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Your Voice

At Olds College, student feedback is incredibly valuable and helps to shape your school. You might think that spending 15 minutes or 45 minutes on a survey is a waste of time. However, did you know that input from recent surveys has helped to inform the following decisions?

  • Increased availability of health & wellness services
  • Improved Olds College website and marketing materials
  • Technology supported, and enhanced parking management system
  • Campus safety with increased security presence, enhanced training and response protocols, additional lighting, and new lock system in residence
  • Increased meal options and locations on-campus

Ensure to take the opportunity to provide feedback! 

Please Note:

  • Instructions (and incentives/prizes!) will be sent to your Olds College student email address;
  • Not all students will be invited to complete every survey;
  • Collected information is confidential.

Ruffalo Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory Survey

Working with over 3,000 colleges, universities and nonprofit clients, Ruffalo Noel Levitz provides technology-enabled services, software, and consulting for higher education enrollment management. The Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) is a powerful tool that can be used to improve the quality of student life and learning. It measures student satisfaction and priorities, showing how satisfied students are as well as what issues are important to them. Olds College administers this survey every two years.

Olds College Entrance Survey

The Entrance Survey collects feedback on the marketing, recruitment, application & admission process. Olds College wants to ensure the best possible experience and utilizes this information to help improve student experience.

Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey

The Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey is specifically designed to help Canadian post-secondary institutions better support whole campus health and wellbeing. This survey will help post-secondary institutions better assess health and wellbeing on campuses, identify priorities for intervention, and increase capacity to link research with policy and practice.

Canadian University Survey Consortium

Olds College is working with the Alberta Advanced Education and Canadian University Survey Consortium. This survey is part of a province-wide initiative that will provide data on the education system and student experience in Alberta.

The Alberta Post-Secondary Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survey

The Alberta Post-Secondary Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survey is for students attending public post-secondary institutions in Alberta and is being conducted on behalf of the Ministry of Advanced Education. The purpose of this survey is to better understand Olds College campus community’s (1) attitudes and beliefs about sexual and gender-based violence and consent; (2) perceptions of the climate regarding sexual and gender-based violence; (3) knowledge of campus resources and policies related to sexual and gender-based violence; and (4) experiences of sexual and gender-based violence. The results of this survey will assist Olds College in its work to foster a safe and supportive environment for students. Results from questions can inform topics covered in educational programming and improve the support services offered by Olds College.

Berlin - Strategic Plan Consulting Company

Olds College is working with Berlin to engage Olds College staff, students, and community members. This feedback will be used in the new Strategic plan to guide the College in future decision making.