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Research Request Agreement Report
A. Background
The Western Connecticut State University Alumni Association
allows students and Western Connecticut State University
Alumni to develop mutually beneficial relationships by raising
awareness of alumni philanthropy and fundraising. This
association allows students and alumni to build lasting
relationships with each other, as well as students, staff and the
greater Danbury area.
Members of the association receive benefits and privileges
including invitation to special WCSU and alumni events, career
services, Alumni travel program, insurance saving programs, as
well as U-Save membership and business. The purpose of the
Alumni Association is to give alumni resources to stay
connected to their roots at Western Connecticut State University
through a number of different events on and off campus,
allowing alumni of any age the opportunity to meet through a
mutual interest and create personal as well as business bonds.
Problem:
Currently, the WCSU Alumni Association is struggling with
engaging and encouraging young alumni to participate in alumni
events. The lack of responsiveness from young alumni ranges
from students who graduated 2010 to those who will be
graduating this May 2020. Currently, the WCSU Alumni
Association is having trouble identifying the reason for the lack
of response from younger alumni. The Alumni Association is
unable to identify what events will attract young alumni in
order to engage them to the association. Some factors could be
that alumni have moved far from the University, they’ve started
families and it’s hard to come back when they have
responsibilities, they aren’t receiving the information to a
relevant source. These are just ideas not actual facts so the
association wants to know the reasoning behind the lack of
students that aren’t returning. This way they can find ways that
would interest students to return.
Marketing Mix:
Price:
Most of the events the WCSU Alumni Association holds are at a
discounted price for off campus outings. The events held on
campus are either free for members or at a discounted,
affordable price.
Product:
The products being offered are the events held by the Alumni
Association. The Alumni Association are the ones planning and
holding the events that occur either on or off campus. Events
are not solely focused on any one specific major, or even
involving a specific theme or topic relating to a major. The
events are held in order to bring together alumni with similar
interests, such as “Sip & Sculpt '', WCSU Opera, or Alumni
Golf Tournament.
Place:
Majority of the events the WCSU Alumni Association holds are
located on campus in Danbury, CT. However, off-campus events
are offered as well. Although off-campus events may include a
cost, it is at an outstandingly affordable cost and provides
tickets and transportation to a given event.
Promotion:
The Alumni Association promotes events through email, social
media, word of mouth, WOW Alumni, WOW Weekender, and
flyers/papers posted throughout campus. This is where the
Alumni Association is currently struggling. Alumni are either
not receiving emails or paper mail, or are not interested enough
to find out more information about the association or the
event.
B. Decision Problems
1.)“How to engage alumni who graduated recently (0-10 years
ago)?”
The WCSU Alumni Association would like to research the lack
of engagement in Alumni events from young alumni. This
discovery-oriented problem is caused by an unplanned low
involvement of young WCSU alumni.
2.) “How to increase attendance from recent graduates (0-10
years)?”
The WCSU Alumni Association would like to research in what
ways they can increase the amount of young alumni to attend
association events on and off-campus. This discovery-oriented
problem is caused by an unplanned low involvement of young
WCSU alumni.
C. Research Problems
Research Problems for Decision Problem 1.
1.)Investigate student awareness of the WCSU Alumni
Association.
a.) The WCSU Alumni Association needs to investigate the
current student awareness of the WCSU Alumni Association.
The lack of awareness of current students can be a variable as to
why young alumni are not attending events.This may help the
Alumni Association understand if young alumni are not
attending events, it may be due to their unawareness of the
association.
2.) Determine rate of young alumni attendance of events.
a.) Since the problem of the WCSU Alumni Association is
focused on young alumni, those who graduated 2010 to 2020,
data collected regarding attendance will give on-target numbers
of what is considered low, as well as set target numbers for the
future of young alumni attending events.
3.) Determine satisfaction of current Alumni Association
members with events.
a.) Overall satisfaction of current Alumni Association members
will help measure success of event topics and locations for
future events. This will give the WCSU Alumni Association
insight as to what events were most successful in attendance.
This can be determined through the use of in depth surveys or
interviews.
4.)Determine what media channels effectively reach
alumni regarding events
a.)Understand what media channels are most effective in
reaching alumni members, more specifically, young alumni.
Example; Email vs. advertising.
Research Problems for Decision Problem 2
1. Determine cost associated with becoming a member of WCSU
Alumni Association
a. Cost is a relative role in attendance of events for any
association. Determine the cost associated with members
attending events and if the cost affects attendance to any given
event.
1. Determine young alumni satisfaction with WCSU
b. If students had an exceptional experience attending
WCSU,would they be more likely to return? This research
would involve in depth interviews of alumni to determine their
overall satisfaction of WCSU and if it will affect their return.
1. Investigate Alumni interest rates to returning to WCSU
c. After students graduate, measure the rate in which they would
be interested to return for Alumni activities and events.
1. Assess Target market perceptions on what would bring them
back
d. Find out what alumni is interested in and take action on the
events and activities that would bring them back to enjoy with
the alumni association.
