Cycles Survey

Every year from 1977 to 2002, Mount Holyoke College has surveyed approximately one-third of enrolled students during the spring semester using the Cycles Survey. This survey was developed by the Five College Consortium to measure student satisfaction at each institution, and consists of both multiple-choice and open-ended questions.

Beginning in 2003, however, the Office of Institutional Research began administering the Cycles Survey in every even year, alternating with the Enrolled Student Survey. In an effort to maintain the continuity of satisfaction information from the Cycles Survey, both internally and to share with the Five College Consortium, Mount Holyoke College will add seventeen questions taken verbatim from the 2003 Cycles Survey as supplemental questions on the Enrolled Student Survey.

The Cycles Survey was historically administered on paper but moved to an online format in Spring 2004.

Download Surveys

• 2005 Cycles questions appearing on the Enrolled Student Survey (PDF) (DOC)
• 2004 Cycles Survey (xls)
• 2003 Cycles questions appearing on the Enrolled Student Survey (PDF) (DOC)
• 2002 Cycles Survey (PDF)  (DOC)

Download Restricted Reports
The following reports are available to faculty and staff at Mount Holyoke College who have received a password from the Office of Institutional Research. All others who wish access to this information should contact Alison Donta.

• Five College Cycles 2003: A Comparison of Students’ Views of Life at the Five Colleges (PDF) (DOC)
• Cycles Survey of Student Satisfaction: An Analysis of the Cycles Satisfaction Measures from the 2003 Enrolled Student Survey with Longitudinal Analysis 1999-2003 (PDF) (DOC)
• Five College Cycles 2002: A Comparison of Students’ Views of Life at the Five Colleges (PDF)
• In Their Own Words: An Analysis of the Open-ended Questions from the MHC 2002 Cycles Survey  (PDF) (DOC)
• Cycles Survey of Student Satisfaction, MHC 1999-2001 (PDF) (RFT)