ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY

ANNUAL SPRING SCSU STUDENT SURVEY-2008

last revised 4-29-08

OVERALL FREQUENCIES-STUDENT DIRECTOR POWER POINTS-COMPARISONS TO PAST SURVEYS

A SCIENTIFIC TELEPHONE SURVEY

CONDUCTED

FOR THE SCSU SURVEY STUDENT DIRETORS

BY THE

ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY SURVEY STUDENT DIRECTORS

TOTALS MAY NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ADDITION OF INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS DUE TO ROUNDING AND WEIGHTING OF SUBJECTS

Frequency Table [NORMALLY IN SPSS TABLES USE VALID PERCENT]

track TRACK IS SCSU ON RIGHT TRACK

		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	1 right track	437	86.6	87.0	87.0
	5 wrong dir	25	4.9	5.0	91.9
	8 dk	41	8.1	8.1	100.0
	Total	502	99.6	100.0
Missing	9 ref miss oth	2	.4
Total		504	100.0

Do you think SCSU is on the right track or is SCSU going in the wrong direction?

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Right track	78%	74%	83%	79%	84%	84%	87%
Wrong direction	12%	14%	7%	11%	6%	6%	5%
Don’t know	10%	12%	10%	10%	10%	10%	8%

chall CHALL BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING SCSU

		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	1 acad rep	9	1.8	1.8	1.8
	2 advis	13	2.5	2.6	4.4
	3 apathy	3	.6	.6	4.9
	4 bud state supp	1	.2	.2	5.1
	5 buildings fac	6	1.2	1.2	6.3
	6 cost tuition	35	6.9	7.0	13.3
	7 civility friend	3	.6	.6	13.9
	8 course major offerings	2	.4	.4	14.3
	9 diversity race	64	12.7	12.8	27.1
	10 drinking drugs	18	3.5	3.6	30.7
	11 enrollment growth	7	1.3	1.3	32.0
	12 fac quality	8	1.5	1.6	33.6
	13 hate crimes safetu	70	14.0	14.1	47.7
	14 handicap assec	1	.2	.2	47.9
	15 image pub rella	10	2.0	2.0	49.9
	16 jobs for grads	5	1.0	1.0	50.9
	17 keeping up tech	2	.4	.4	51.3
	18 keeping stud inform	2	.4	.4	51.7
	20 off campus hous	2	.4	.4	52.1
	22 parking	60	12.0	12.1	64.2
	23 sports rep	2	.4	.4	64.6
	24 st cloud comm	5	1.0	1.0	65.6
	25 stud quality	4	.8	.9	66.4
	26 univer admin	4	.8	.8	67.2
	27 other	42	8.3	8.4	75.6
	28 dk	122	24.2	24.4	100.0
	Total	499	99.1	100.0
Missing	29 ref miss oth	5	.9
Total		504	100.0

What do you believe is the biggest challenge facing the SCSU community?

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Budget/State support	2%	3%	13%	4%	2%	1%	4%	0.2%
Cost/Tuition/Staying affordable	6%	3%	15%	9%	12%	11%	16%	7%
Diversity/Race relations	17%	31%	17%	9%	12%	6%	6%	13%
Drinking/Drug use	2%	4%	3%	4%	4%	8%	7%	4%
Hate crimes/Safety	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	14%
Overall reputation	5%	1%	0%	0%	***	***	***	***
Parking	29%	20%	12%	28%	20%	13%	14%	12%
Other	***	***	10%	7%	9%	13%	14%	8%
Don’t know	11%	16%	17%	20%	20%	27%	20%	24%

***No Data/did not HAVE A CATEGORY-OPEN END QUESTION

pride PRIDE PRIDE IN SCSU

		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	1 always	213	42.3	42.4	42.4
	2 usually	159	31.6	31.8	74.2
	3 sometimes	94	18.6	18.7	92.8
	4 not very often	15	3.1	3.1	95.9
	5 never	10	1.9	1.9	97.8
	8 dk	11	2.2	2.2	100.0
	Total	502	99.6	100.0
Missing	9 ref miss oth	2	.4
Total		504	100.0

Do you always, usually, sometimes, not very often, or never feel

proud to be a student at SCSU?

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Always	39%	29%	28%	29	32%	36%	41%	42%
Usually	32%	39%	35%	39	35%	35%	32%	32%
Sometimes	24%	24%	30%	24	25%	23%	22%	19%
Not Very Often	3%	5%	4%	5	5%	2%	2%	3%
Never	1%	1%	1%	1	2%	2%	2%	2%
Don’t Know	1%	2%	2%	1	1%	2%	1%	2%

livestc LIVESTC ST CLOUD AREA LANDLORD QUESTIONS

		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	1 yes	241	47.8	47.9	47.9
	5 no	259	51.5	51.6	99.5
	8 dk	2	.5	.5	100.0
	Total	503	99.8	100.0
Missing	9 ref miss oth	1	.2
Total		504	100.0

Do you live in dorms on campus, rent, or other?

	2002	2004
Dorm	19%	20%
Renter	51%	40%
Other	30%	40%

rent2 RENT2

		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	1 very satis	95	18.8	40.3	40.3
	2 some satis	78	15.4	33.0	73.3
	3 somewhat dis	36	7.0	15.1	88.4
	4 very dissat	18	3.6	7.8	96.1
	8 dk	9	1.8	3.9	100.0
	Total	235	46.7	100.0
Missing	9 ref miss oth	6	1.2
	System	263	52.2
	Total	269	53.3
Total		504	100.0

Question RENT2

How would you rate the responsiveness of your current landlord

to solve issues, concerns, or make repairs that you have on your rental

property? Would you say you were very satisfied, somewhat satisfied,

somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?

rent3 RENT3

		Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid	1 yes landlord good reason	12	2.4	5.1	5.1
	2 yes landlord did not have good reason	23	4.6	9.8	14.9
	5 no never had deposit withheld	190	37.8	80.0	94.9
	8 dk	12	2.4	5.1	100.0
	Total	238	47.3	100.0
Missing	9 ref mis oth	3	.6
	System	263	52.2
	Total	266	52.7
Total		504	100.0

Question RENT3

While attending SCSU, have you ever had a damage deposit or

security deposit withheld, after moving out of a rental property?

[IF YES] Did the landlord have a good reason to withhold it?

VOLUNTEER CENTER QUESTIONS

Table 2a Used Volunteer Connection Office
“In the past year, have you utilized the services of the Volunteer Connection office, such as reading the Service Bulletin, attending a Volunteer & Service-Learning Fair, participating in a neighborhood clean-up, joining a Spring Break Service Trip, visiting their website for more information about volunteering or service-learning, or connecting with the Volunteer Connection for any reason?”
Response	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	76	15
No	417	83
Don’t Know