What do students think of HVCC? We asked this question, and more, in our 2018 Student Satisfaction Survey, which was distributed to all students early in the spring 2018 semester.
Overall, students expressed satisfaction with the college in 2018 and indicated strongly that they would recommend attending the college to others. Respondents also strongly agreed that when compared to the cost, the quality of Hudson Valley’s education was a good value and that they would choose the college again. Additionally, student perception of the quality of the college before enrolling increased this year as did perception following enrollment, and respondents indicated strongly that the college was helping them achieve their goals.
Who responded to the Student Satisfaction Survey?
The students who responded to the 2017 and 2018 survey tended to be older than those who responded to the 2016 survey, and to the 2013 as well, although the overall age demographics of students enrolled at the college has changed very little if at all over the past five years. In other words, the shift in the age of respondents is not reflective of a change in the age distribution of the college’s total enrollment, but rather of those who chose to take the survey. Additionally, the percentage of respondents identifying as female has increased notably; by 2018, almost two thirds were female, and about one third male.
What outside responsibilities did the students cite as most challenging to their academic success?
For the 2018 group, housing and health issues presented the biggest challenges, followed by childcare. Least challenging to this group were job responsibilities, family responsibilities, and financing their education. 2017 respondents indicated similar challenges, however for 2016 respondents the opposite was true, with most challenging factors being job and family responsibilities and paying for college, and the least being disability issues, childcare, and housing.
What about academic support services? What do the responding students think about tutoring, or academic advising? New Student Orientation? What about the campus itself—the condition of the buildings and the cleanliness of the college? And the friendliness and helpfulness of college employees? What do they think about that, and what do they think about college services, like food service, and student activities, such as Welcome Week, and campus clubs?
To find out the answers to these questions—and more!—follow this link:
https://www.hvcc.edu/dept/planning/internal/survey-reports.htm
Published: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:19:22 +0000 by m.geehan