PULLMAN – When it comes to an environmental footprint, bigger is not better. WSU students, faculty and staff will be able to take an on-line survey April 23 that will help measure their ecological footprint, which is defined as the numbers of acres of land it would take to support their lifestyle. The survey is […]
PULLMAN– Washington State University scientists conducting research on plants and animals are among the most productive in the nation, according to a survey measuring faculty scholarly productivity published recently in The Chronicle for Higher Education. WSU plant scientists were ranked the fifth most productive in the United States. WSU’s zoology program ranked No. 10 in the […]
Results from the 2006 National Survey of Student Engagement arrived about seven weeks ago, gripping the attention of many administrators — especially those in Student Affairs. Here’s the bottom line: Washington State University made significant advancements in several areas, declined in others, but overall remains below the average of its peers in all five major […]
WSU Libraries want to know how students, staff and faculty perceive the quality of library services. On March 27, the libraries administered an online survey to about 5,000 randomly selected faculty, staff and undergraduate and graduate students to determine their views on the value of academic library service. “We really want to know what people […]
The most recent in a series of WSU surveys shows employees remain committed to the goals of the strategic plan and perceive WSU as a high-quality institution. And while staff attitudes and information experiences have improved, the survey shows that more work in those areas can be done to assist faculty. Surveys and focus-group discussions […]
In Don Dillman’s world, there is no such thing as a simple question. Context matters. Context always matters. How else do you explain why 70.2 percent of WSU students in one Web survey said they typically study 2.5 hours or less per day, while in answer to exactly the same question, only 28.9 percent of […]
Suppose you want to find out what your students think about your course; maybe not the content, so much, but how you’re teaching it. It sounds simple enough, but even the simplest of surveys requires forethought.“Writing good questions is not easy,” warns Don Dillman, WSU Regents Professor and expert in survey methodology.“The first thing I […]
In an attempt to gain insight on student safety on campus, Washington State University’s Office of the President is funding a student personal safety survey, which will be administered to WSU students through the end of April. The survey, which is the first comprehensive survey distributed at WSU on the topic of safety, is spearheaded […]
State support for postsecondary education crept higher nationwide this fiscal year, according to a nationwide survey, and WSU paralleled that trend. In the budgets that states adopted for the 2004-2005 fiscal year, total appropriations for higher education rose by 3.8 percent, to $63 billion, from the year before, said a survey conducted by the Center […]
The Associated Students of Washington State University last month co-sponsored a student-administered survey with the Pullman Chamber of Commerce to find out what businesses students would like to see come to town. More than 20 students from Professor Donald Stem’s marketing research course have tabulated the preliminary findings of the survey. With the results, ASWSU […]