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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is
the CIRP Freshman Survey?
The CIRP
Freshman Survey is the country’s best known and
longest
running student study and continues to provide Santa Clara with
a
method of collecting comparative date on their entering students for
use in institutional decision-making, research, assessment, and
accreditation.
When will I receive my invitation?
All new students
at Santa Clara are
asked to respond to the survey e-mail invitation. Invitation will be
delivered by e-mail starting June 1st. Transfer students will receive
an
invitation in September.
What number do I use as my
student identifier?
When the survey
requests
your student identifier, please enter the numeric portion from your
e-campus ID (e.g. from W09876543, enter 987654).
What
is the HERI College Senior Survey?
The College Senior Survey, developed by
the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), is a national,
longitudinal survey designed to measure and assess graduating students'
college experience, including: satisfaction with the college
experience; student involvement; cognitive and affective development;
student values, attitudes, and goals; degree aspirations and career
plans. The survey is administered by Santa Clara University in
association with the Higher Education Research
Institute at UCLA. All responses are confidential.
Who is asked to complete the HERI
College Senior Survey?
The survey is
administered each spring to all seniors who graduate or petition to
graduate during the current academic year.
Why am I asked to identify myself?
The CSS is a follow-up to a
similar survey, the 'freshman survey', administered to you during
orientation--your ID is used to match responses from the senior survey
with
your responses the freshman survey. We ask that you please enter your
campus ID (drop the leading
zeros);
All responses are confidential. No individually identifying
information is ever released.
Santa Clara uses these data for assessment, program review, and to
measure student development and quality control. Santa Clara values
your opinion and appreciates your help by completing this survey.
What is
the NSSE?
The National Survey of Student
Engagement(NSSE) was specifically designed to assess the extent to
which students are engaged in empirically derived good educational
practices and what they gain from their college experience. Santa Clara
uses the results from this survey for program review, faculty
development and to improve delivery of services.
Additional questions and answers about the
survey instrument can be found at the link below:
http://nsse.iub.edu/faq/sfaq.cfm
Who is asked to complete the NSSE?
All seniors who petition or expect to
graduate in 2009-10 are invited to complete the NSSE.
All first-year students who entered Santa
Clara during fall 2009 are invited to complete the NSSE.
Invitations will be sent via email to your
GroupWise @scu.edu email account starting April 6th.
E-mail will show a return address of
@nssesurvey.org
How does the senior
incentive work for NSSE 2010?
Those
seniors who complete the survey by May 15th. are eligible to win:
one of six pair of tickets for VIP seating at commencement or
one of three coupons for a free
Cap and Gown rental (a $65.00 value).
Surveys must be completed in
full. Winners will be notified by e-mail.
How does the
freshman incentive work for NSSE 2010?
Freshmen
who complete the 2010 NSSE by April 20th. will automatically be entered
into a lottery for early registration times.
Fifteen early times slots will be awarded.
Registration appointments will automatically
reflect winning times.
Winners will be notified by email.
Priority registration is fixed and
unaffected by the lottery.
Surveys must be completed in full.
Questions? Please send email to
surveys@scu.edu
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