# Presentation: 676659

## Emergency Management Student Survey

**Emergency Management Student Survey**
**The survey addressed the following areas: basic program information, program evaluation, general faculty evaluation, job placement and internship opportunities, distance learning, and student demographics. **
**Data Analyzed by William McPeck, MSW, Jill Garcia & Randal Fote**
**Survey created by William McPeck, MSW, Jill Garcia, Randal Fote, **
**Carol Cwiak, B.S.L., J.D. & Shaun Ohlms**

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## www.DisasterStudent.com

- NOAA

**www.DisasterStudent.com**
**452 Student Surveys (Mid-April to Mid-May)**

- 50 Colleges and Universities
- 4 International Universities
- 13 International Surveys

- 25% Traditional Students
- 75% Returning Students

## Top Five Schools for Response

**California State University - Long Beach****	****	****81**
**University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill****	****	****56**
**University of North Texas****	****	****	****	****43**
**Jacksonville State University****	****	****	****	****40**
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**St. Joseph’s University****	****	****	****	****	****28**
**Type of Program**
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**Traditional****	****	****       Distance Learning****	****	****Combination**
**     ****189                                                    140                                         123**

## 3 did not answer

## Academic Department

- Public Safety 		71
- Planning and Mgmt		63
- Public Health		55
- Management			51
- Other			49
- Fire Science/Admin.		39
- Public Policy/Admin.	36

- Engineering			27
- Environmental Studies	23
- Sociology			22
- Other, Social Science		6
- Planning			4
- Medicine			3
- Geography			2
- Unknown			1

- N = 452

## What Students Would Change About the Courses Specifically to Improve Them

| 203 | More Case Studies |
| --- | --- |
| 103  | Better Reading Material |
| 58 | Course Descriptions that Match Course Content |
| 52 | More Knowledgeable Professor |
| 41 | More Reading Material |
| 29 | Less Work Assigned |

- Comments include a need for more “hands-on” material/coursework.
- Programs need to focus on actual job related tasks and situations.

## What Students Would Change About the Courses Offerings

| 181 | More Frequent Offerings of Core Courses |
| --- | --- |
| 177 | More Diverse Course Selection |
| 75 | Distance Learning Opportunities |
| 69 | Adding or Enhancing the Number of Night and Weekend Courses |

## What Students Would Like to See Their Program Improve Internship Opportunities In...

| 232 | Federal Government |
| --- | --- |
| 197 | Private Industry |
| 194 | State Government |
| 189 | Local Government |
| 120 | Non Profit Organization |
| 50 | mixed comments that internships are not applicable 
and/or all of the above |

## Emergency Management Student Survey

- What Distance Education Students Said

## Distance Education Students

- 1.  Programs using a combination of in-person and distance ed formats
-    N=140 respondents
- 2. Programs using a distance ed format alone
-    N=123 respondents
- 263 (58.2%) respondents out of a total of 452 respondents

## Schools Represented

- 31 schools representing combination and distance education programs
- Schools with the largest responses included:
- California State University–Long Beach – 81
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill – 56
- Jacksonville State University – 40
- Arkansas Technical University – 24
- American Public University System - 18

## Data Issues

- Concern - Several schools were listed as both combination and distant education only programs.  For example:
- University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
- California State University – Long Beach
- Jacksonville State University
- Database needs cleaning up

## Q2 – Why Did You Choose the Specific Program You Did?

- Combination
- Location – 69 (32.7%)
- Reputation – 38 (18%)
- Program Focus-38 (18%)
- Cost – 36 (17.1%)
- Classes – 16 (7.6%)
- Admin Policies– 2 (0.9%)
- Other – 12 (5.7%)
- N = 211
- Total Reflects More Than One Choice

- Distance Ed Only
- Location – 45 (20.8%)
- Distance Format– 41 (19%)
- Reputation – 39 (18.1%)
- Cost – 34 (15.74%)
- Program Focus – 32 (14.8%)
- Classes – 9 (4.2%)
- Other – 9 (4.2%)
- N = 216
- Total Reflects More Than One Choice

## Q3 – Degree or Certificate Level Represented

- Combination
- Degrees
- Associate – 1 (0.8%)
- Bachelor - 69 (56%)
- Masters – 33 (27%)
- Doctorate – 4 (3.3%)
- Certificates
- Undergrad – 0
- Graduate – 12 (9.8%)
- Stand Alone-4 (3.3%)