D. Use
The essential information the WCSU Alumni Association is
looking for is the awareness of current students of the Alumni
Association, as well as the awareness of the young alumni of
the association. The association wants to grow as a community
and expand the opportunities for Alumni to strengthen bonds
and relationships with the University and other members of the
association.
E. Targets and Subgroups
The researcher will collect data from the Western Connecticut
State University students and young alumni. Students that will
be interviewed will be junior and senior students. The alumni
that will be interviewed will be those that graduated 0-10 years
ago, 2010-2020.
Sheet1BUS472 Unit 5 Assignment TemplateInstructions: Fill in
the only the yellow fields:1. S-CurveDevelop a simple S-curve
for the expected cumulative budget expenditures for this
project:Duration (in
days)1020304050607080Activities48122010862Cumulative4122
44454626870Hint: Highlight the table above and insert a line
chart within the yellow space below, ensure to only show
cumulative data2. Earned Value ManagementA. Using the plan
data in the table below, complete the table by calculating the
cumulative planned and cumulative actual monthly budgets
through the end of June. Complete the earned value column on
the right. Assume the project is planned for a 12-month duration
and $250,000 budget. ActivityJanFebMarAprMayJunPlan%
CompleteEarned
ValueStaffing8715100%Blueprinting4610100%Prototype281070
%7<Hint this one is computed for youFull
Design38102167%Construction2303225%Transfer10100%Mont
hly Plan:Monthly Plan:Total:Cumulative:Monthly
Actual:Monthly Actual:1015614940Cumul. Actual:Cumul.
Actual:B. Using the above data, calculate the following
values:Schedule VariancesPlanned ValueEarned ValueSchedule
Performance IndexEstimated Time to CompletionCost
VariancesActual Cost of Work PerformedEarned ValueCost
Performance IndexEstimated Cost to Completion<- Ensure to
express as 000,0003. Interpreting Project PerformanceA. You
have collected the following data based on three months of your
project’s performance. Complete the table. EVCumul.
EVACCumul. ACCPICumul.
CPIJanuary30,00035,000February95,000100,000March125,5001
38,000B. How is the project performing after these three
months?C. Is the trend positive or negative?4. Project Closeout
CritiqueGo to https://pmhut.com/wp-
content/uploads/2008/03/project-closeout-document.pdf.
Critique the content of this closeout form. What information
would you suggest adding to the form to make it a more
comprehensive closeout document?
Research Request Agreement Report
Grading Form
Research Request Agreement: a document prepared by the
researcher after meeting with the decision maker ( the client).
The document should summarize the problem and lay out the
needed information to address the problem.
(A)
Background (What information do you have?)
The events that led to the manager’s decision problem. While
the events may not directly affect the research that is conducted,
they help the researcher understand the nature of the problem
more deeply.
10 points
(B)
Decision Problem (What is the fundamental problem that your
client faces?)
The underlying question confronting the manager. A brief
discussion of the source of the problem should be included,
along with a discussion of whether the problem is discovery
oriented or strategy oriented.
10 points
· Planned vs. unplanned change
Did the problem happen due to planned change or unplanned
change? Why?
· Strategy vs. discovery
Is the problem a discovery-oriented or a strategy-oriented
problem?
· Decision problem
(C) Research Problem(s)
(How will you interpret the decision problem in research
terms?)
The range of research problems that would provide input to the
decision problem. Please stay exhaustive first and list as many
relevant research problems as possible. Then, you need to
provide an overview of costs and benefits of covering each
research problem. Last, you need to pick the research
problem(s) that you plan to address given the time and resource
you have and explain why.
15 points
· Alternative research problems
The range of research problems that you provide
· Evaluation of alternatives and research problems selected
The explaination of costs and benefits of covering each research
problem. What information will you be able to get from
covering each research problem? How will addressing each help
to tackle the decision problem?
· Consistency with decision problem
You need to make sure that each research problem you raise
stay closely relevant to the decision problem that you have
identified
(D)
Use ( What is the information that you are able to OBTAIN
from the research problem(s) that you have selected)
Reiterate what information can be obtained from investigating
the research problem. Try to stay ABSTRACT here. For
example, you can state that by investigating the research
problem you select, you are able to figure out consumer
awareness in the area, which can help you to determine whether
low awareness of the brand has led to the slow sales of the new
brand.
Supplying logical reasons to ensure that the information is
valuable to tackle the decision problem.
7.5 points
(E) Targets and Subgroups ( From whom will I obtain the
information I need?)
The groups from whom the information must be gathered.
Specifying these groups helps the research design an
appropriate sample for the research project. Notice that
sometimes more than one group is necessary.
7.5 points
Total points
50 points
Research Request Agreement
Marketing 415
Jennifer Alvarado - Genesis Hernandez
Mike Hess - Trevor Parsons - Jake Nimmo
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A. Background
The Division of Student Affairs is dedicated to assisting in the
success of all student endeavors.
Student Affairs seeks to prepare students for the global
community, making them ethical and
responsible leaders. The Division of Student Affairs is made up
of several departments that
serve to build personal development by guiding and positively
interacting with students
throughout their time at WCSU and onward.
