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San Francisco State University
Division of Student Affairs
Office of Student Programs and Leadership Development
Academic Planning and Assessment
The
SFSU Student
Leadership Survey
December, 2005
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
The
Survey
• First program evaluation since
OSPLD began in 1998.
• New OSPLD main emphasis
is on “Student Leadership”.
• Survey initiated in response to
a CSU review in 2004-2005.
• The Student Affairs Vice President
commissioned the Office of Academic
Planning and Assessment to administer
the survey.
• A Research Associate from APA worked
all phases of the survey, coordinating with
all stakeholders in the process.
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
Methodology
• The survey focused on STUDENT
LEADERSHIP.
• Used the Council for the Advancement of
Standards in Higher Education (CAS) to
develop the focus of the survey.
• ALL ELECTRONIC: email to web to stat
software, to reporting. No paper used.
• Email was sent to 250 addresses, twice. Usable
response was 128 (51%), with 32 students writing narrative
responses. Survey was anonymous.
• One click from the email took the student to the web to fill
out, submit and store the survey data on the SFSU website.
• When the survey was shut down, raw data were
downloaded, formatted, and analyzed with SPSS.
• Word and PowerPoint were used to produce the analyzed
output.
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
Survey Participants
0%
ASI Leader
20%
Other
80%
72.8%
14.6%
StuOrg Member
OrgFriend
60%
4.9%
StuOrg Leader
Student, NoOrg
40%
2.9%
1.0%
3.9%
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
Participation
Notes
• Central focus of the survey was
student leadership.
• Happily, 73% of the
respondents were campus
organization leaders - the exact
targeted pool.
• With improved email record keeping,
the small size of the overall address pool
can be remedied.
• The OSPLD office staff should commit
heavily to gathering names for much
more continual electronic
communication.
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
LEADERSHIP SKILLS - by Importance
0%
2a. Organizing people and events
2h. C ommunicating orally
2k. Setting goals
2e. Managing time
2l. Solving problems
2j. Managing conflict
2g. C ommunicating in writing
2m. Appreciating accountability
2i. C ommunicating with technology
2c. Exercising moral guidelines
2n. Performing assessment
2d. Acting on cultural imperatives
2f. Linking activities to a theoretical rationale
2b. Applying political strategies
25%
50%
75%
100%
89.8%
87.5%
87.5%
84.4%
84.4%
75.8%
74.2%
68.0%
67.2%
65.6%
51.6%
43.0%
35.2%
30.5%
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
LEADERSHIP SKILLS - by Most Used
0%
2a. Organizing people and events
2g. Communicating in writing
2h. Communicating orally
2i. Communicating with technology
2k. Setting goals
2e. Managing time
2m. Appreciating accountability
2l. Solving problems
2c. Exercising moral guidelines
2f. Linking activities to a theoretical rationale
2d. Acting on cultural imperatives
2n. Performing assessment
2b. Applying political strategies
2j. Managing conflict
25%
50%
75%
100%
86.0%
82.7%
76.2%
71.6%
65.3%
57.6%
54.4%
51.5%
51.2%
45.2%
43.1%
34.4%
33.3%
27.4%
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
Leadership
Skill
Notes
• “Organizing people and events”
was #1 in both importance and
actual use.
• 3 forms of “Communicating” “written”, “oral”, and “with
technology” followed high on the
lists.
• The bottom leadership skills dealt with:
“political”, “assessing”, “theoretical” and
“conflict” matters.
