Introduction    

The topic that I selected for this research project was the general satisfaction with Kalamazoo’s policies in various areas such as Residential Life, LAC and Physical Education Requirements, Campus Renovations. One of the research questions that I tried to answer were if there was a relation between overall satisfaction with Kalamazoo College and the satisfaction with the other aspects of the College (Residential Life, LAC and PE Requirements, etc). This project is relevant to decision-making at Kalamazoo College because it measures whether the students would like changes in certain aspects of the college and also the aspects with which they are satisfied.

Sample Size

  • Systematic Sample: randomly picked a number (27) and selected every 27th person for the survey.
  • Number of Surveys Sent (Through Email): 82
  • Number of Answered Surveys: 19
    • Response Rate: 22%
    • 78%  who answered were Females, and 22% were Males

Findings

  • Based off of a scale of 1 through 5 (with 1 being Very Dissatisfied and 5 being Very Satisfied), on average, the students were more satisfied with the times of the Quiet Hours than with the RA’s effectiveness in enforcing Quiet Hours:
    1. The averages were 3.64 and 3.05, respectively
  • In response to the question of what the surveyor would do if his/her neighbor was being loud:
    1. 35% answered that they would go tell the neighbor to be quieter
    2. 41% answered that they would ignore the noise and continue with what they were doing
    3. 12%  answered that they would ask their RA to take care of the disruption
    4. 6% answered other
  • An overwhelming percentage of 89% replied that they where planning (or had already gone on) Study Abroad
  • A very high average score of 4.41 was given for how important Study Abroad was to the K Plan (1 being Not Important and 5 being Very Important)
  • On average, students rated PE Requirements as more important to the K Plan than LAC Requirements
      1. 4.277 for PE Requirements and 3.277 for LAC Requirements

Full Text of Research Project

Essay on General Satisfaction with Kalamazoo College

 References 

DeWitz, Joseph and Walsh, Bruce. “Self-Efficacy and College Student Satisfaction”.

Journal of Career Assesment. 10.3 (2002)

http://jca.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/315

 

Donohue, Tambra and Wong, Eugene. “Achievement Motivation and College

Satisfaction in Traditional and Nontradtional Students.”

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3673/is_199701/ai_n8754065

 

Drumm, Katie. Email to the author. 25 May 2006.