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ERIC Number: ED299918
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-May
Pages: 58
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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The Davis Academic Environment. A Report of Student Opinions.
Amos, Arthur K., Jr.
The perceptions of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at the University of California-Davis regarding campus strengths and weaknesses are presented. Data collected with a survey mailed to a stratified random sample of 1,565 students are used. Eight sections look at the following: (1) academic major programs (course content in the major, major instruction, and program flexibility); (2) courses and classes (course variety, availability of courses, and class size); (3) faculty (instructor availability and faculty attitudes about students); (4) policies and procedures (testing/grading system, academic probation and suspension policies, and cheating); (5) academic facilities and services (classroom facilities, laboratory facilities, study areas, library facilities and services, computer services, and tutorial services); (6) educational outcomes (intellectual growth, writing ability, and preparation for future occupation); (7) overall evaluation; and (8) conclusions and recommendations. Some of the major findings from the study are as follows: Davis students generally report higher levels of satisfaction with components of the academic environment than those reported by their national counterparts; undergraduates respond positively to questions about their major programs; Davis is already showing early effects of growth and crowding; and most undergraduates report that Davis has made a very large or large contribution to their intellectual growth. An appendix offers responses to individual questions in 22 tables. (SM)
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: California Univ., Davis. Office of Student Affairs Research and Information.
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