Key departments within Student Affairs have been recruited to
create the Student Life Area
Committee: Office of InterCultural Student Affairs, The Center
for Student Involvement, Housing
and Residence Life, Career Success Center, Department of
Athletics and Campus and Student
Centers and Auxiliary Services and at least one SGA Senator.
The purpose of the Student Life
Area Committee is to identify the underlying issues of low
student involvement on campus
during weekdays and weekends. The committee is open to the
public and welcomes students to
sit in during the meeting. The goal of this committee is to
improve the attendance on overall
programming at Western Connecticut State University.
Problem:
The Division of Student Affairs has struggled with producing
weekend and weekday
programming that is well attended by the student body. They
aren’t sure if it’s because of a lack
of awareness, disinterest, commute time, work commitments
etc. Student Affairs is also unable
to identify if they are using social media effectively to promote
activities, and to communicate
and engage with students. Student Affairs has increased the
amount of weekend events
on-campus and have not seen satisfying results in student
attendance. On average they will
have less than 50 students attend each weekend event.
The committee has also determined they lack funding and
resources necessary to produce
high-quality programming. In order to be a “Full Service
Weekend Campus” they must provide
funding for faculty and staff that run the programs, services,
and departments on weekends in
addition to actual expense of the events/services taking place.
Marketing Mix:
Price:
Most of the programming and services provided to current
WCSU students are free. Most
programming has also been open to alumni free of charge
however the public tends to pay for
admittance. Events that aren’t free to current WCSU Students
are usually offered at a low and
affordable price.
Product:
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The products offered are the events produced by Departments,
Clubs and Organizations such
as Division of Student Affairs, Intercultural Affairs, Center of
Student Involvement, Housing and
Residence Life, Career Success Center, Department of
Athletics, PAC, SGA, Greek Council,
IRHA, REC, ACSA, BSU, WMA etc.
Additional resources that incentivize students to stay on-campus
are provided by the Dining
Services, Library, Writing Center, Computer Labs (IT&I) etc.
Place:
WCSU programing/services take place both on-campus and off-
campus. The majority of events
are held on-campus however off-campus programming tends to
have high participation is
usually popular among the current student population.
● Examples of on-campus events include: Bingo, Roller
Skating, Career Fair, Clubs
Carnival, Stuff-A-Plush, Intercultural events, Run or Dye
● Examples of off-campus events include: Ice Skating,
Broadway Shows, Ski Trips,
The Big-E, New York Art Trips, Basketball Games
Promotion:
Events are promoted through flyers, posters, banners, word-of-
mouth, social media, WOW,
WOW Weekender, WOW Alumni, (email blasts). Departments,
Clubs and Organizations often
collaborate with each other by co-hosting events. This serves to
divide expenses, increase
awareness and bring the community together.
Current Efforts to Resolve Issue
Currently the division has attempted to raise awareness of their
events in order to produce a
higher turnout of student. They have also increased the number
of events offered during the
weekdays and weekends. The committee has attempted to gather
information from students to
identify issues and address them.
● Created a survey and sent it out to the student body
● There have 3 to 5 programs on weekends on both campuses
● Created special programs such as the InterCultural Festival
and cultural celebratory
month, Welcome Week Programming and Homecoming
programs
● SGA/PAC/Greek Council are overseen by Student Affairs and
are also involved in the
promotion and creation of events
● Expanded Weekend Dining hours and options
○ Example: A chicken and waffles event was popular enough to
make it a official
menu option
● Full Shuttle service on Weekends
● Increased efforts to promote and advertise events
○ All events placed on WOW, Alumni WOW, and WOW
Weekender
○ Used Social Media such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
to promote events
○ Create flyers and posters
○ Word of mouth
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● Message board at the bottom of University Blvd has weekly
schedule displayed
● Extended their evening office hours and have encouraged all
other offices to do so as
well as to provide weekend hours. However some departments
are hesitant because
despite student requests for extended hours, not many students
actually come in.
○ Career Services did extend and open their doors on the
weekend.
● Hired a University Assistant to market events
Goals:
● Increase their funding/budget to accomodate for 24/7 services
● Use our Marketing Research class to better understand
students attendance to events
on weekends and weekdays
● Improve their publicizing efforts for all events by identifying
appropriate, effective and
efficient tools/resources
● Enhance the use of social media
● More advertisement
● Align programs with other departments, clubs and
organizations
● Communicate with other departments clubs and organizations
to ensure duplicate
programs do not occur ineffectively.
● Extend hours of weekend services from all departments
○ Departments that might participate are
■ Health Services
■ Counseling Center
■ Academic Affairs
■ Library
■ Computer Labs
■ Writing Center
● Increase attendance and involvement of New York and New
Jersey students and all
other out-of-state students
● Increase attendance and involvement of in-state commuters
B. Decision Problems
1. “How do we keep students on campus on weekdays and
weekends?” The Western
Connecticut State University Division of Student Affairs desires
to gather information on the lack
of student involvement on campus. This is a discovery-oriented
decision problem that has
arisen from an unplanned change in the marketing environment,
an unexpectedly low
percentage of student involvement.
2. “What resources do we need to keep students on campus on
weekdays and
weekends?” The Western Connecticut State University Division
of Student Affairs desires to
gather information on the resources needed to keep students on
campus. This is a
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discovery-oriented decision problem that has arisen from an
unplanned change in the marketing
environment, an unexpectedly low percentage of student
involvement.
