DESCRIPTION OF SELECT SURVEY


Academic Support Needs Assessment Program Survey

In an effort to understand how students use and feel about the extensive academic support structure that exists at Rutgers University, Professor Robert Parelius, in cooperation with the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning, has been surveying and interviewing undergraduates throughout the University. A report was created for all three campuses. This series is updated on an ongoing basis.


Continuing Student Survey

A self-administered questionnaire designed to obtain data on student employment and academic achievement and integration was sent to a random sample of Rutgers undergraduates between the months of November 1995 and March 1996. This survey was designed in conjunction with a graduate research methods course in the Department of Sociology, taught by Professor Steven Hansell. This survey is part of the The Undergraduate Experience.


Drop Out/Attrition Survey

A survey of students who voluntarily withdrew from Rutgers during the recent past was administered in the Fall of 1995. More specifically, this survey was administered to former Rutgers students who did not continue their studies at the University for three consecutive semesters between 1987 and 1992. These students were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire that asked students their reasons for withdrawing and opinions/evaluations of Rutgers, as well as asking about their educational and employment activities since leaving the University. This survey is part of the The Undergraduate Experience.


Study Abroad Survey

During the early part of the spring 1996 semester, the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning administered a questionnaire to a random sample of first- and second-year Rutgers undergraduates. This questionnaire was designed to elicit the awareness of and interest in the Rutgers Study Abroad Program among lower division students.


Faculty Computer Use Survey

The Faculty Computer Use and Accessibility Survey was administered by the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning to all Rutgers' faculty during late fall 1992 to determine the extent of computer usage, the types of computer hardware and software used, the location at which faculty use computers, the computing services they access, and the required use of computers in the courses they teach. This survey has been updated for 2002, and renamed the Rutgers University Computing Services (RUCS) survey. The sample has been extended to the entire student body and Rutgers' staff.


Faculty Workload Survey

The Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning was asked by the Committee on Faculty Workload to assist the work of the committee in obtaining information about faculty work activities at Rutgers University. One aspect of this effort was the administration of a survey in spring 1994 to randomly selected faculty that measured the type and amount of work that faculty do.


Employee Trip Reduction Survey

As part of the Rutgers University's compliance with the State of New Jersey Employer Trip Reduction Program, the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning produced and administered a survey of University employees.