Oakland Center Group Amanda, Chris, Dominique, Sydney Are students willing to pay a tuition increase for the expansion of the Oakland Center? Interviews Two people were interviewed and asked: How often do you use the Oakland Center? What are your thoughts on the proposed Oakland Center expansion, which could be funded by an increase in tuition? Interview Answers Yes Larger Dining Area Additional Lounge Areas Bowling Alley/ Movie Theater No Commuters dont use OC Everyone is paying for services, but only used by the minority 2-6 hrs/week0 hrs/week Bookstore Very few people; Chilly Fairly Isolated Usually Quiet Mostly a resting space Cafe OBears Usually Crowded Mixture of Socialization and Studying Extremely Busy in Spurts Cafeteria Extremely crowded during lunch hours No one could find places to sit (either alone or with friends) Very loud Everyone seemed to be in a good mood Some will do homework and eat lunch, some socialize with friends Students were promoting clubs and organizations Technology Center Low Traffic Quiet Isolated Individual Projects Thoughts Among Years Freshman females were the highest percent of respondents. First Question: Have you taken the official expansion survey? Second Question: Are you aware that Oakland wishes to expand the Oakland Center? Awareness In each year the number of people with knowledge of Oaklands intention to expand was higher, despite the number of people having taken the official survey being smaller. Freshman had the highest percent of people taking the original survey at 56%. (Sophomore: 40% Junior: 40% Senior: 25%) Seniors had the highest knowledge of Oaklands intention to expand at 100%. (Freshman: 78% Sophomore: 60% Junior: 80%) Likes/Dislikes People in all years had Food selected as their greatest like. There is no first in the dislike category with answers being varied in no clear pattern. No Sophomores selected Food as a dislike, no Junior selected Education, and no Seniors selected Technology or Other Everyone choose to answer the like question, yet many did not select an answer for the dislike question. Whos willing to support a tuition increase to curb the crowding problem? Who supports a tuition increase? Tuition The percentage of people who did not support tuition increase was higher in all years. No Sophomore nor Senior supported a tuition increase. Only 6 Freshman and 1 Junior said they would support a tuition increase. What are people willing to pay? ** These are outliers Most dont want any kind of increase. .5-10% range is the second highest. Interesting Observations We had two outliers; one who said they would support a 50% tuition increase and another saying they would support a 75% increase. Some checked the same option for things they wanted as well as things they didnt want. Interesting Observations: Continued 11 hadnt taken the original survey but still knew of the plan to expand. People generally knew what they wanted, but were less sure of what they didnt want. (Many leaving that question blank.) It seems that the importance of of food choice and education are opposites for Seniors and Freshmen. Freshmen know what they want but dont know what they dont want as they chose not to answer to question.* *Not answering was valid and subjects were told beforehand. An Interesting Graph Final Thoughts While most do not want an increase in tuition, theyd be willing to pay instead of switching universities. Based on the people we polled, Freshman used the Oakland Center the most and wanted more than their older counterparts, yet still did not want an increase in tuition. After Thoughts More planning time would have been nice Doing additional surveys at different hours Better communication