C. Research Problems
Research Problems for Decision Problem 1.
1. Investigate student awareness of campus programs.
a. The Committee Student Life center has stated that lack of
awareness could be
one of the variables contributing to low student attendance to
campus events.
Awareness is something that can be measured through student
surveys that are
low in cost ($0.00) and can include a significant sample size.
2. Determine student satisfaction of campus programs.
a. Student overall satisfaction with campus programs are the
keystone
measurement of this research. This information will give the
Division of Student
Affairs insights as to which programs students are most likely
to attend with the
variable of awareness held constant. This can be measured
through in depth
interviews, and surveys.
3. Investigate student perceptions of campus programs.
a. By investigating student perceptions of campus programs we
can determine if
students are aware of the campus events taking place, or if the
events
themselves are not of interest to students. This could be
measured through
surveys, focus groups, and interviews. Surveys offer
structure,and are low time
intensive, Interviews and focus groups are time intensive but
offer greater insight
and give room for probing.
4. Determine student attendance rates for campus programs.
a. The Assistant Dean of the Student Life center stated that they
have had low
attendance for the events currently being held. Researching
through internal data
would give an accurate number of what the Assistant Dean is
considering to be
low, and also set objectives for how many students should be
attending future
events. This information is readily available at the Student Life
Affairs.
5. Determine student awareness of WOW and WOW Weekender.
a. Campus events are shared via WOW and Wow Weekender. By
understanding if
students are checking Wow and WOW Weekender, it would give
the research
team insight if students are looking up where events are or are
they hearing
about events from different channels of communication.This
research problem
can be combined with Research Problem 1 because it would
require the same
population, with these research problem cost remain low.
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6. Determine student satisfaction of WOW and WOW
Weekender.
a. If students initially use WOW and WOW WeeKender, but
find it difficult to use or
not beneficial, if may cause them to stop using it. This could
cause students to
miss campus events due to a lack of awareness. Using surveys
to gather this
information would give the research team structure and keep
costs low.
7. Determine which media channels are used most by students.
a. If we can obtain greater insight into what media channels
students are using, we
can further understand where there attention is going along with
what is keeping
them engaged, and how they like to engage. This information
can be useful for
the Student LIfe Committee in determining what type of events
to put on. To
measure this we would conduct personal interviews to able to
probe subjects,
and get insight into what questions should be asked on the
survey. The
interviews will time intensive, and the surveys will be low time
intensive both will
be low in cost.
8. Determine which media channels are currently reaching
students regarding campus
programs.
a. Knowing where students are getting the information from will
allow the Student
Life Affairs to know where to put their efforts in terms of
advertising and
promoting events. This is extremely useful because students
may like the events
but are not made aware of them in time to attend. This can be
examined in
conjunction with student awareness. Awareness is a
straightforward
measurement and low in cost.
9. Investigate student satisfaction of specific
clubs/organizations on campus.
a. If the Student Life Committee can understand what events are
attracting the most
students, it would help with hosting events that involve those
particular clubs, and
looking at best practice of those clubs that could help other
clubs use it as a
benchmark. Doing in depth interviews to explore further
information that is
relevant to this matter helps to gain insight in to the specifics
that are causing the
degree of satisfaction allows for flexibility. In depth interviews
are time consuming
however the research team finds that with certain matters the
probe is worth the
time.
10. Determine the relationship between attendance of campus
programs and overall
satisfaction of WCSU.
a. Gaining further insight into the level of satisfaction from
students could explain
part of the reason they may not be attending. It could also lead
to next question if
satisfaction levels are low, then what would make the events
more attractive.
Measurements used include interviews for greater insight to not
just satisfaction
but also to which degree, and what would students like to see
more of. Using
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Interval measurement can also give this feedback on bigger
scale as we can
reach more students with online survey. The interview will
require time, and
human labor but is worth the trade of getting energy of students
satisfaction
beyond surveys. Surveys are cost effective, and low time
intensive.
11. Compare the attendance of campus programs over the last
(five) years.
a. Looking back at previous programs will give insight to what
students liked and
what was working. Comparing this with current information will
get insight to
student trends in the last five years and we will be able to
understand what
events have been consistently popular, this information is useful
because
Student Affairs can create similar events that have been liked
by students.
Getting this information would require research into data owned
by Student
Affairs and could result in time intensive but will be low in cost
since they own the
data.
12. Investigate student perceptions of campus
culture/community.
a. Having insight into the perception of university cultural
could give further
understanding into what students like/dislike about what they
are currently
experiencing, and what changes are they looking for. This
information can also
show if there are strong consistencies across students. To
measure this the
research team suggests using focus groups, and in depth
interviews to dig
deeper into the perceptions and start a dialog about what
successes there have
been, and where the Student Life Affairs can pick up the ball.
The research team
would like to get the overall campus mood beyond surveys and
find that in depth
interviews allow the flexibility to capture exactly what is going
on. This will require
time in finding students to participate, and time spent doing the
interviews.
