Your engineering program will be able to utilize survey results to identify strengths and weaknesses. Provide the engineering faculty and administration information about the perceptions of program strengths and weaknesses as they attempt to improve the program environment. Focus attention on areas of most interest and challenge to students. Surveying may be done from November to April so that December graduates may also participate. Completed surveys must be returned to EBI for processing by early May, with reports generated over the summer.
Schools are able to choose six peer institutions from which to receive specific comparative data.
Confidentiality of all school data is maintained by the reporting structure which does not identify who is who within the comparison group. The enclosed data examples display the data reporting formats. The more schools that participate, the richer the comparisons which is why Berkeley, Penn State, and Stanford are urging your consideration of this project. In the second year of this project EBI reports will include longitudinal analysis to allow schools to monitor their progress over time. Longitudinal analysis is an essential factor in the continuous improvement process.