Display 2002: Perceived Usefullness of IRP Activities for Improving SSU
SSU's office of Institutional Research and Planning conducts an annual "IRP General Effectiveness Survey" of its users and customers of record in the Spring term. Results that follow are drawn from that survey. In May, 2000, 103 surveys were distributed and 27 were returned within 90 days, constituting a 26% response rate. [Scale: 1= "Not very useful"; 5 = "Very useful" ]
| Q: How useful do you think IRP activities have been to help support or improve SSU? | |||||||
| [Five point Likert scale: 1 = "not very useful"; 5 = "very useful" ] | |||||||
| Activities: | n | Mean | S.D. | ||||
| Facilitating the SACS accreditation self-study. | 22 | 4.14 | 1.08 | ||||
| Assisting with strategic planning. | 22 | 4.00 | 1.23 | ||||
| Providing data sets or summary statistics. | 23 | 4.00 | 1.17 | ||||
| Facilitating professional accreditation processes. | 22 | 3.91 | 1.11 | ||||
| Supporting academic program review. | 23 | 3.87 | 1.10 | ||||
| Evaluating institutional effectiveness. | 23 | 3.87 | 1.10 | ||||
| Monitoring student graduation rates. | 23 | 3.87 | 1.14 | ||||
| Informing key committees with data. | 23 | 3.87 | 1.10 | ||||
| Monitoring student attrition & retention. | 22 | 3.86 | 1.17 | ||||
| Planning enrollment management. | 22 | 3.55 | 1.06 | ||||
| Informing with workshops or presentations. | 23 | 3.52 | 1.20 | ||||
| Evaluating teaching/learning processes. | 21 | 3.43 | 1.12 | ||||
| Monitoring student progress or achievement. | 23 | 3.35 | 0.98 | ||||
| Relating curriculum to student needs. | 21 | 3.10 | 1.18 | ||||
| Evaluating college support services. | 23 | 2.96 | 1.02 | ||||
| External community understanding of SSU. | 22 | 2.95 | 1.13 | ||||
| Monitoring staff productivity. | 22 | 2.91 | 1.02 | ||||
| Relationships between staff and students. | 20 | 2.90 | 0.79 | ||||
| Evaluating student conseling services. | 23 | 2.83 | 1.03 | ||||
| Monitoring benefactor donations & support. | 20 | 2.55 | 1.00 | ||||