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Reports and Data |
UCLA STUDENT "FISHBOWL" DISCUSSION gROUPS
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Undergraduate and graduate students |
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- Quarter vs. semester system
- Time to degree
- Effects of September 11
- Student post-graduate plans
- College adjustment
- Classroom experiences
- Familiarity with student services
- Reasons for attending UCLA
- Transition to graduate school at UCLA
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Student focus groups |
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1999-2002 |
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This series of reports presents findings from discussion groups hosted by Student Affairs in which UCLA undergraduate and graduate students responded to questions regarding their college experiences. Members of the Council of Student Affairs Directors, along with administrators, deans, and undergraduate student leaders, were invited to observe. Because events like these take place in front of an audience, the format is described as a “fishbowl” discussion. Detailed descriptions of students’ remarks and the methods used to organize and conduct the groups are included in the reports. |
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS |
Fishbowl 2002
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Third-year undergraduate students - Topics included personal and academic development; effects of the events of September 11, 2001; opinions of the quarter and semester systems; and post-graduate plans.
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Graduate students - Topics included overall impression of UCLA; reasons for selecting UCLA; their transition to UCLA, including major sources of anxiety and of enjoyment as students; and utilization and satisfaction with student services.
Fishbowl 2001
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- Second-year and senior undergraduate students - Topics included academic experience and performance (i.e., time to degree, international study, summer school attendance, and observations regarding academic dishonesty), sense of connection to the campus (i.e., community service and other activities, attachment to faculty and departments and social relationships), use of student services (i.e., effectiveness of service marketing efforts and the challenges of negotiating a large institutional environment), and campus climate (i.e., sense of community and experience of diversity).
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- First-year and senior undergraduate students - Topics included academic experience and performance (i.e., time to degree, course load planning, and summer school attendance) and campus climate (i.e., sense of community and experience of diversity)
Fishbowl 1999
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- First-year, second-year, and senior undergraduate students– Topics included time to degree, transition to UCLA, perceptions of crowding, student services, campus diversity, and seniors’ post-graduate plans.
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