Surveys

The Office of Institutional Research conducts a number of surveys annually to gain information on various aspects of student life—and life after graduation—and to inform administrative decisions on campus. Taken individually, the surveys provide timely data on specific aspects of student life. When viewed together, the surveys provide a fairly complete and invaluable view of the student experience at Mount Holyoke and immediately after graduation. There is a wealth of data from these surveys archived and available for additional research.

The current surveys being administered and the timing of administration are:

• ASQ: Admitted Student Questionnaire
  Annually to all accepted students during the summer after acceptance
• CIRP: Cooperative Insitutional Research Program
  Annually to all first-year students during August-September of matriculation
• Cycles: Cycles Survey
  Every even year in the Spring
• ESS: Enrolled Student Survey
  Every odd year in the Spring
• NSSE: National Survey of Student Engagement
  Periodic administration; first administration in Spring 2008
• Senior Survey:
  Annually during graduation rehearsal in May
• Six-Months-Out:
  Annually during the months of December-January