PDF pending restorationERIC Number: ED473192
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 2002-Feb
Pages: 18
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Western Iowa Tech Community College Student Satisfaction Inventory: Summary of 2001 Results.
Western Iowa Tech, Sioux City.
This paper presents the results of the 2001 Student Satisfaction Inventory for Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC). Twenty-six course sections with an enrollment of 432 students were randomly sampled from the College's data system. Instructors administered the survey to all students in attendance during their class periods. A total of 259 surveys were completed, for a response rate of 60%. Highlights include (1) respondents were 61% female, 49% were age 19-24, 80% were White, 87% were day students, 72% carried a full-time class load, 47% had been attending WITCC for 1 year or less, and 26% had a GPA of between 3.0 and 3.49; (2) more than 75% reported that they were satisfied with their overall experience at WITCC, while 15% were very satisfied; (3) 63% said they would enroll at WITCC if they had to do it over again; (4) on almost every scale, WITCC students were as satisfied as or more satisfied than students in other two-year colleges across the nation; (5) highest in the list of items with which students were most satisfied were the helpfulness of staff, specifically those in Veterans' Services, the bookstore, library, and security; and (6) students were least satisfied with parking availability. (Contains 17 tables, graphs, and diagrams.) (NB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Instructional Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Participant Satisfaction, Performance Factors, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
For full text: http://www.witcc.cc.ia.us/research/reports/2001_student_satisfaction.pdf.
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Western Iowa Tech, Sioux City.
Identifiers: Iowa
Note: Prepared by the Institutional Research Office.


