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Survey highlights class availability, graduate tuition remission


By Anthony D. Ávila
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Monday, February 14, 2005
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The results of a survey put out by student leaders last week showed students' top concerns lie in improved class availability and increased graduate student tuition remission.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona used the survey, created to determine how UA students want tuition dollars spent, to help direct the writing of the Arizona Student's Association's student proposal, which was released at 8 a.m. today.

President Peter Likins will also release his proposal today.

The survey results reaffirmed findings by the professional consulting firm Noel-Levitz, which surveyed UA students last year, said Alistair Chapman, ASUA president.

Seventy-five percent of those surveyed chose class availability as one of the top three areas they would like to see improved using tuition dollars.

Exactly 2,046 students participated in the vote, about half of what Chapman expected, and only about 5 percent of the total student body.

However, the results of the survey are still representative of the student body, Chapman said.

"If you look at the break down of the numbers, the results reflect very closely the student body as a whole," Chapman said.

ASUA officials reviewed the results over the weekend and are expected to have more specific information for each question on the survey after analyzing it further, Chapman said.

The survey showed graduate students voted primarily for increased graduate student tuition remission, totaling 10 percent of those surveyed.

Graduates comprised nearly 25 percent of participants.

Some people expressed concern about a bias toward improving information and technology and library services, but those were issues already being discussed by Likins and administration, Chapman said.

"We approached writing the survey from both the interests of the students as well as the administration so the results could be used by all parties," Chapman said.

A question about information and technology revealed that 30 percent of those surveyed expressed interested in wireless access near public areas such as the student unions and libraries.

For library services, 30 percent voted to expand the quantity of e-books, online journals and other digital materials available to students, and almost 20 percent wanted to increase library services.

However, only 9 percent voted to increase library security.



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