13. Determine the percentage of students who go home on
weekends for work.
a. If the Student Life Committee has insight into when students
are most available
then they can host events that are convenient for students to
attend. If enough
students have work then these are obligations that are non
negotiable so it may
make sense to focus on different times if the number of
students working on the
weekend is high. We can conduct exploratory research in the
form of surveys
and use nominal scaling to see the differences in percentages.
This
measurement is low cost as it can be done through online
surveys.
14. Determine the percentage of students who go home on
weekends for social purposes.
a. Using nominal scaling we can look at percentages to see if a
significant amount
of students are attending other events that tells the research
team that the want
to engage in social setting is there. Using surveys the
information can be
gathered in low-time, and is cost effective.
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Research problems for decision problem 2.
1. Determine the current costs of campus programs.
a. The resources provided by WCSU for student programs are a
major portion of
the school’s budget. By obtaining the costs of each program
from the Center for
Student Involvement, we will be able to perform cost/benefit
analysis more
accurately.
2. Evaluate the ratios of cost per student for campus programs.
a. By comparing the cost per program and dividing it by the
number of students
attending each of those programs, we can better evaluate the
success of campus
programs.
3. Assess the attitudes of campus staff regarding weekend work
hours.
a. The WCSU staff’s attitudes about working weekends will
play a major role in the
viability of certain programs. By issuing surveys, we can collect
this information in
an efficient manner.
4. Determine the costs associated with becoming a “full-time”
campus.
a. Many of the barriers associated with student involvement on
weekends are tied
to the costs of operating all departments seven days per week.
These costs can
be measured by interviewing campus officials and by reviewing
past budgets.
5. Determine the student usage rates of academic campus
resources on weekends.
a. The volume of students attending academic help resource
offices on weekends
will allow the Assistant Dean of Students to make better choices
regarding
investments in additional weekend hours. This information can
be gathered from
staff and department chairs.
6. Compare the student usage rates of academic campus
resources on weekends versus
weekdays.
a. The differences in usage rates of academic resources on
weekends versus
weekdays will give insights into the effectiveness of weekend
programs. This
data can be gathered via attendance logs from each
office/department.
7. Assess the financial forecasts of WCSU budgets for campus
programs.
a. In order to fully understand the scope of WCSU’s budget,
forecasts should be
analyzed as far ahead as ten years. Although some of this data
will be
speculative, it will be helpful for the Assistant Dean of Students
to have an idea of
the increase or decrease in funding that is expected in the
future.
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8. Determine the availability of staff for extended and weekend
hours.
a. Weekend programs and campus resources will depend on staff
availability. By
interviewing and collecting survey data, we can further
understand the scheduling
issues surrounding weekend campus activities.
9. Evaluate the satisfaction of students regarding event planning
for clubs.
a. If a club decides to cancel the planning and execution of an
event because of the
level of difficulty regarding permissions, evaluations can be
made about the
process of planning. This research would entail interviews and
focus groups of
club officers, who are the decision makers navigating the
school’s red tape. This
research will be time and effort intensive, because only club
officers deal with
these sorts of logistical issues surrounding event planning.
10. Determine the step-by-step process by which campus club
officers decide which
programs to plan.
a. By determining the steps taken by club officers to plan
events, conclusions can
be drawn regarding the internal process of program selection.
The steps involved
in this process can be gathered from clubs officers through
surveys, focus
groups, and interview.
11. Evaluate the satisfaction of club officers regarding campus
staff support in the program
planning process.
a. By determining the satisfaction of club officers, regarding
campus staff support,
conclusions can be drawn about possible flaws in the way
events are run. A lack
of staff support could make events unappealing to WCSU
students whcih in
return could cause a lack of student involvement.
12. Evaluate the effectiveness of current social media practices
conducted by the division of
student affairs.
a. By determining the current effectiveness of social media
efforts, we can further
understand the assistant deans concerns about the Department of
Student
Affairs social media in general. We can achieve this by looking
at social media
analytics.
D. Research Problems Selected
After reviewing these research problems (and others), the
research team has concluded that
research problems 1 - 14 offer the greatest value in terms of
providing information that is likely
to address decision problem one, and 1 - 8 and 12 for decision
problem two. Each involves
collecting information from the same population (See F. Targets
and Subgroups).
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E. Use
The key information we are looking for is (a) what is the level
of awareness among students of
campus programs and events, and (b) the level of satisfaction
with the current campus
programs available. In addition to this key information, we can
collect data via digital survey
regarding perceptions, attitudes, availability of students and
staff, as well as budgets/costs of
programs.The Western Connecticut State University Division of
Student Affairs plans to use this
information to determine the degree to which a problem exists
in terms of awareness and
satisfaction with the current campus programs, and how to help
increase the attendance of
these events. Supplemental data will support conclusions about
the main focus of awareness
and satisfaction.
F. Targets and Subgroups
Although the population will be formally defined in the research
proposal, the researchers intend
to collect data from Western Connecticut State University
Students. The studnets interviewed
will primarily be ones that live on campus, but subgroups will
include commuters, transfer
students and non traditional students (23 years and older).
Student participants will also be divided by graduating class,
gender, ethnicity, age, major,
occupational status, in-state/out-state, residency and credit
hours.
