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Western Experience Survey, Gina S. Gould, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Joseph E. Trimble

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

This report examines the undergraduate student experience at WWU. Special attention will be paid to comparing this experience by gender, using such shared aspects of university life as academic experiences, student services, social life, extracurricular activities, etc. The report consists of summaries of responses given by 488 subjects from a sample of 800 randomly selected undergraduate students during Spring Quarter, 1991. The return rate was 61%, with the final sample representing 5.5% of the total undergraduate headcount for that quarter. Respondents were 57% female, and 43% male in an overall WWU student population that was 55.5% female, and 44.5% male. …