Survey Cycle

Below are surveys Benedictine College administers to its constituents on a regular basis.

Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshman Survey (TFS)
Administered to first-time first-year students each fall during student orientation. CIRP TFS “covers a wide range of student characteristics: parental income and education, ethnicity, and other demographic items; financial aid; secondary school achievement and activities; educational and career plans; and values, attitudes, beliefs, and self-concept.”

Exit Survey
Administered to students who leave BC before graduation as a way to determine reasons for leaving and general satisfaction.

Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE)
Administered during alternate even-numbered years as a companion to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). FSSE measures faculty perceptions of student behaviors described in the NSSE.

HEDS Alumni Survey
The HEDS Alumni Survey is “designed to assess the long-term impact of teaching practices and institutional conditions on liberal education outcomes such as critical thinking, information literacy, and problem solving. It also examines postgraduate employment outcomes, college debt, and college satisfaction.” We administer the HEDS Alumni Survey one, five and ten years after graduation.

The IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction System
Administered in each course during the last weeks of the semester. The IDEA provides feedback to instructors on students’ perceptions of their own progress on 12 learning objectives, with emphasis on the items ranked as “essential” or “important.” Includes institutional and benchmarking reports.

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Administered to first-time first-year students and seniors during the spring semester of even-numbered years. NSSE is an indirect assessment tool that measures student participation in behaviors and processes linked to learning.

Noel-Levitz Survey of Student Satisfaction (SSI)
Administered during the spring semester of odd-numbered years. SSI reports students’ expectations and satisfaction in 12 key areas: Academic Advising Effectiveness, Campus Support Services, Concern for the Individual, Instructional Effectiveness, Admissions and Financial Aid Effectiveness, Registration Effectiveness, Responsiveness to Diverse Populations, Safety and Security, Student Centeredness.