In this section:

• Introduction
• Interactive Dashboard
• Survey Instrument
• Survey Administration
• Promotional Materials
• Brief History
• Senior Survey Reports

Introduction:

Welcome to the homepage of the Chancellor’s Senior Survey. The Senior Survey is administered annually to all graduating undergraduate seniors at Illinois. The survey link is live from August 1st through May 15th and is available to both December and May graduates.

Survey components include:

• Student participation in various university-sponsored and campus-related activities
• Self-assessment of specific competencies linked to Illinois Campus-wide Student Learning Outcomes
• Perceptions of campus climate
• Disability support services
• Overall satisfaction with the academic experience at Illinois
• Several open-ended questions
• Unit specific questions (if applicable)
• Topical module (if applicable)

Interactive Dashboard:

Senior Survey Dashboard: Restricted to full-time faculty and staff.

Data from previous administrations of the Senior Survey can be reviewed on the interactive Senior Survey Dashboard. The Senior Survey Dashboard provides an interactive way for faculty and staff to review the survey results, allowing for the units to look at results by college, department, international student status, gender, race/ethnicity, and other demographics. Survey data will not populate when fewer than 10 responses are available. If you need help navigating the dashboard, please review the Senior Survey Dashboard Instructional Guide.

Survey Instrument:

Click on the following link to view/download the survey instrument: https://go.illinois.edu/SeniorSurveyInstrument

Survey Administration:

Graduating undergraduate seniors can click on the following link to complete the Senior Survey: https://go.illinois.edu/SeniorSurvey

Some units encourage their students to complete the Senior Survey as part of their graduation registration process.

Students graduating in December will receive an official invitation to complete the survey on October 1st.

Students graduating in May will receive an official invitation to complete the survey on March 1st.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Linell Edwards or email seniorsurvey@illinois.edu.

Promotional Materials:

If you would like to promote the Chancellor’s Senior Survey to students in your unit, please click on the following link to access the promotional materials: https://go.illinois.edu/CSSPromo

Brief History:

• In 1989, a taskforce appointed by the Chancellor created a questionnaire to be administered to all graduating undergraduate seniors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The results of the survey, the Chancellor said, "will be useful in responding to requests for information on how our students feel about the educational experience they have had as undergraduates here and in identifying problems on campus which need our attention."
• In 1996 the survey was modified to include a section of items asking students to assess their entering and exiting abilities.
• In 2015, the survey was redesigned to increase its effectiveness and usefulness. During this process, questions were added to assess the Illinois Campus-wide Student Learning Outcomes.
• The redesigned survey was administered for the first time during academic year 2016-2017.
• The Senior Survey was not administered during academic year 2018-2019 to allow for the administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement.
• The survey is currently administered annually for both December and May graduates.