AGS Confidential Survey of Alumni

2008

I.    Personal Information, as it relates to your AGS experience

1.    My experience with AGS occurred primarily at the    Hopkins facility    Richfield facility

2.    What factor(s) influenced your decision to enroll at AGS? (check all that apply)

3.    How did you find out about AGS and its programs? (check one)

5.    Professional objective(s) when you decided to enroll:  (check all that apply)

6.    Were you employed in a counseling, coaching, educational or management/consulting field at the time of your admission to AGS?    yes    no

7.    Was it your intention to qualify for a promotion or change jobs as a result of your graduate training?    yes    no

8.    Was it your intention to become employed in a counseling, coaching, education or management/consulting field as a result of your training yes    no  unsure    already in field

9.    I have used my AGS training to improve my professional life    yes    no    (if yes, how)

10.  I have used my AGS training to improve my personal life    yes    no    (if yes, how)

11.  Prior to your admission to AGS, how often had you worked as a community volunteer?

    Not at all

    Less than once a month

    About once a month

    More than once a month

12.  How often do you now work as a community volunteer?

    Not at all

    Less than once a month

    About once a month

    More than once a month

13.  AGS effectively prepared me to carry out the Adlerian vision of widespread social interest, cooperation, encouragement and equality?  yes    no

II.    Faculty & Administration

14.    How would you rate AGS faculty members? (enter comments, if any, in box under each question)

15.    Provide an example of how AGS faculty and supervisors modeled Adlerian values such as mutual respect and social equality:

16.    Were AGS' grading practices effective in assessing your performance in AGS courses?  yes    no    (comments, if any)

17.    AGS faculty members responded to constructive criticism and suggestions from students and alumni?  yes    no    (comments, if any)

18.    AGS administrators, program directors and other staff members respond to constructive criticism and suggestions from students and alumni?  yes    no    (comments, if any)

III.  Assessment

At the end of every course, your grade was based on the instructor's assessment of what you learned.  Assessment includes measurement and evaluation.  In addition, one characteristic of good assessment is that it stimulates more learning.  With this in mind, please answer the following:

23.  What assessment instruments most effectively measured what you learned?

IV.  Program

24.  Please rate AGS' services and facilities:  (Since ratings sometimes limit one's responses, your comments concerning especially those items you feel strongly about are encouraged in the space below)

Comments, if any:

26.  What AGS courses did you find most helpful, and why?

27.  What AGS courses did you find least helpful, and why?

28. What courses should be added to the AGS curriculum, and why?

29.  What was the most valuable aspect of your education at AGS, and why?

30.  What is the most significant change in your life that you can attribute to your education at AGS, and why?

V.  Campus Satisfaction

Read each statement on the left and evaluate it on the right, by clicking on the most appropriate box.  If you cannot evaluate an item or have comments, please provide this information in the comment field provided below each question.

45.  What did you like most about the Adler Graduate School.       

46.  What is one thing you might like us to change?

VI.  Background Information

47.  What was your primary reason for taking AGS courses? (Check only one.)

    Obtain  a certificate

    Obtain a Master's degree

    Gain skills or knowledge to enhance my career or begin a new career

    Other (Please specify)

48.  What was your long term educational goal when you enrolled at AGS?  (Check only one.)

    Obtain a certificate

    Obtain a Master's Degree

    Obtain a Doctoral Degree

    Gain skills or knowledge to enhance my career or begin a new career

    Other (Please specify)

49.  What best describes your current status?  (Check all that apply.)

    At home parent

    Employed full-time

    Employed part-time

    Full-time student

    Part-time student

    Dislocated worker or between jobs

Other (Please specify)

50.  Your age?

51.  Your race/ethnicity: (check only one)

  African American

  Asian American

  Hispanic/Latino

  Native American

  White/Caucasian (non-Hispanic)

  Mixed Race

  Other 

52.  Gender:

  Female

  Male

Additional questions that will help AGS in its marketing and outreach efforts: 

53.  Do you have comments about AGS' website (www.alfredadler.edu) ?

54.  What do you believe are AGS' best strategies for making positive contributions in our community?

55.  What are AGS's best strategies for achieving positive visibility in our community?

56.  How can AGS be of greater help/significance to alumni?

57.  How might you like to become more involved with AGS?

Read each statement on the left and evaluate it on the right, by clicking on the most appropriate box.  If you cannot evaluate an item, or have comments, please provide this information in the comment field provided below each question.

67.  Do you have any additional comments?