
Interinstitutional
Interinstitutional
InterMaclean's Reputation Survey
institutional
National College Health
Assessment
National Survey of Student
Engagement (NSSE)
Interinstitutional
Interinstitutional
Yearly
2006
March 2006
SESD
VPA
???
First and final year undergraduate
students
Survey Name
Noel-Levitz Student
Satisfaction Inventory (SSI)
Nursing Education Program
of Saskatchewan (NEPS):
5-Year Follow-up Survey
(2000 Graduates)
Scope
Interinstitutional
College
Year(s) Conducted
Sponsors
Population
Undergraduate students taking at
least one class on campus
Frequency
Purpose/Focus
One-time
Measures both student satisfaction and the
importance of campus issues to students
on a wide variety of items. Pinpoints an
institution’s strengths and areas in need of
improvement.
Yearly
Examines employment outcomes, further
education, goals, and satisfaction of
graduates who have been out of the
program for 5 years.
2003
SESD
2005-2006
U of S, SIAST,
CofN, and FNUC
2002 to 2004 Graduates
Yearly
Examines graduates' employment in the
first year after graduation and current
employment. Also provides reactions and
advice of graduates to the program.
2000 and 2001 Graduates
Nursing Education Program
of Saskatchewan (NEPS):
2-Year Follow-up Survey
(2003 Graduates)
College
2002-2006
U of S, SIAST,
CofN, and FNUC
Nursing Education Program
of Saskatchewan (NEPS):
Exit Survey: Graduates of the
2004-2005 Year
College
2003-2006
U of S, SIAST,
CofN, and FNUC
2003-2006 Graduates
Yearly
Examines anticipated employment and
graduate expectations at program
completion.
President's Office Diversity
Committee
Institutional
Spring 2006
President's Office
Employees of the President's
Office
???
Climate Survey
Research Administration
Client Satisfaction Survey
Institutional
November 2006
Audit Services,
Research Services
Research Services Clients
???
Satisfaction with Research Services
Residence Research Project
Institutional
November 2004
SESD
Current students prospective
students, & parents of prospective
students
One-time
The survey included questions related to
room design, academic/social space,
pricing, amenities, etc.
Review of SPR Survey
Institutional
July 2004
SPR Office
Department heads and self study
contacts across campus
One-time
To obtain feedback about the SPR process,
for use in Self Study.
Saskatchewan Advanced
Education and Employment:
Graduate Outcomes of 20042005 Class
Interinstitutional
(in SK)
November 2006 February 2007
SK Advanced
Education and
Employment
2004 Graduates
???
Information about how post-secondary
education and training programs and
services in SK can be improved. Focuses
on graduates’ satisfaction with the program,
experiences during program and
employment outcomes since graduation.
Social Norms Survey
Interinstitutional
2003-2006
Canadian Centre for
Social Norms
Research
Students from a number of
colleges across campus
3 year study
To better understand student experiences
and perceptions regarding alcohol and
alcohol consumption.
???
Examined several broad areas including
health stress and mental health, alcohol
and drug use, sexual health, sexual
assault, nutrition and physical fitness, and
health service utilization.
Student Health Needs
Assessment Survey
Institutional
2002
SESD
Full-time undergraduate students
Survey Name
Student Retention Study
(Quantitative Phase)
Student Retention Study
(Qualitative Phase)
Study Abroad Survey
Survey for Grad Student
Programming
Scope
Institutional
Institutional
Year(s) Conducted
2005-2007
Sponsors
SESD, IA, ITS, IPO
Population
Undergraduate students in the 5
direct entry Colleges.
Student-based studies (phone
survey of early leavers, focus
groups with current students, and
January - April 2006 SESD, IA, ITS, IPO
interviews with former RTD
students now succeeding in their
studies)
Frequency
Purpose/Focus
One-time
Cohort-based study of retention, attrition,
and degree completion rates over the past
few years (10 cohorts dating back as far as
the 1993/94 cohort).
One-time
To discover underlying reasons for student
attrition at the U of S and approaches that
promote student success, persistence and
degree completion.
???
???
College of Arts &
Science
???
???
???
Institutional
Ongoing
GMTLC
Graduate student teachers
???
To assist in planning future workshops.
One-time
Students' evaluation of their educational
experience and on how their education has
contributed to their occupational success.
Institutional
Report in 1999
Planning Committee
1994 graduates surveyed five
years out (in 1999) - included
undergraduate and graduate
students
Institutional
November 2003
Internal review
committee
All faculty and graduate students
that had training and/or expertise
in Microbiology
One-time
To find out what the themes of Microbiology
instruction on campus are/were.
???
March 2004
Communications,
Advancement
Sample of Saskatchewan
residents
One-time
Obtain public opinion regarding perceptions
of the University, funding issues, role in the
province, tuition fees.
Survey to Research Centres
???
Fall 2006
Review of Centres
Task Force
???
???
???
Teaching Evaluation Survey
Institutional
September 2004 &
Summer 2005
IDCC
Colleges/Departments
One-time
University Life 101
Institutional
Yearly
SESD
Direct entry first-year
undergraduates
Yearly
Survey of 1994 Graduates
(Student Outcomes Survey)
Survey of Proposed Core
and Research Themes
Leading to a B.Sc. in
Microbiology
Survey of Saskatchewan
Residents Regarding
Strategic Directions
To determine what current practices are on
campus re: teaching evaluations (student &
peer)
Outcomes of in-class evaluation,
comparison group survey, and grade and
retention comparison data.