G. Logistics
This project should be completed in approximately two months.
WCSU will be able to complete
this market research at no cost by utilizing the readily available
student body.

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  • 1. Research Request Agreement Report A. Background The Western Connecticut State University Alumni Association allows students and Western Connecticut State University Alumni to develop mutually beneficial relationships by raising awareness of alumni philanthropy and fundraising. This association allows students and alumni to build lasting relationships with each other, as well as students, staff and the greater Danbury area. Members of the association receive benefits and privileges including invitation to special WCSU and alumni events, career services, Alumni travel program, insurance saving programs, as well as U-Save membership and business. The purpose of the Alumni Association is to give alumni resources to stay connected to their roots at Western Connecticut State University through a number of different events on and off campus, allowing alumni of any age the opportunity to meet through a mutual interest and create personal as well as business bonds. Problem: Currently, the WCSU Alumni Association is struggling with engaging and encouraging young alumni to participate in alumni events. The lack of responsiveness from young alumni ranges from students who graduated 2010 to those who will be graduating this May 2020. Currently, the WCSU Alumni Association is having trouble identifying the reason for the lack of response from younger alumni. The Alumni Association is unable to identify what events will attract young alumni in order to engage them to the association. Some factors could be that alumni have moved far from the University, they’ve started families and it’s hard to come back when they have responsibilities, they aren’t receiving the information to a relevant source. These are just ideas not actual facts so the
  • 2. association wants to know the reasoning behind the lack of students that aren’t returning. This way they can find ways that would interest students to return. Marketing Mix: Price: Most of the events the WCSU Alumni Association holds are at a discounted price for off campus outings. The events held on campus are either free for members or at a discounted, affordable price. Product: The products being offered are the events held by the Alumni Association. The Alumni Association are the ones planning and holding the events that occur either on or off campus. Events are not solely focused on any one specific major, or even involving a specific theme or topic relating to a major. The events are held in order to bring together alumni with similar interests, such as “Sip & Sculpt '', WCSU Opera, or Alumni Golf Tournament. Place: Majority of the events the WCSU Alumni Association holds are located on campus in Danbury, CT. However, off-campus events are offered as well. Although off-campus events may include a cost, it is at an outstandingly affordable cost and provides tickets and transportation to a given event. Promotion: The Alumni Association promotes events through email, social media, word of mouth, WOW Alumni, WOW Weekender, and flyers/papers posted throughout campus. This is where the Alumni Association is currently struggling. Alumni are either not receiving emails or paper mail, or are not interested enough to find out more information about the association or the
  • 3. event. B. Decision Problems 1.)“How to engage alumni who graduated recently (0-10 years ago)?” The WCSU Alumni Association would like to research the lack of engagement in Alumni events from young alumni. This discovery-oriented problem is caused by an unplanned low involvement of young WCSU alumni. 2.) “How to increase attendance from recent graduates (0-10 years)?” The WCSU Alumni Association would like to research in what ways they can increase the amount of young alumni to attend association events on and off-campus. This discovery-oriented problem is caused by an unplanned low involvement of young WCSU alumni. C. Research Problems Research Problems for Decision Problem 1. 1.)Investigate student awareness of the WCSU Alumni Association. a.) The WCSU Alumni Association needs to investigate the current student awareness of the WCSU Alumni Association. The lack of awareness of current students can be a variable as to why young alumni are not attending events.This may help the Alumni Association understand if young alumni are not attending events, it may be due to their unawareness of the association. 2.) Determine rate of young alumni attendance of events. a.) Since the problem of the WCSU Alumni Association is focused on young alumni, those who graduated 2010 to 2020, data collected regarding attendance will give on-target numbers of what is considered low, as well as set target numbers for the future of young alumni attending events. 3.) Determine satisfaction of current Alumni Association
  • 4. members with events. a.) Overall satisfaction of current Alumni Association members will help measure success of event topics and locations for future events. This will give the WCSU Alumni Association insight as to what events were most successful in attendance. This can be determined through the use of in depth surveys or interviews. 4.)Determine what media channels effectively reach alumni regarding events a.)Understand what media channels are most effective in reaching alumni members, more specifically, young alumni. Example; Email vs. advertising. Research Problems for Decision Problem 2 1. Determine cost associated with becoming a member of WCSU Alumni Association a. Cost is a relative role in attendance of events for any association. Determine the cost associated with members attending events and if the cost affects attendance to any given event. 1. Determine young alumni satisfaction with WCSU b. If students had an exceptional experience attending WCSU,would they be more likely to return? This research would involve in depth interviews of alumni to determine their overall satisfaction of WCSU and if it will affect their return. 1. Investigate Alumni interest rates to returning to WCSU c. After students graduate, measure the rate in which they would be interested to return for Alumni activities and events. 1. Assess Target market perceptions on what would bring them back d. Find out what alumni is interested in and take action on the events and activities that would bring them back to enjoy with the alumni association. D. Use
