PSU Academic
Advising Online Survey
Undergraduate students registering
for Spring Quarter 2003 were asked to participate in the following
online survey. It was preceded
by an email from the President requesting their participation. The survey was directed towards all undergraduate
students but was distributed to both admitted and non-admitted students.
Academic
Advising Survey - First Set of Questions
Instructions: Please answer
the following questions according to your experiences at Portland State University.
If you haven't yet selected a major, skip those questions that refer directly
to your major.
1. Which
of the following best describes where at PSU you get your primary academic
advising, i.e., the advising you consider most central to your academic progress? (choose one)
2a. Please check the box that best describes where you get most of your information about classes to take to meet the requirements for your major (if you have chosen it. If you have more than one major, focus on what you consider to be your primary major.
2b. Please check the box that best describes where you get most of your information about classes to take to meet the requirements for the University Studies / General Education (freshman inquiry, cluster, capstone)
2c. Please check the box that best describes where you get most of your information about classes to take to meet the requirements for the type of degree you are seeking (i.e., Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, or Bachelor of Science)
3. Overall, I am satisfied with
the academic advising I receive at PSU.
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
4. It is important for me to graduate
from college.
o
o
o
o
o
o
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
5. I am confident that I made that
right decision in choosing to attend PSU.
o
o
o
o
o
o
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
6. I have a plan to achieve my educational
goals.
o
o
o
o
o
o
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
8. I plan to graduate from PSU.
o
o
o
o
o
o
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
Below is a list of various kinds of help that academic
advisers might provide to students. Given your experience with your PRIMARY
source of academic advising at PSU, i.e., the advising you consider most central
to your academic progress, make two ratings for each advising function:
a.
its importance to you
b.
your satisfaction with the advising you receive
1. Advising that helps students connect their academic, career, and life goals.
a.
How important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
2. Advising that helps students choose among courses in the major that connect their academic, career, and life goals.
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
3. Advising that assists students with choosing among the various General Education options (e.g., choice of capstone, cluster, courses within cluster, etc.) that connect their academic, career, and life goals
a.
How important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
a.
How important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
a.
How important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
a. How
important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
a.
How important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
a. How
important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
a.
How important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
a. How
important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
12. Encouraging students to assume responsibility for their education by helping them develop planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
a.
How important is this advising function to you?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Not important
Very Important
14.
It is important to develop an adviser/advisee relationship with someone
on campus.
o
o
o
o
o
o
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
o
o
o
o
o
o
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree
16.
I believe I have been accurately advised by faculty or staff at PSU.
Yes
If no, what consequences resulted from the advising
inaccuracy? (check any that apply)
o
I have had to delay my graduation in order to take one or
more additional classes.
o
I have petitioned for an exception to an academic requirement.
o
I have had to take one or more classes that I later discovered
I didn’t need to graduate.
o
Other (explain)
Please use the space below to comment about any aspect
of advising at PSU: