Suite of Surveys – Canadian University Survey Consortium | Consortium canadien de recherche sur les étudiants universitaires

CUSC-CCREU surveys operate on a 3-year cycle:
a) Survey of First Year Students will be conducted in 2025, 2028, 2031, etc.
b) Survey of Middle Years Students will be conducted in 2026, 2029, 2032, etc.
c) Survey of Graduating Students will be conducted in 2027, 2030, 2033, etc.

Questions summary

all = all of the questions in this section are on the survey
some = some of the questions are on the survey
none = none of the questions are on the survey

		First Year	Middle Years	Graduating
questions section	*Focus:*	**making transitions**	persistence	**retrospective and career pathway**
Academic history		some	some	all
Applications to post-secondary		all	none	none
Activities – academic, on-campus, volunteer		none	all	all
Comments (open ended) – negative, positive		all	all	all
Commitment to completion		all	all	none
Current employment		all	all	all
Current living arrangements		all	all	all
Demographics – age, citizenship, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation		all	all	all
Demographics – marital status, children		all	all	none
Demographics – parent/ guardian education		all	all	all
Disabilities/ Impairments – types, accommodation		all	all	all
Expectations versus experience		all	some	some
Services – use, satisfaction		all	all	all
Finances – credit cards		all	all	all
Finances – financial assistance from this university		all	none	none
Finances – income sources, amount		none	all	all
Finances – repayable debt sources, amount		none	all	all
Goal development – career/ employment plans		all	all	all
Goal development – major/ academic program		all	all	some
Growth and development – knowledge, skills		none	all	all
Motivation – reasons to attend university		all	none	none
Overall evaluation of university experience, inclusivity		some	some	all
Post-graduation – education plans		none	none	all
Post-graduation – employment plans		none	none	all
Professors, teaching, treatment		all	all	all
Selection – reasons to attend this university		all	none	none
Sources of information – about this university		all	none	none
Staff		all	all	all
Transition to university		all	none	none
Transportation to campus		none	all	all

CUSC Procedures Manual

Questions summary