Art glass window by Marion Mahony Griffin

Administration Group:
GDC 10/05/01


(NOTE—both other faculty and administrator groupAdministration (Categorizer)

What information do you need this survey to provide?

1. their thoughts on college composition

you should think about describing some comp programs if you want them to comment--they won't know. {#33}

2. major

3. what department they are in

4. DEFINITIONS OF CERTAINS ABBREVIATIONS, I.E. WID, WAC, ETC.

5. WHAT COURSES ARE NEEDED

6. whether they think English is relevant for their dept

7. what they do for a living

8. WHERE CLASS EMPHASIS LIES: LITERATURE, SPEECH, GROUPTHINK

9. what are the requirements

10. DON'T NEED TO KNOW FAMILY INCOME

11. GPA MIGHT BE RELEVANT. IT MAY POINT TO WRITING PROGRAMS THAT ARE FAILING THE STUDENTS.

Yes, especially if students with high overall GPAs are getting low grades in comp, right? {#34}

12. WHAT COLLEGE COMP COURSES THEY HAVE TAKEN

13. IF ADMINISTRATION THINKS THE STUDENTS ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR SYSTEM.

14. ADMIN'S VIEWS AND THOUGHTS ON FEASIBILITY OF DIFFERENT ENGLISH PROGRAMS

15. ADMIN'S IDEAS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AFFORD MORE STAFF, OR WE ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP GIMPING OUT THE TA'S

What questions will help you get that information?

1. IDON'T KNOW

2. IF I DID KNOW I WOULD BE DONE WITH THE SURVEY

3. HOW'S ABOUT WHAT DEPARTMENT THERE IN

4. OVERALL GPA'S IN DEPARTMENTS

5. WHAT ARE THEY REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL WRITING

6. WHAT'S THEIR TEACHING PRIORITIES?

7. I AM ARE YOU

8. WHAT KIND OF ENGLISH PROGRAMS ARE IN EFFECT NOW

9. ARE THERE MORE THAN PROFESSORS THAN T/AS

10. IS COLLEGE COMPOSITION REALLY NECESSARY

11. SHOULD THERE BE SOME STANDARD FOR READING/WRITING ENGLISH IN SUCH A DIVERSE POPULATION?

12. WHO DOES THE GRADING

13. SHOULD THE GRADING SYSTEM BE MORE ON THE CONTENT OR THE MECHANICAL CORRECTNESS

14. ARE THESE IDEAS GOOD????

Troubleshooting

Administration Group (Categorizer)

Administration Group (Categorizer)

What features does your introducation need to have?

1. INTRO

Do we want to introduce ourselves as students of NDSU or 'an organization' of some sort? {#25}

Include what the survey is about {#27}

2. DESCRIPTION

3. INVITE

4. TIME FRAME

Yes, how long DO they have to answer these things? Have them done before Halloween? Thanksgiving? {#31}

5. CONTACT PERSON

6. HOW THE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE USED

7. HI HOW ARE YA

8. WANNA TAKE MY SURVEY

9. GOOD THESIS

10. I'LL GIVE YA A DOLLA

The money's NOT coming outta my wallet... {#28}

11. EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT IS FOR

12. EXPLANATION OF ANY ACRONYMNS USED

13. HOW IT WILL BE USED

14. COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS

What features does your closing need to have?

1. HOW THE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE USED

2. GOOD SUMMARY

3. A SUMMARY OF OUR INTERST OF WHAT THE WRITING PROGRAM SHOULD BE

4. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME

5. P.S. WE LIED ABOUT THE ANONYMOUS ISSUE

6. JUST KIDDING

What demographic information do you want about your participants?

1. THEIR JOB

2. THEIR AGE

3. WHEN DID THEY GRADUATE COLLEGE

4. ANNUAL INCOME

i think this topic is irrelivent {#47}

5. THEIR GPA'S, AND JUST THE ENGLISH CREDIT GPA'S IF WE CAN.

6. WHAT DID THEY GRADUATE WITH

7. WHY ANNUAL INCOME

8. A PH

Are they an acid or a base? {#51}

9. A PHD

10. OCCUPATION

What styles of questions will help you gather the info you need?

1. LEGITIMENT ONES

2. "ON A SCALE OF 1-10..."

3. multiple choice

4. MULTIPLE CHOICE

5. MATHCING AND TRUE/FALSE

6. FILL IN THE BLANC

7. NOOOOOOOOOOO ESSAY ?'S

8. I HATE ESSAY QUESTIONS

9. I

10. ESSAYS OFFER THE BEST INFO. IT'S JUST WHO WANTS TO READ THRU THEM ALL?


Back to 120
Next group's discussion

Elizabeth Birmingham
Assistant Professor, Department of English
320J Minard Hall
North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota 58105

Office: (701) 231-6587
e-mail: Elizabeth.Birmingham@ndsu.nodak.edu

Prospective students may schedule a visit by calling: 1-800-488-NDSU.

North Dakota State University logo; reads N.D.S.U.