The Panther Prints February 6, 1996

News 3

MacLean's on UPEI: Your Say

by Christopher Michaud

As you may remember from last week’s paper, I wrote an article on what MacLean ’s magazine had to say about UPEI in its ranking of Canadian universities. I also mentioned a survey that would be made available to the students of UPEI on what they thought about their university.

As promised, here is the survey. Please fill it out diligently and hon- estly. This your university, and all answers are anonymous. There are boxes available for you to deposit your answers, or email me your answers (I won’t say a thing!).

1. Your year and faculty:

2. Major: Minor:

3. Full-time___— Part-time ___

4. Are youon: Student loan Parental aid Scholarship __ Pay your way __

5. Are you : Living on yourown __

: Parent’s residence __

Residence os Sharing a place

6. Do you work during the school year? If yes, how many hours a week: 4-8 _ 8-12_ 12-15_ More _ 7. Do you work to survive, or for spending money? _ 8. Do you plan to continue your studies here if tuition continues to increase, reaching over $300 per course by the end of next year? 9. Do you feel professors understand your work and have other de- mands other than classwork? 10. Do you find yourself falling behind in classwork, because of work and other factors? 11. List twelve of the professors you have had within your faculty, best and worst, and rank them from 1 to 10 (1= gosh awful to 10=mahvelous dahling).

12. Do you honestly think UPEI is as bad as MacLean’s says it is? Why or why not?

13. Do you approve of the plan of forced early retirement of UPEI tenured professors by the University? Why or why not?

14. Do you approve of the plan to have these professors replaced by 9- month replacements, many of whom will not remain here long? Why or why not?

15. Do you approve of a vice-presidential position for UPEI?

16. List suggestions you have towards improving UPEI and its nation- wide reputation.

17. Keeping in mind some of the statistics from MacLean’s, do you think UPEI’s monetary resources are being used properly, i.e. student- oriented?

18. What areas do you think need immediate attention and improve- ment?

19. Do you approve of the formation of a committee of students, separte from the Student Union, who will research and make suggestions and push for results, on behalf of students, for the improvement of UPEI? Would you like to be on the committee?

20. Do you think your degree from UPEI will be worth the time and money spent here when it comes time to hunt in the job market?

Once again, thank you for your comments and answers to this survey. They are most valuable, and hopefully we will have some success in getting some things done.

If you have any other comments on this survey or on last week’s article and upcoming ones on this matter, or if you would like to be a part of the committee, please contact me at cmichaud@upei.ca.

Fig. 1. The Hierarchy of Needs

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