CSE Exit Survey Response Summary (2007-'12)

Questions Concerning Advising

The CSE Exit Survey consists of three parts. The first part asks the respondent to assess the importance each of the student outcomes of the program and the extent to which the outcomes were achieved in the case of the student completing the survey. The second part asks the respondent to assess the quality of advising provided to students in the program. The third part asks about the best features of the program and for suggestions for possible improvements. The results of the second part appear below.

For each of four advising-related categories, the respondent was asked to rank its importance on a scale of "Very Unimportant" through "Very Important"; and to rank, on a scale of "Very Unsatisfactory" through "Very Satisfactory", the quality of advising that the respondent received in each category. In averaging the responses, the following weights were attached to the various possible responses:

Importance		Quality of Advising
Response	Weight	Response	Weight
Very Unimportant	0%	Very Unsatisfactory	0%
Somewhat Unimportant	33%	Somewhat Unsatisfactory	33%
Somewhat Important	67%	Somewhat Satisfactory	67%
Very Important	100%	Very Satisfactory	100%

The Results : The first column in each table lists the aspect in question, the second shows, as a bargraph, the average importance that respondents for the year attached to that item, the third shows the average value for "quality of advising" that respondents for the year specified for that item; in each case, the numerical percentage represented by the bargraph is also shown. For comparison, a bargraph representing "100%" appears at the top of each column; immediately below that is listed the number of respondents for the year's survey.

Please note that the bar-graphs displaying the results of the various surveys don't display well in some browsers; please check the numerical results printed next to the bar-graphs to be sure of the actual values.