Student Pulse Check
The UC Santa Cruz Student Pulse Check closed on November 3, 2024.
Student Pulse Check is an opportunity for all UC Santa Cruz students, undergraduate and graduate, to share their perspectives on campus experiences. The results will help us foster a campus climate where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.
Stay tuned for the public report in Spring 2025.
Have questions? Check out our curated list of frequently asked questions below. If you cannot find the answers you need, feel free to reach out at vcdei@ucsc.edu.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Student Pulse Check?
Student Pulse Check is designed to understand your campus experiences. In particular, we want to gauge your perceptions on whether you feel welcome and supported. “Pulse” means it includes a brief set of questions intended to capture timely insights.
Student Pulse Check takes 5–10 minutes to complete and comprises a very brief set of questions. A demographic questionnaire that follows ensures that the diversity of lived identities are represented.
Why is UC Santa Cruz conducting Student Pulse Check?
UC Santa Cruz is committed to fostering and promoting a campus climate where all members feel welcomed, supported, and empowered. Feedback and comments gathered from Student Pulse Check will provide timely critical information about our campus climate and help us in our efforts to improve policies, programs, and services. The survey results will also be used to inform listening sessions in Winter and Spring ‘25. We hope to conduct regular Pulse Checks in the future.
Who participates in Student Pulse Check?
All undergraduate and graduate students at UC Santa Cruz are invited to participate.
How can I help promote Student Pulse Check?
A collection of promotional graphics and other resources is available here (CruzID login required). Please use these resources broadly to get the word out to students about the survey. A prize drawing will be held after Student Pulse Check is closed. We’ve got a grand prize of AirPods Pro (2nd gen) and more than 200 gift cards (Flexi$ and Amazon) ranging from $10 to $100. To enter the prize drawing without completing Student Pulse Check, you may write to surveys@ucsc.edu with a request. Emailed requests must be received by November 3, 2024, to be included in the prize drawing. (All prizes have been distributed as of Friday, November 15, 2024.)
How will Student Pulse Check make a difference?
Your experience counts, your perspective matters, and we want to hear from you. There are policies, programs, services, and people on campus that are fostering a campus climate where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered. We want to hear how they positively contribute to your sense of inclusion and belonging. In the meantime, we also want to hear how we can better support you and improve your campus experiences. The result of the Student Pulse Check will be a guidepost in our continuing work in improving campus climate, from enhancing program offerings and creating spaces for community engagements to updating policies and practices.
How do you ensure the confidentiality of Student Pulse Check?
Your responses are confidential. Individuals will not be identified in the analysis and reporting. Results of the Student Pulse Check will be reported only as aggregate (group level) data. In addition, aggregate data will only be reported for groups with at least 5 responses. Your name and email address are used strictly for sending invitations and reminder messages. Such information is only accessible by survey administration staff at Institutional Research, Analytics, and Planning Support (IRAPS) and will be deleted from all databases after the survey is closed. Responses may be paired with institutional data to allow for analysis and reporting at the group level.
What results will be reported?
Public reporting will include a summary of the survey results accompanied with aggregate data. When appropriate, quantitative results will also be reported by self-reported demographics. We expect to share the high-level report with the campus community in Spring 2025.
