Proposed Revised Exit Survey
TO: SLA Faculty Assembly Executive Committee
FROM: Teaching and Advising Committee
SUBJECT: Proposed Revised Exit Survey
DATE: January 15, 2021
The Teaching and Advising Committee recommends the following action item for consideration by the Faculty:
Adoption of the Most Recent Draft of the Senior Graduation Exit Survey
Current situation:
As brought to the attention of the Faculty Assembly earlier, The Teaching & Advising Committee is planning to re-establish the graduation survey, to be administered through Qualtrics. The Teaching and Advising Committee has sought and received feedback and approval from the Faculty Assembly on this project. The committee also has collaborated with Student Affairs, had the survey vetted by IRDS, and had it tested with a small group of students. We would now like for the Faculty Assembly to read the most recent version and approve it for a more extended use with students this spring (2021).
Proposed action:
We ask the Faculty Assembly to read the most recent version of the graduation exit survey, the SLA Graduating Student Exit Survey, and approve its use in spring 2021.
Rationale:
The School of Liberal Arts used to be able to collect survey data from graduating seniors to be used to assess the student experience and to make adjustments to enhance the student experience. We now wish to re-establish the use of an exit survey, the SLA Graduating Student Exit Survey, for that purpose. The purpose of the survey is to gather information from students about their experiences with the School of Liberal Arts. While some of the questions are similar to those in a campus-wide alumni survey that IRDS will send to alumni three to five years post-graduation (which focuses on the overall IUPUI experience), this survey asks specific questions about SLA services and educational experiences and will gather information on the student experience in the School of Liberal Arts from students as they approach graduation.
Known and expected benefits:
Students will find greater value in their educational experience in the School of Liberal Arts because as a school, we will be able to revise, adapt, and enhance that experience with the information we receive from the surveys. In addition, programs will receive data that they can use to track student response and that they can use for future planning.