- Distance Ed Only
- Degrees
- Associate – 6 (4.3%)
- Bachelor-54 (38.6%)
- Masters – 48 (34.3%)
- Doctorate – 0
- Certificates
- Undergrad-3 (2.1%)
- Graduate-24 (17.1%)
- Stand Alone-5 (3.6%)

## Q5 – Student Status

- Combination
- Traditional – 21 (17.1%)
- Returning – 102 (82.9%)
- N = 123

- Distance Ed Only
- Traditional – 19 (13.6%)
- Returning – 121 (86.4%)
- N = 140

## Q8 – Employment Status

- Combination
- Unemployed – 6 (4.9%)
- Part-time – 13 (10.6%)
- Full-time – 104 (84.6%)
- < 30 hrs = Part-time
- N = 123

- Distance Ed Only
- Unemployed – 11 (7.9%)
- Part-time – 9 (6.4%)
- Full-time – 120 (85.7%)
- < 30 hrs = Part-time
- N = 140

## Q10 – Primary Job Title

- Combination
- Fire Service – 29 (25%)
- Law Enf – 22 (19%)
- Emergency Mgt – 10 (8.6%)
- Healthcare – 10 (8.6%)
- EMS – 3 (2.6%)
- Top 5 Categories
- N = 116

- Distance Ed Only
- Fire Service – 16 (12.6%)
- Emergency Mgt – 12 (9.4%)
- Healthcare – 11 (8.7%)
- Law Enf – 9 (7.1%)
- Military – 9 (7.1%)
- Top 5 Categories
- N = 127

## Q11 – Does Work Pay for Your Education?

- Combination
- Completely – 17 (13.8%)
- Partially – 44 (35.8%)
- Not At All – 53 (43.1%)
- Not Applicable – 9 (7.3%)
- N = 123

- Distance Ed Only
- Completely – 19 (13.6%)
- Partially – 52 (37.1%)
- Not At All – 54 (38.6%)
- Not Applicable – 15 (10.7%)
- N = 140

## Q12 – Why Did You Enroll in the Program?

- Combination
- Professional Development – 84 (69.4%)
- Mandated – 0
- Interested in EM -  26 (21.5%)
- Other -11 (9.1%)
- N = 121

- Distance Ed Only
- Professional Development – 100 (71.4%)
- Mandated – 1 (0.7%)
- Interested in EM – 30 (21.4%)
- Other – 9 (6.4%)
- N = 140

## Questions Specific for Distance Education Students

- For the following six questions, the Combination Program and Distance Ed Program subsets were combined to reflect all the distance education students.

## Q33 – The Use of Technology to Deliver Course Work

- Interfered with my ability to learn – 12 (4.6%)
- Enhanced my ability to learn – 165 (62.7%)
- Had no effect on my ability to learn– 65 (24.7%)
- No Opinion – 21 (8%)
- N = 263

## Q34 – I Received Timely Feedback from Faculty Members

- Strongly Agree – 94 (35.7%)
- Agree – 113 (43.0%)
- Neutral – 22 (8.4%)
- Disagree – 17 (6.5%)
- Strongly Disagree – 6 (2.3%)
- No Opinion – 11 (4.2%)
- N = 263

## Q35 – I Received Adequate Feedback From Faculty Members

- Strongly Agree – 87 (33.1%)
- Agree – 122 (46.4%)
- Neutral – 20 (7.6%)
- Disagree – 17 (6.5%)
- Strongly Disagree - 5 (1.9%)
- No Opinion – 12 (4.6%)
- N = 263

## Q36 – I Received Timely Notice of Grades

- Strongly Agree – 95 (36.1%)
- Agree – 102 (38.8%)
- Neutral – 25 (9.5%)
- Disagree – 17 (6.5%)
- Strongly Disagree – 8 (3.0%)
- No Opinion – 16 (6.1%)
- N = 263

## Q37 – My Courses Encouraged Collaboration With My Fellow Students

- Strongly Agree – 93 (35.4%)
- Agree – 124 (47.1%)
- Neutral – 23 (8.8%)
- Disagree – 8 (3.0%)
- Strongly Disagree - 5 (1.9%)
- No Opinion – 10 (3.8%)
- N = 263

## Q38 – My Courses Provided Ample Opportunities To Learn From My Fellow Students

- Strongly Agree – 81 (30.8%)
- Agree – 117 (44.5%)
- Neutral – 36 (13.7%)
- Disagree – 14 (5.3%)
- Strongly Disagree - 5 (1.9%)
- No Opinion – 10 (3.8%)
- N = 263