Return-Path: fox@fox.cs.vt.edu Status: O X-Status: >From ctg@vt.edu Tue Nov 19 14:48:23 1996 Received: (from mailadm@localhost) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA29535 for fox@fox.cs.vt.edu; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:48:22 -0500 Received: from [128.173.119.106] (ctg.dos.vt.edu [128.173.119.106]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA16423 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:48:20 -0500 X-Sender: ctg@mail.vt.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:48:28 -0500 To: fox@vt.edu From: ctg@vt.edu (Cathryn T. Goree) Subject: parent survey I have received responses from 33 parents so far, about 30% of our parent address list. Obviously this is not a large sample, but the responses are internally consistent and also consistent with the information I got last summer when parents of incoming students misunderstood my question about expectations for orientation and instead answered about expectations for college. I'll bring the up-to-date responses to the meeting on Thursday. Here are the responses I've received so far about the parents' hopes or goals for their students' overall experience at Tech. These are grouped in large categories of responses, with weighted scoring to reflect the order in which the goals were listed (1st = 5 points, 2nd = 4 points, etc.). Top goals and hopes of parents for their students at Virginia Tech (weighted summary): 1. Receive an appropriate education for employment or graduate school (including co-op experiences as prep for employment). 81 points 2. Develop through new personal experiences, meeting new people, dealing with good and bad roommates, expanding horizons generally. 65 points 3. A well-rounded, solid academic experience. 63 points 4. Find friends, have fun, enjoy college, develop social skills, develop networks, have an overall positive experience. 55 points 5. Transition to self-reliance, independent living. 30 points 6. Develop critical thinking and writing skills, learn to think for oneself, be intellectually challenged. 27 points ############################################################################## Cathryn T. Goree Phone: 540-231-3787 Dean of Students FAX: 540-231-4035 Virginia Tech TDD: 540-231-8718 107 Brodie Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061-0255