The graduate student experience varies for each individual. While some
graduate students decide to continue school after being away from some time, others
continue with their studies immediately following the completion of their Bachelor's
degree. This decision to continue one's education can be difficult and may require
further assistance from the student's peers, faculty members, and student services
entities. While the undergraduate student transition has been studied extensively, the
graduate student transition has not been studied in as much depth. It was the intent of
the researchers conducting this study to research the graduate student experience as it
pertains to the graduate student transition at Oregon State University. This research
was conducted using a web-based survey which was sent to academic department
heads with a letter of recommendation from the Dean of the Graduate School asking
them to forward this survey onto their graduate student list-serves. The survey asked
students a variety of questions about their overall experience, their relationship with
their major professor, their satisfaction levels with services available to them, and also
included a few open-ended questions that allowed students to expand on their
comments. Approximately 12.6% of the students who received the survey responded
and there was about a 5.8% response rate of the entire graduate student population.
Although there was a wealth of information gained from the responses, no statistical
analysis was conducted nor was a statistical significance determined. The results
indicated that a majority of students in most cases were either satisfied or very
satisfied with their experiences at Oregon State University. / Graduation date: 2004
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/30218 |
| Date | 13 April 2004 |
| Creators | Feller, Wendé Marie |
| Contributors | Scheuermann, Thomas D. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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