LOCAL CODING: Last Section: Comments and Questions Just for Stanford Students
1. Please rate the extent to which your abilities in the areas listed below have changed since you first came to Stanford.
Much weaker 1 |
2 | 3 |
No change 4 |
5 | 6 |
Much stronger 7 |
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Reading or speaking a foreign language | tlang 1 | tlang 2 | tlang 3 | tlang 4 | tlang 5 | tlang 6 | tlang 7 |
Writing clearly and effectively | twrite 1 | twrite 2 | twrite 3 | twrite 4 | twrite 5 | twrite 6 | twrite 7 |
Understanding the significance of art, music, literature, and drama | tartlit 1 | tartlit 2 | tartlit 3 | tartlit 4 | tartlit 5 | tartlit 6 | tartlit 7 |
Resolving interpersonal conflicts positively | tconflic 1 | tconflic 2 | tconflic 3 | tconflic 4 | tconflic 5 | tconflic 6 | tconflic 7 |
Placing current problems in historical/cultural/philosophical perspective | tcprob 1 | tcprob 2 | tcprob 3 | tcprob 4 | tcprob 5 | tcprob 6 | tcprob 7 |
Gaining in-depth knowledge of a field | tindepth 1 | tindepth 2 | tindepth 3 | tindepth 4 | tindepth 5 | tindepth 6 | tindepth 7 |
2. Did you participate in any of the following while at Stanford?
Yes | No | |
Take a course in drama, film, art history, music appreciation, architecture, art practice, musicology | ST01 1 | ST01 2 |
Take a class that had a service learning component | ST02 1 | ST02 2 |
Participate in a Haas Public Service Program | ST03 1 | ST03 2 |
Participate in BOSP Study Abroad | ST04 1 | ST04 2 |
Participate in SIW | ST05 1 | ST05 2 |
Participate in Sophomore College | ST06 1 | ST06 2 |
Participate in Undergraduate Research through VPUE/UAR | ST07 1 | ST07 2 |
Participate in Honors College | ST08 1 | ST08 2 |
3. The following are a number of suggestions that Stanford has heard for enhancing its undergraduate education. Rate the following suggestions in terms of how beneficial you think they would be for current students. (Not at all beneficial to extremely beneficial) (5 point scale)
Not at all beneficial 1 |
2 | 3 | 4 |
Extremely beneficial 5 |
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Require all freshmen to take a small-group seminar with a tenured or tenure-line faculty member. | ST09 1 | ST09 2 | ST09 3 | ST09 4 | ST09 5 |
Encourage exploration and risk-taking by requiring students to take one or more ungraded (Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit) courses in the freshman year. | ST10 1 | ST10 2 | ST10 3 | ST10 4 | ST10 5 |
Encourage exploration and risk-taking by requiring students to take one or more ungraded (Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit) courses in the freshman year. | ST11 1 | ST11 2 | ST11 3 | ST11 4 | ST11 5 |
Encourage exploration and risk-taking by requiring students to take one or more ungraded (Pass/Fail or Credit/No Credit) courses in the freshman year. | ST12 1 | ST12 2 | ST12 3 | ST12 4 | ST12 5 |
Provide structured opportunities for students to reflect on what they are learning (e.g. through advising, coursework, co-curricular, or dorm activities). | ST13 1 | ST13 2 | ST13 3 | ST13 4 | ST13 5 |
Provide opportunities to integrate learning in one class with learning in other classes. | ST14 1 | ST14 2 | ST14 3 | ST14 4 | ST14 5 |
Infuse explorations of diversity, ethics, gender, or globalization through a wide variety of courses and activities (including service learning or overseas studies, for example) instead of as stand-alone single course requirements. | ST15 1 | ST15 2 | ST15 3 | ST15 4 | ST15 5 |
Provide more living/learning programs in the residences (e.g., taking classes with peers who live in the same dorm). | ST16 1 | ST16 2 | ST16 3 | ST16 4 | ST16 5 |
Encourage more students to complete a capstone project bringing together all of their work in the major (e.g. senior thesis or group project). | ST17 1 | ST17 2 | ST17 3 | ST17 4 | ST17 5 |
Expand opportunities for students to complete senior capstone projects outside of their majors (e.g. interdisciplinary, artistic/creative, service-based, entrepreneurial). | ST18 1 | ST18 2 | ST18 3 | ST18 4 | ST18 5 |
Provide science, technology, engineering, and math courses specifically for students who are not intending to go into these majors. | ST19 1 | ST19 2 | ST19 3 | ST19 4 | ST19 5 |
Multiply opportunities to ensure that all students have the option to study abroad | ST20 1 | ST20 2 | ST20 3 | ST20 4 | ST20 5 |
4. Please use the space below to elaborate on any of the questions
on the survey and to comment on any other aspect of your undergraduate
experience not covered in this questionnaire.
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