The Alumni Survey is administered every two years to a 50% sample of USC alumni who were graduated two to three years before the survey is administered. The Alumni Survey is administered in part to fulfill the requirements of Act 255 of 1992, which mandates that public institutions of higher learning report placement data and educational satisfaction attitudes of graduates.
The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) is an annual survey administered at colleges and universities nationwide. It allows the Division of Student and Alumni Services to develop a profile of the first-time, full-time students entering the University of South Carolina each year. The survey collects information on each incoming student's background, opinions on current issues, and activities during the last year of high school. The CIRP is administered to incoming students the summer before the actually enroll at USC, during placement testing weekends and new student orientation. Since the survey is administered to incoming students at schools across the country, national norm data are available for all survey items. For more information, please visit the National CIRP Home Page
In the spring of every third year, the College Student Experience Questionnaire (CSEQ) is administered to a cross-section of USC students. The CSEQ is a national survey from Indiana University which gathers background information on students and provides the Division of Student and Alumni Services with a summary of the academic and extracurricular activities in which students engage while at USC. The CSEQ is distributed and collected by instructors in selected classes. For more information, please visit the National CSEQ Home Page
In the spring of every third year, the Senior Survey is administered to a sample of seniors. The survey allows the Division of Student and Alumni Services to develop a profile of its senior class and gauge students' perceptions of and satisfaction with various aspects of their college experience at the University of South Carolina. Instructors in selected senior level classes distribute the survey to students and collect the completed questionnaires during a subsequent class period. The Senior Survey is a locally developed survey, so no national norms are available.
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