Survey Administration Schedule
The Office of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness routinely administers a variety of surveys to assess the effectiveness of the University, its Colleges and overall campus life through the opinion of Students, Faculty and Staff. The table below identifies the survey administration schedule currently in place for regularly scheduled surveys.
| Survey Instrument | Survey Cycle | Administration Time Frame | Report Availability | Survey Population | Survey Purpose |
| Alumni Survey | Every Two Years Even Years | Fall of Even Year | Spring of the Following Year | All TAMUCC Alumni from Previous 2-YR Graduations | Broadly measures attitudes and successes of academic programs and university overall |
| Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement | Every Two Years Even Years | Fall of Even Year | Spring of the Following Year | Current Freshman | Measures levels of high school engagement in educational activities and anticipated college engagement- national norms comparison |
| Graduating Student Survey | Yearly Academic Year | Fall, Spring & Summer of Academic Year | Fall of the New Academic Year | All Graduating Students | Broadly measure student attitudes about TAMUCC student experience; longitudinal comparisons |
| Higher Education Research Institute's Survey of Faculty | Every Three Years | Late Fall, Early Spring | Late Summer of Participating Year | All Full-time Faculty | Measures attitudes about TAMUCC, job quality- national comparison |
| Miramar Resident Survey | Every Two Years Odd Years | Spring of Odd Year | Summer of Odd Year | All Miramar Residents | Measures the levels of resident satisfaction regarding on-campus living |
| National Survey of Student Engagement | Every Two Years Odd Years | Spring of Odd Year | Late Summer Odd Year | Current Freshman & Seniors | Measures levels of student engagement in educational activities- national norms comparison |
| Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Index | Every Two Years Even Years | Spring of Even Year | Late Spring of Even Year | Stratified Random Sample of General Student Body | Measures student satisfaction with 11 dimensions of campus life |
| Survey of Organizational Excellence | Every Two Years Odd Years | Fall of Odd Year | Spring of Following Year | All Benefits- Eligible Staff | Measures attitudes of staff regarding the organization; statewide and longitudinal comparison |
*Last updated Fall 2009 Maintained by Dr. Bridgette Hardin