  • 5. The essential information the WCSU Alumni Association is looking for is the awareness of current students of the Alumni Association, as well as the awareness of the young alumni of the association. The association wants to grow as a community and expand the opportunities for Alumni to strengthen bonds and relationships with the University and other members of the association. E. Targets and Subgroups The researcher will collect data from the Western Connecticut State University students and young alumni. Students that will be interviewed will be junior and senior students. The alumni that will be interviewed will be those that graduated 0-10 years ago, 2010-2020. Sheet1BUS472 Unit 5 Assignment TemplateInstructions: Fill in the only the yellow fields:1. S-CurveDevelop a simple S-curve for the expected cumulative budget expenditures for this project:Duration (in days)1020304050607080Activities48122010862Cumulative4122 44454626870Hint: Highlight the table above and insert a line chart within the yellow space below, ensure to only show cumulative data2. Earned Value ManagementA. Using the plan data in the table below, complete the table by calculating the cumulative planned and cumulative actual monthly budgets through the end of June. Complete the earned value column on the right. Assume the project is planned for a 12-month duration and $250,000 budget. ActivityJanFebMarAprMayJunPlan% CompleteEarned ValueStaffing8715100%Blueprinting4610100%Prototype281070 %7<Hint this one is computed for youFull Design38102167%Construction2303225%Transfer10100%Mont hly Plan:Monthly Plan:Total:Cumulative:Monthly Actual:Monthly Actual:1015614940Cumul. Actual:Cumul. Actual:B. Using the above data, calculate the following
  • 6. values:Schedule VariancesPlanned ValueEarned ValueSchedule Performance IndexEstimated Time to CompletionCost VariancesActual Cost of Work PerformedEarned ValueCost Performance IndexEstimated Cost to Completion<- Ensure to express as 000,0003. Interpreting Project PerformanceA. You have collected the following data based on three months of your project’s performance. Complete the table. EVCumul. EVACCumul. ACCPICumul. CPIJanuary30,00035,000February95,000100,000March125,5001 38,000B. How is the project performing after these three months?C. Is the trend positive or negative?4. Project Closeout CritiqueGo to https://pmhut.com/wp- content/uploads/2008/03/project-closeout-document.pdf. Critique the content of this closeout form. What information would you suggest adding to the form to make it a more comprehensive closeout document? Research Request Agreement Report Grading Form Research Request Agreement: a document prepared by the researcher after meeting with the decision maker ( the client). The document should summarize the problem and lay out the needed information to address the problem. (A) Background (What information do you have?) The events that led to the manager’s decision problem. While the events may not directly affect the research that is conducted, they help the researcher understand the nature of the problem more deeply. 10 points (B) Decision Problem (What is the fundamental problem that your
  • 7. client faces?) The underlying question confronting the manager. A brief discussion of the source of the problem should be included, along with a discussion of whether the problem is discovery oriented or strategy oriented. 10 points · Planned vs. unplanned change Did the problem happen due to planned change or unplanned change? Why? · Strategy vs. discovery Is the problem a discovery-oriented or a strategy-oriented problem? · Decision problem (C) Research Problem(s) (How will you interpret the decision problem in research terms?) The range of research problems that would provide input to the decision problem. Please stay exhaustive first and list as many relevant research problems as possible. Then, you need to provide an overview of costs and benefits of covering each research problem. Last, you need to pick the research problem(s) that you plan to address given the time and resource you have and explain why. 15 points · Alternative research problems The range of research problems that you provide · Evaluation of alternatives and research problems selected The explaination of costs and benefits of covering each research problem. What information will you be able to get from covering each research problem? How will addressing each help to tackle the decision problem?
  • 8. · Consistency with decision problem You need to make sure that each research problem you raise stay closely relevant to the decision problem that you have identified (D) Use ( What is the information that you are able to OBTAIN from the research problem(s) that you have selected) Reiterate what information can be obtained from investigating the research problem. Try to stay ABSTRACT here. For example, you can state that by investigating the research problem you select, you are able to figure out consumer awareness in the area, which can help you to determine whether low awareness of the brand has led to the slow sales of the new brand. Supplying logical reasons to ensure that the information is valuable to tackle the decision problem. 7.5 points (E) Targets and Subgroups ( From whom will I obtain the information I need?) The groups from whom the information must be gathered. Specifying these groups helps the research design an appropriate sample for the research project. Notice that sometimes more than one group is necessary. 7.5 points Total points 50 points Research Request Agreement
  • 9. Marketing 415 Jennifer Alvarado - Genesis Hernandez Mike Hess - Trevor Parsons - Jake Nimmo 1 A. Background The Division of Student Affairs is dedicated to assisting in the success of all student endeavors. Student Affairs seeks to prepare students for the global community, making them ethical and responsible leaders. The Division of Student Affairs is made up of several departments that serve to build personal development by guiding and positively interacting with students throughout their time at WCSU and onward. Key departments within Student Affairs have been recruited to create the Student Life Area Committee: Office of InterCultural Student Affairs, The Center for Student Involvement, Housing and Residence Life, Career Success Center, Department of Athletics and Campus and Student Centers and Auxiliary Services and at least one SGA Senator. The purpose of the Student Life
