Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Your responses will remain confidential, so please do your best to answer the questions completely and honestly. There are no wrong answers!
In this survey, you will answer questions about the college experience. The terms "college," "university," and "school" are used interchangeably and refer to institutions of higher learning that issue undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Please select your gender:
Please select your age range:
Please select your highest level of education:
Please select your average annual household income:
Please fill in your race/ethnicity.
Multiple Choice Questions
For each of the following questions, please select one option.
Imagine you are the President of a large University. You have just received a generous gift from a wealthy alumnus of the school in the amount of $50,000 per year for five years. The donor requests that the money be spent on providing a more enriching learning environment for students. On which of the following programs would you spend the money?
Imagine you have a son or daughter choosing a college. He or she has narrowed it down to three schools. Assume that, aside from the information given below, all three schools are exactly the same: quality of instructors, school resources, geographic location, tuition costs, etc. Which of the following schools below would prepare your son or daughter best for the challenges and opportunities they will face upon graduation?
Please explain why you selected the answer you did in the previous question.
For the next two questions, please rank the options in the appropriate order from most important to least important.
Please rank each of the following in order of importance for cultivating a positive learning environment on campus (1 is the most important factor; 4 is the least important factor).
Expert, knowledgeable instructors Racially mixed student body High quality school resources Internships and exchange programs
Imagine you are a college admissions officer of a liberal arts school with a predominantly White student body. Last year, your school was ranked 50th by U.S. News and World Report. You want to improve that ranking this year. You have to choose which students to admit based on the factors below. Please rank the factors in order of their importance to your decision (1 is the most important; 5 is the least important).
Extracurricular activities Race/ethnicity Future aspirations
For the following open-ended questions, please answer as completely as you can. You do not have to use complete sentences.
Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of a student body results in:
The most prestigious colleges and universities should recruit students who:
Colleges and universities can best prepare their students for the challenges they will face after graduation by:
Multiple Choice Questions
For each of the following items, choose the option that best completes the sentence.
College students learn best when their classmates _________________________.
Different viewpoints and perspectives among students in college classes ________________________.
Classes that are racially mixed __________________________.
For the following items, please select the option that most accurately describes your feeling about the statement.
Many of the questions in this section refer to the "diversity" of a student body. While diversity can mean many things, for the purposes of this survey, it refers only to racial and ethnic differences among students. Therefore, an increase in campus diversity would result in a more racially and ethnically mixed student body
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