The Survey of American College Students: Use of & Satisfaction with College Tutoring Services


TABLE OF CONTENTS

METHODOLOGY	2
HOW TO READ THE DATA	4
THE QUESTIONNAIRE	6
HOW THE DATA IS BROKEN OUT	7
TABLE OF CONTENTS	8
LIST OF TABLES	8
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS	13
Percentage of Colleges that Offer Tutoring Programs	13
Percentage of Students Who Have Ever Used their College Tutoring Service	13
Percentage of Students that Plan to Use the College’s Tutoring Service in the Future	14
The Degree to Which Students Who Have Had Tutoring Have Found the Experience Useful	14
Student Perception of the Quality of the Tutoring Program	15
SECTION One: Percentage of Students that Attend Colleges that Offer Tutoring Services	17
SECTION #2: Percentage of Students that have ever used the college tutoring service	21
SECTION #3: Likelihood that student will seek out the college tutoring service in the future	25
SECTION #4: Ranking of overall general experience of the college’s tutoring service	31
SECTION #5: Evaluation of college tutoring program or efforts	37

LIST OF TABLES

PERCENTAGE OF FULL TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO HAVE EVER REPORTED AN INCIDENT TO THE CAMPUS POLICE, BROKEN OUT BY INCOME LEVEL OF THE STUDENT’S FAMILY OF ORIGIN*	5
TABLE 1.1:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES	17
TABLE 1.2:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY AGE OF THE STUDENT	17
TABLE 1.3:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY POPULATION INTENSITY OF THE PLACE OF ORIGIN	17
TABLE 1.4:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION OF ORIGIN OF THE STUDENT	17
TABLE 1.5:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS & SENIORS	18
TABLE 1.6:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY BROKEN OUT BY INCOME LEVEL OF THE STUDENT’S FAMILY OF ORIGIN	18
TABLE 1.7:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY LEVEL OF RELIGIOSITY OF THE STUDENT	18
TABLE 1.8:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE STUDENT	18
TABLE 1.9:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY GRADE POINT AVERAGE OR EQUIVALENT	19
TABLE 1.10:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY ACADEMIC MAJOR OR FOCUS	19
TABLE 1.11:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY GENDER OF THE STUDENT	19
TABLE 1.12:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS	19
TABLE 1.13:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE LIVING ARRANGEMENT	19
TABLE 1.14:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SITUATION	20
TABLE 1.15:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE	20
TABLE 1.16:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY SIZE OF ENROLLMENT OF COLLEGE	20
TABLE 1.17:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN THE SAMPLE THAT ATTEND COLLEGES THAT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLICLY CLAIMED MEAN SAT ACCEPTANCE SCORE OF THE COLLEGE ATTENDED	20

TABLE 2.1:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE	21
TABLE 2.2:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY AGE OF THE STUDENT	21
TABLE 2.3:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY POPULATION INTENSITY OF THE PLACE OF ORIGIN	21
TABLE 2.4:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION OF ORIGIN OF THE STUDENT	21
TABLE 2.5:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS & SENIORS	21
TABLE 2.6:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY BROKEN OUT BY INCOME LEVEL OF THE STUDENT’S FAMILY OF ORIGIN	22
TABLE 2.7:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY LEVEL OF RELIGIOSITY OF THE STUDENT	22
TABLE 2.8:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE STUDENT	22
TABLE 2.9:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY GRADE POINT AVERAGE OR EQUIVALENT	22
TABLE 2.10:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY ACADEMIC MAJOR OR FOCUS	23
TABLE 2.11:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY GENDER OF THE STUDENT	23
TABLE 2.12:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS	23
TABLE 2.13:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE LIVING ARRANGEMENT	23
TABLE 2.14:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SITUATION	23
TABLE 2.15:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE	24
TABLE 2.16:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY SIZE OF ENROLLMENT OF COLLEGE	24
TABLE 2.17:	PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE EVER USED THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLICLY CLAIMED MEAN SAT ACCEPTANCE SCORE OF THE COLLEGE ATTENDED	24

