Although the results are not completely unambiguous, and further research is necessary to fully assess campus climate issues, the current results give a reasonably coherent picture of campus climate. For each pair, students marked a scale indicating their perception of which word better described Glendale College. The responses of 2,713 students were analyzed. Mean Ratings of Campus Life Indicators Students view Glendale College positively on almost all these indicators. Additional indicators are also of interest.
Students also perceive the college to be expensive .
Opportunity costs should be considered when assessing perceived costliness. The following sections describe the clearest group differences on the Campus Life section of the survey. These results are both statistically significant and practically meaningful. Many small differences are statistically significant due to the large number of surveys completed. Ethnicity Differences Students of different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds were aggregated in order to examine larger groups, allowing stronger conclusions to be drawn.