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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is the CIRP Freshman Survey?
The 2009 CIRP Freshman Survey is
the 44th. administration of 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. A number of students
have either been admitted after June 1st. or were not registered for
orientation by June 1st and so did not receive the original invitation.
A final e-mail invitation will be sent to freshman between July 21-28.
Students responding to this invitation will be eligible for a $50.00
gift card for the campus bookstore. 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 prizes can I win by completing the survey?
Those
seniors who complete the survey by May 28th are eligible to win one of six
(6) VIP parking passes for commencement or one of three (3) coupons for a free cap&gown rental .
Other prizes to be awarded include an Apple iTouch (a $229 value) and $15.00 Amazon.com giftcards.
Winners will be notified by GroupWise e-mail.
Odds of winning a prize estimated at 1:18
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
How does the senior incentive work for NSSE 2009?
Those
seniors who complete the survey by May 15th are eligible to win:
one of six
(6) pair of tickets for VIP seating at commencement or
one of three (3) coupons for a free
Cap and Gown rental.
Winners will be notified by e-mail, odds of winning are estimated at 1:50.
Surveys must be completed in full. Winners will be notified by e-mail.
Who is asked to complete the NSSE?
All seniors who petition or expect to graduate in 2008-09
are invited to complete the NSSE.
All First-year studenst who entered Santa Clara during fall 2008 are invited to complete the NSSE.
Invitations will be sent via email to your @scu.edu email account starting March 31st.
E-mail will sgow a retrun address of @nssesurvey.org
How does the freshman incentive work for NSSE 2009?
Freshmen who complete the 2009 NSSE by April 14th 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 do not need to
Winners will be notified by email.
Priority registration is fixed and unaffected by the lottery.
Surveys must be completed in full.
The odds of winning are estimated at 1:30.
Additional questions? Please send email to surveys@scu.edu
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