TABLE 3.1:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE	25
TABLE 3.2:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY AGE OF THE STUDENT	25
TABLE 3.3:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY POPULATION INTENSITY OF THE PLACE OF ORIGIN	25
TABLE 3.4:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION OF ORIGIN OF THE STUDENT	26
TABLE 3.5:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS & SENIORS  X	26
TABLE 3.6:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY BROKEN OUT BY INCOME LEVEL OF THE STUDENT’S FAMILY OF ORIGIN  Y	26
TABLE 3.7:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY LEVEL OF RELIGIOSITY OF THE STUDENT  Z	27
TABLE 3.8:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE STUDENT	27
TABLE 3.9:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY GRADE POINT AVERAGE OR EQUIVALENT	28
TABLE 3.10:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY ACADEMIC MAJOR OR FOCUS	28
TABLE 3.11:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY GENDER OF THE STUDENT	28
TABLE 3.12:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS	29
TABLE 3.13:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE LIVING ARRANGEMENT	29
TABLE 3.14:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SITUATION	29
TABLE 3.15:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE	30
TABLE 3.16:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY SIZE OF ENROLLMENT OF COLLEGE	30
TABLE 3.17:	LIKELIHOOD THAT STUDENT WILL SEEK OUT THE COLLEGE TUTORING SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLICLY CLAIMED MEAN SAT ACCEPTANCE SCORE OF THE COLLEGE ATTENDED	30

TABLE 4.1:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE	31
TABLE 4.2:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY AGE OF THE STUDENT	31
TABLE 4.3:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY POPULATION INTENSITY OF THE PLACE OF ORIGIN  V	31
TABLE 4.4:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION OF ORIGIN OF THE STUDENT	32
TABLE 4.5:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS & SENIORS	32
TABLE 4.6:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY BROKEN OUT BY INCOME LEVEL OF THE STUDENT’S FAMILY OF ORIGIN	32
TABLE 4.7:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY LEVEL OF RELIGIOSITY OF THE STUDENT	33
TABLE 4.8:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE STUDENT	33
TABLE 4.9:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY GRADE POINT AVERAGE OR EQUIVALENT	34
TABLE 4.10:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY ACADEMIC MAJOR OR FOCUS	34
TABLE 4.11:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY GENDER OF THE STUDENT	34
TABLE 4.12:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS	34
TABLE 4.13:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE LIVING ARRANGEMENT	35
TABLE 4.14:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SITUATION	35
TABLE 4.15:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE	35
TABLE 4.16:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY SIZE OF ENROLLMENT OF COLLEGE	36
TABLE 4.17:	RANKING OF OVERALL GENERAL EXPERIENCE OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING SERVICE, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLICLY CLAIMED MEAN SAT ACCEPTANCE SCORE OF THE COLLEGE ATTENDED	36

TABLE 5.1:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS	37
TABLE 5.2:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY AGE OF THE STUDENT	37
TABLE 5.3:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY POPULATION INTENSITY OF THE PLACE OF ORIGIN	37
TABLE 5.4:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION OF ORIGIN OF THE STUDENT	37
TABLE 5.5:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS & SENIORS	38
TABLE 5.6:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY BROKEN OUT BY INCOME LEVEL OF THE STUDENT’S FAMILY OF ORIGIN	38
TABLE 5.7:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY LEVEL OF RELIGIOSITY OF THE STUDENT	38
TABLE 5.8:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE STUDENT	39
TABLE 5.9:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY GRADE POINT AVERAGE OR EQUIVALENT	39
TABLE 5.10:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY ACADEMIC MAJOR OR FOCUS	39
TABLE 5.11:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY GENDER OF THE STUDENT	39
TABLE 5.12:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGE STUDENTS	40
TABLE 5.13:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE LIVING ARRANGEMENT	40
TABLE 5.14:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SITUATION	40
TABLE 5.15:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY TYPE OF COLLEGE	41
TABLE 5.16:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY SIZE OF ENROLLMENT OF COLLEGE	41
TABLE 5.17:	EVALUATION OF COLLEGE’S TUTORING PROGRAM OR EFFORTS, BROKEN OUT BY PUBLICLY CLAIMED MEAN SAT ACCEPTANCE SCORE OF THE COLLEGE ATTENDED	41
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