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
Faculty Training Methods
Most Used
0%
20%
40%
60%
53.9%
3k. One-to-one advising
46.1%
3d. Orientations
46.1%
3a. Workshops/lectures
42.2%
3b. Small group discussion
40.6%
3f. Email/web techniques
32.0%
3j. Hands-on experience
25.0%
3h. Written reports
3n. Self evaluation
23.4%
3g. Written pgrm descrips
23.4%
20.3%
3i. Oral presentations
18.0%
3e. Online research/forms
3c. Interviewing leaders
3l. Portfolios/journals
3m. Quizzes/tests
14.1%
13.3%
10.2%
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
Faculty Training Methods
Most Effective
0%
20%
40%
60%
67.4%
3j. Hands-on experience
60.3%
3k. One-to-one advising
56.3%
3b. Small group discussion
54.5%
3c. Interviewing leaders
46.3%
3n. Self evaluation
40.8%
3a. Workshops/lectures
3d. Orientations
37.7%
3f. Email/web techniques
37.5%
33.3%
3i. Oral presentations
31.7%
3g. Written prgm descrips
27.1%
3h. Written reports
25.8%
3l. Portfolios/journals
3e. Online research/forms
3m. Quizzes/tests
80%
22.9%
16.7%
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
OSPLD Training
Methods
0%
20%
40%
60%
57.8%
4d. Orientations
50.0%
4a. Workshops/lectures
4f. Email/web techniques
38.3%
4k. One-to-one advising
38.3%
26.6%
4e. Online research/forms
25.0%
4g. Written prgm descrips
4b. Small group discussion
21.1%
4j. Hands-on experience
19.5%
4h. Written reports
17.2%
4i. Oral presentations
10.2%
4n. Self evaluation
10.2%
4c. Interviewing leaders
4l. Portfolios/journals
4m. Quizzes/tests
7.0%
5.5%
3.1%
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
OSPLD Training Methods
Most Effective
0%
20%
40%
60%
4k. One-to-one advising
80%
63.0%
4f. Email/web techniques
44.2%
4j. Hands-on experience
44.1%
41.0%
4g. Written prgm descrips
40.8%
4d. Orientations
4e. Online research/forms
35.1%
33.3%
4b. Small group discussion
4i. Oral presentations
28.0%
4a. Workshops/lectures
24.6%
4h. Written reports
18.8%
4n. Self evaluation
16.0%
4c. Interviewing leaders
15.8%
4m. Quizzes/tests
11.1%
4l. Portfolios/journals
10.5%
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
Leadership
Training
Notes
• Leadership learning activities actually
USED most were, in order: “One-to-one
advising”, “Orientations”, “Workshops /
Lectures”, “Small group discussion” and
“email / web techniques”
• Leadership learning activities judged most
EFFECTIVE were, in order: “Hands-on Experience”,
“One-to-one advising”, “Small group discussion”
“Interviewing leaders”, “Workshops / Lectures”, and
“Self evaluation”
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
"I Am Satisfied with SFSU
Student Organization Advising"
Faculty Advising
OSPLD Advising
60%
53.6%
53.8%
40%
30.4%
23.9%
17.9%
20%
12.5%
4.3% 3.6%
0%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Student
Satisfaction
Notes
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
• 78% of students “agreed” or “strongly
agreed” with a satisfaction statement
about SFSU the faculty/staff advisors in
their individual student organizations
• 84% of students “agreed” or “strongly
agreed” with a satisfaction statement
about SFSU central staff advisors in
OSPLD
• A T-Test revealed the difference to be
statistically significant at the 99% confidence
level
• The narrative portion of the survey contains
details of student satisfaction and
dissatisfaction
SFSU Student Leadership Survey
2005
Summary and
Recommendations
• The work of OSPLD staff and the faculty
advisors is reported at the 80% satisfaction
level.
• There are discrepancies between which
SKILLS are deemed “important” and which are
actually being “used”.
• From the comments, activities and
“bureaucracy” seem to overshadow the prime
agenda of Leadership Skill Development.
• Recommendations • A three year “Campaign” be launched to promote student
Leadership Skill development - not simply activities - as the
primary goal of anyone involved with SFSU student
organizations.
• Multiple trainings for multiple stakeholders need to be
developed and disseminated.
The
End
The
SFSU Student
Leadership Survey
December, 2005