Surveys and Assessments
The Office of Assessment periodically conducts institutional surveys and assessments to support planning and decision making. Information about recent results is available below.
Collegiate Learning Assessment
The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) is a performance-based, direct measure of critical thinking, analytic reasoning, problem solving, and written communication skills. The test provides “value-added” results to measure improvements in student learning within and between comparable institutions. The CLA is administered to randomly-selected, representative samples of 100 first-time freshman during their first semester and 100 graduating seniors during their last semester prior to graduation. Only seniors who started at UNC are included in the senior sample.
UNC participates in the CLA every three years. Results from the most recent CLA are available here.
CIRP Freshman Survey
UNC participates in the Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s Freshman Survey every three years. The survey is given to entering first-year students during New Student Orientation the summer prior to their first semester at UNC. A summary of the results from the 2009 survey is available here.
The next survey administration will be summer 2012.
CIRP College Senior Survey
Each year, UNC administers the Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s College Senior Survey to all graduating seniors. Results from the most recent survey are available here.
HERI Faculty Survey
Since 1989, UCLA’s HERI has conducted a triennial survey of the nation’s college and university faculty. UNC has participated in the survey since 2007. Results from the 2010 HERI Faculty Survey are available here.
UNC Alumni Survey
UNC surveys recent graduates each year to obtain information about career and graduate education placement. Results from the most recent survey of alumni who graduated in summer or fall 2007 or spring 2008 are available below.
UNC Image Survey
UNC periodically conducts an image survey of alumni, employees, and students about their perceptions and experiences with UNC. Results from the 2011 survey are available here.
Campus Climate for Diversity Study
During Spring 2007, the university conducted a campus-wide survey of students, faculty and staff regarding perceptions, experiences, and attitudes related to diversity. Results were compiled separately for each group and may be obtained by selecting from the following reports: