These numbers also might go down in the future, since we lowered our standards for admission in 1995 fall. D students and students with some US background tend to pass in fewer terms. This section summarizes the results of the faculty survey on the comprehensive. 11 faculty responded to the faculty survey. There appears to be no clear consensus on the benefits of comp among the faculty.
Some people are for keeping the comp as it is, and some are strongly against.
Quality of questions, developing synthesis skills, fairness and reliability, and the quality control function of the comp seem to be the most felt concerns. Assimilating course material ranks highest in perceived benefits. 6 people felt that it takes moderate amount of time to test and prepare. There was no consensus on the time delay due to comp, but interestingly, almost everyone said that the time for graduation will decrease slightly if the comp is lifted. 6 felt that the research output will increase from slightly to heavily if comp is lifted.