MacEwan University scores high in national student satisfaction survey
The Globe and Mail released its 2012 Canadian University Report on October 25, and MacEwan University students have once again rated their university at the top of the class.
For the past decade the Globe and Mail has surveyed undergraduate students from across Canada to get their opinion on how their universities measure up. This year 33,000 students rated their schools on learning environment, campus atmosphere, quality of education, and overall student satisfaction. The results are reported by grouping institutions according to size – MacEwan University falls within the “small” category: institutions with 4,000 to 10,000 students.
This is MacEwan University’s second year of inclusion in the report. Janet Paterson-Weir, vice-president academic and provost, commented on the university’s performance in this year’s survey:
“As a small university, we placed in the top five within all 19 categories. But what is truly significant about these results is that MacEwan University scored highest in the categories that are most important in a learning environment, such as quality of teaching and learning, instructors’ teaching style, and class size. We also came out on top in the categories of libraries, information technology, facilities, career preparation, and campus atmosphere, as well as the most satisfied students category.
Unlike many of our comparators in this study, we do not have a long history, a large international alumni or mature financial endowments. What we do have at MacEwan University is a determined focus on teaching and learning with engaged faculty, committed staff and an investment in student-support services. These results seem to confirm this outcome. At the end of the day, in the profession of higher education, all you have is reputation.”
In reviewing these results, Alex Usher, author of the report, notes: ‘The upshot of all this is that universities are listening to their students more than ever before. And comparative report cards like this one are a chance to give pride of place to institutions doing the best jobs of that.’"
The full report can be found on the Globe and Mail's website.
