Assessment of Living Learning (ALL Survey) s1
Assessment of Living Learning (ALL Survey)
Dec 2006
Scott Hall
Response Rate
Used QuestionPro but had problems sending out because of MU spam protection. Sent out using OXF### listservs which made tracking participants more difficult.
It was distributed to an estimated 6800 residents. 2574 viewed it. 2184 started it. 1813 (26%) completed it. Almost the same demographics responded as last year with the exception of class rank. This year 63% of the respondents were first-year students.
All Campus / 6800 / 1813 / 26.6%Scott Hall / 267 / 30 / 11.2%
Academic Adviser
In previous years we only asked the first-year students about academic advising. This year we asked all participants and made the questions applicable to all advisers on campus.
Percentage who answered “strongly agree” or “agree” / all / FY / UC / SCTMy academic adviser was available to schedule to meet with me about academic matters. / 71.9% / 86% / 45.6% / 51.7%
My academic adviser asked me questions about my academic goals and major. / 67.2% / 83.9% / 37.2% / 37.9%
My academic adviser helped me understand resources for academic decision making (DARS, Bulletin, Miami Plan, other administrative offices or advisers on campus, etc.) / 65.2% / 80.7% / 37.4% / 41.4%
My academic adviser effectively answered my questions about academic matters. / 62.6% / 73.5% / 42.7% / 41.4%
My academic adviser took a personal interest in my academic success. / 58.6% / 70.5% / 37.0% / 41.4%
Implication: Use this data when developing public relations piece for faculty and staff at MU. “When surveyed, most students indicate that their academic advisers in the residence halls are available, were knowledgeable about academic matters at Miami…
RA/CLA
My Current RA/CLA:
Agree or Strongly Agree / all / FY / UC / SCT...available to me and has a presence on my corridor. / 78.2% / 80.8% / 73.7% / 62.1%
...a good resource and can respond to my questions about Miami. / 74.7% / 80.2% / 65.0% / 55.2%
...a good listener and helps when I have a problem. / 66.2% / 70.6% / 58.1% / 51.7%
...a strong community builder on my corridor and in my residence hall. / 65.2% / 68.7% / 59.1% / 44.8%
...a positive role model. / 76.8% / 79.7% / 71.7% / 60.7%
...a good programmer and creates educational opportunities in the residence hall. / 68.1% / 70.3% / 64.3% / 55.2%
All of the values in the all column were significantly higher than the previous year (between 11% and 15% higher). Whereas I’d like to conclude that our staff are doing that much better work, it is not known how much of the difference can be attributed to the change in timeline of the survey implementation.
Implication: During training, ask RAs to predict numbers – then post. Challenge how they think they are perceived. Ask them to reflect on what each of the descriptors means and how residents might be measuring each item.
FYA/AFYA/RD
My First Year Adviser/Assistant First Year Adviser (first year halls) or Resident Director (upper class halls) is:
Strongly agree or agree / all / FY / UC / SCT...available to me and has a presence in my residence hall. / 70.3% / 74.1% / 63.5% / 48.2%
...a good resource and can respond to my questions about Miami. / 70.1% / 75.1% / 61.1% / 51.7%
...a good listener and helps when I have a problem. / 60.0% / 64.3% / 52.2% / 41.4%
...a strong community builder in my residence hall. / 59.4% / 61.6% / 55.4% / 44.8%
...a positive role model. / 67.6% / 71.6% / 60.2% / 48.3%
...a good programmer and creates educational opportunities in the residence hall. / 65.1% / 67.3% / 61.3% / 55.6%
All of the values in the all column were significantly higher than the previous year (between 11% and 16% higher). Whereas I’d like to conclude that our staff are doing that much better work, it is not known how much of the difference can be attributed to the change in timeline of the survey implementation.
Frequency of meaningful discussions with other students about…
Meaningful discussions about race / all respondents 05-06 / all respondents Dec 06 / SCTnot at all / 33% / 34.2% / 36.7%
very little / 24% / 25.1% / 26.7%
Some / 30% / 27.8% / 23.3%
quite a lot / 10% / 8.6% / 10%
a great deal / 4% / 3.9% / 3.3%
The decrease could be attributed to the change in timeline for the implementation of the ALL Survey. (Do some of these conversations occur in the spring?)
Men were no more or less likely to talk about race than women.
Those who reported their RA to have a greater presence and were good programmers reported more frequent conversations about race.
