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Thursday,
September 20, 2001
SACS
campus surveys coming soon
By Jacque Petersell
Staff Reporter
Surveys
to assist in the university’s re-accreditation process
will be finalized within a week, said Alan Shepard, director
of the self-study required by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools.
Shepard
said students, faculty, staff and alumni will receive electronic
surveys by mid-October or early November to measure their
opinions about campus services including the TCU Police, the
Student Center and the Health Center.
Provost
William Koehler has authorized monetary prizes for those who
return surveys.
Prizes
offered to students are one $1,000 prize, two $500 prizes
and five $100 prizes, added to the student’s account
or ID card. Prizes offered to faculty and staff are five free
reserved parking spaces. Winners will be drawn at a later
date.
The surveys
will be used to gather information about the university to
assist the committee in the self-study, Shepard said. People
will be asked for some background information such as race,
grade level, amount of school completed and alumni salaries.
He said
the surveys will be used to assess opinions about certain
areas of campus. Shepard said, in one example, the committee
may break down the surveys by race, then see how many people
may not be satisfied with the TCU Police. The results will
help them look at other areas, such as if racial profiling
occurs on campus, Shepard said. The surveys will be used for
the re-accreditation process and to generally improve the
university, he said.
The committee
discussed wording modifications Wednesday.
Bonnie
Melhart, chairwoman of the educational support services committee
and an associate professor of computer science, said she had
problems with asking alumni how much money they made.
“I
felt uneasy about how success is gauged,” Melhart said.
“(This question) gives alumni the impression that those
are the only (things) we care about.”
Melissa
Canady, a member of the steering committee, said alumni salaries
are important because they allow the committee to compare
the university to other institutions. She said other schools
emphasize how much money their alumni make.
Shepard
said committee members will meet again Wednesday to discuss
changes to the survey draft and plan for a final draft to
be distributed.
Jacque Petersell
j.s.petersell@student.tcu.edu
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