Undergraduate Curriculum Internationalization Survey 2007

This survey, conducted in spring 2007 on behalf of the Student Council Committee on Curriculum Internationalization, asked questions to undergraduate students about the students' opinions and behavior related to international aspects of the UVa curriculum and other international experiences. A random sample of undergraduate students were surveyed. In addition to the random sample, oversamples of students from specific departments were used in order to ensure adequate representation on the department-specific parts of the questionnaire. Out of a total of 2981 students in the sample, 1518 responded, for a response rate of 51%.

Data
Reports
Questionnaire (.pdf)
Methodology

Data (Stored in IAS Data Catalog) (all .pdfs)

Frequencies

Overall

Breakdowns

By School
By Ethnic Origin
By Non-Resident Alien Status

By Oversampled Major:
African-American Studies
Economics
English
Foreign Affairs
History
Music
Religious Studies

Summary Tables

Ranking Questions

Text Data

All Text Comments
Summary of Text Comments
"Other" Responses
Q51 (Native Language other than English) Other Responses Recoded

Reports

Curriculum Internationalization Final Report (.pdf or .doc)
Presentation on the Results (.ppt)

Methodology

The survey population was UVa undergraduates. A random sample of first through fourth-year students were surveyed (N=2000). In addition, disproportionate stratified sampling procedures were employed to oversample specific departments, ethnic groups, and schools to ensure sufficient representation to be able to analyze the data by each subgroup. The groups in the oversample were: African-American Studies, Economics, English, Foreign Affairs, History, Music, and Religious Studies. Oversamples were also employed for African-American and Hispanic students, for Non-Resident Aliens and for students in the schools of Architecture, Commerce, and Nursing. The oversample added 981 to the sample size. Group populations, number of respondents, and sampling errors for the random sample and all subgroups are detailed in the table below. Total sample size was 2981.

On March 6, 2007, respondents were sent personalized letters, signed jointly by Patricia M. Lampkin, Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer, and Ryan L. McElveen, Chair of the Student Council Ad-hoc Committee on Curriculum Internationalization. The letter informed them of the importance and general purposes of the survey, assured them of confidentiality, and invited them to participate. The survey was conducted entirely over the web. Respondents were tracked via an alphanumeric randomized respondent key. Five email reminders were sent to nonrespondents on March 15 and 29, April 11 and 25, and May 9, 2007.

Four lotteries were conducted as incentives for respondents. A total of 30 prizes to the UVa Bookstore were awarded: two $500 gift certificates, two $100 gift certificates, six $50 gift certificates, and twenty $25 gift certificates.

When the field period ended on June 1, 2007, a total of 1518 students had responded to this survey for a response rate of 51%. Of these, 1010 came from the 2000-person random sample and 408 were members of "oversample" groups. At a 95% confidence level, the overall sampling error for the survey was ±3.0%. Response rates, number of respondents, and sampling errors for subgroups are reported in the table below.