Meaningful discussions about gender / all respondents 05-06 / all respondents Dec 06 / SCTnot at all / 33% / 31.0% / 40%
very little / 23% / 24.6% / 26.7%
Some / 29% / 27.9% / 23.3%
quite a lot / 11% / 11.3% / 6.7%
a great deal / 5% / 5.3% / 3.3%
Women were only slightly more likely to have meaningful conversations about gender then men.
Again, those who reported their RA to have a greater presence and were good programmers reported more frequent conversations about gender.
Meaningful discussions about sexual orientation / all respondents 05-06 / all respondents Dec 06 / SCTnot at all / 33% / 32.5% / 40%
very little / 23% / 25.1% / 30%
Some / 29% / 27.3% / 20%
quite a lot / 11% / 9.5% / 3.3%
a great deal / 5% / 5.6% / 6.7%
Meaningful discussions about politics / All respondents / all respondents Dec 06 / SCT
not at all / 25% / 23.4% / 26.7%
very little / 20% / 21.3% / 30$
Some / 30% / 31.9% / 30%
quite a lot / 16% / 15.1% / 6.7%
a great deal / 8% / 8.3% / 6.7%
Meaningful discussions about class material / all respondents / all respondents Dec 06 / SCT
not at all / 14% / 9.1% / 16.7%
very little / 8% / 6.4% / 13.3%
Some / 21% / 25.0% / 16.7%
quite a lot / 32% / 34.5% / 36.7%
a great deal / 24% / 25.0% / 16.7%
Meaningful discussions about career issues / all respondents / all respondents Dec 06 / SCT
not at all / 19% / 15.1% / 20%
very little / 12% / 13.1% / 20%
Some / 27% / 31.5% / 20%
quite a lot / 28% / 27.5% / 20%
a great deal / 13% / 12.7% / 10%
Meaningful discussions about religion or spirituality / all respondents / all respondents Dec 06 / SCT
not at all / 25% / 20.0% / 23.3%
very little / 20% / 23.0% / 33.3%
Some / 29% / 31.9% / 26.7%
quite a lot / 17% / 16.6% / 13.3%
a great deal / 9% / 8.7% / 3.3%
Survey note: Continue to ask these questions next time so that we can look for longer term trends.
Implication: Let the staff know that this is one way we are evaluating the living learning communities.
Implication: Conversations about meaningful topics occur in the residence halls at a lower frequency than we wish. Train staff on how to engage students in conversations, both formal through programming and informal or reactive, about these issues.
Programming
I am satisfied with the quantity and quality of the following types of programs and events in my residence hall:
Strongly agree or agree / All / FY / UC / SCTRecreational / 49.4% / 52.3% / 44.4% / 34.5%
Social / 62.7% / 65.1% / 58.6% / 41.4%
Educational / 47.4% / 49.4% / 43.9% / 20.7%
Diversity related / 33.1% / 33.7 / 32.1 / 17.2%
In which residence hall do you currently live? / Sex: 1=female 2=male / One way I would improve academic advising at Miami would be… / The most significant learning experience I had in the residence halls this year was (discussion, program, situation, class, event, etc.): / What suggestions do you have for improving the residence halls at Miami?
Scott / 1 / easier to understand / programs that the hall council had / none
Scott / 1 / none. / none.
Scott / 2 / meet my advisor.
Scott / 1
Scott / 1
Scott / 2
Scott / 2
Scott / 2
Scott / 2 / to study more / n/a / swimming pools, bigger rooms, single bathrooms
Scott / 1
Scott / 1
Scott / 2
Scott / 2 / to set more appointments with my advisor...and set up better timing... / bible study / if people could be more social i think that would improve the residence hall here...however this requires everyone's participation which is hard to get...
Scott / 1
Scott / 2 / Discussion with my RA about the job of being an RA (since I'm considering it for next year). / Perhaps some more ice-breaker events at the beginning of the semester.
Scott / 2
Scott / 2
Scott / 2
Scott / 2 / Provide me with an adviser who knows what they're talking about and is willing to meet with me. I frequently had to find other professors in the department, and they on the other hand, were very accomodating of me.
Scott / 1
Scott / 2
Scott / 2
Scott / 2
Scott / 1 / advisors to contact us to see how we are doing.
Scott / 1 / I didn't participate in a learning experience in Scott, if we had one.
Scott / 2 / Tell me who my advisor is. / a discussion about how i got stuck in the LOSER hall where no one ever opens their doors or talks to each other. / No one talks to each other, you should tell the RAs to fix that.
Scott / 2 / to make them more available / when I could hear people next door having loud sex all of the time and girls talking loudly while i'm trying to study and I realized 'I'm not like these animals' / bigger rooms, less assholes
Scott / 2 / NA
Scott / 2
Scott / 1