  • 10. Area Committee is to identify the underlying issues of low student involvement on campus during weekdays and weekends. The committee is open to the public and welcomes students to sit in during the meeting. The goal of this committee is to improve the attendance on overall programming at Western Connecticut State University. Problem: The Division of Student Affairs has struggled with producing weekend and weekday programming that is well attended by the student body. They aren’t sure if it’s because of a lack of awareness, disinterest, commute time, work commitments etc. Student Affairs is also unable to identify if they are using social media effectively to promote activities, and to communicate and engage with students. Student Affairs has increased the amount of weekend events on-campus and have not seen satisfying results in student attendance. On average they will have less than 50 students attend each weekend event. The committee has also determined they lack funding and resources necessary to produce high-quality programming. In order to be a “Full Service Weekend Campus” they must provide funding for faculty and staff that run the programs, services, and departments on weekends in addition to actual expense of the events/services taking place. Marketing Mix: Price: Most of the programming and services provided to current WCSU students are free. Most
  • 11. programming has also been open to alumni free of charge however the public tends to pay for admittance. Events that aren’t free to current WCSU Students are usually offered at a low and affordable price. Product: 2 The products offered are the events produced by Departments, Clubs and Organizations such as Division of Student Affairs, Intercultural Affairs, Center of Student Involvement, Housing and Residence Life, Career Success Center, Department of Athletics, PAC, SGA, Greek Council, IRHA, REC, ACSA, BSU, WMA etc. Additional resources that incentivize students to stay on-campus are provided by the Dining Services, Library, Writing Center, Computer Labs (IT&I) etc. Place: WCSU programing/services take place both on-campus and off- campus. The majority of events are held on-campus however off-campus programming tends to have high participation is usually popular among the current student population. ● Examples of on-campus events include: Bingo, Roller Skating, Career Fair, Clubs Carnival, Stuff-A-Plush, Intercultural events, Run or Dye ● Examples of off-campus events include: Ice Skating,
  • 12. Broadway Shows, Ski Trips, The Big-E, New York Art Trips, Basketball Games Promotion: Events are promoted through flyers, posters, banners, word-of- mouth, social media, WOW, WOW Weekender, WOW Alumni, (email blasts). Departments, Clubs and Organizations often collaborate with each other by co-hosting events. This serves to divide expenses, increase awareness and bring the community together. Current Efforts to Resolve Issue Currently the division has attempted to raise awareness of their events in order to produce a higher turnout of student. They have also increased the number of events offered during the weekdays and weekends. The committee has attempted to gather information from students to identify issues and address them. ● Created a survey and sent it out to the student body ● There have 3 to 5 programs on weekends on both campuses ● Created special programs such as the InterCultural Festival and cultural celebratory month, Welcome Week Programming and Homecoming programs ● SGA/PAC/Greek Council are overseen by Student Affairs and are also involved in the promotion and creation of events ● Expanded Weekend Dining hours and options ○ Example: A chicken and waffles event was popular enough to
  • 13. make it a official menu option ● Full Shuttle service on Weekends ● Increased efforts to promote and advertise events ○ All events placed on WOW, Alumni WOW, and WOW Weekender ○ Used Social Media such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to promote events ○ Create flyers and posters ○ Word of mouth 3 ● Message board at the bottom of University Blvd has weekly schedule displayed ● Extended their evening office hours and have encouraged all other offices to do so as well as to provide weekend hours. However some departments are hesitant because despite student requests for extended hours, not many students actually come in. ○ Career Services did extend and open their doors on the weekend. ● Hired a University Assistant to market events Goals: ● Increase their funding/budget to accomodate for 24/7 services ● Use our Marketing Research class to better understand
  • 14. students attendance to events on weekends and weekdays ● Improve their publicizing efforts for all events by identifying appropriate, effective and efficient tools/resources ● Enhance the use of social media ● More advertisement ● Align programs with other departments, clubs and organizations ● Communicate with other departments clubs and organizations to ensure duplicate programs do not occur ineffectively. ● Extend hours of weekend services from all departments ○ Departments that might participate are ■ Health Services ■ Counseling Center ■ Academic Affairs ■ Library ■ Computer Labs ■ Writing Center ● Increase attendance and involvement of New York and New Jersey students and all other out-of-state students ● Increase attendance and involvement of in-state commuters B. Decision Problems 1. “How do we keep students on campus on weekdays and weekends?” The Western Connecticut State University Division of Student Affairs desires
  • 15. to gather information on the lack of student involvement on campus. This is a discovery-oriented decision problem that has arisen from an unplanned change in the marketing environment, an unexpectedly low percentage of student involvement. 2. “What resources do we need to keep students on campus on weekdays and weekends?” The Western Connecticut State University Division of Student Affairs desires to gather information on the resources needed to keep students on campus. This is a 4 discovery-oriented decision problem that has arisen from an unplanned change in the marketing environment, an unexpectedly low percentage of student involvement. C. Research Problems Research Problems for Decision Problem 1. 1. Investigate student awareness of campus programs. a. The Committee Student Life center has stated that lack of awareness could be one of the variables contributing to low student attendance to campus events. Awareness is something that can be measured through student surveys that are low in cost ($0.00) and can include a significant sample size.
  • 16. 2. Determine student satisfaction of campus programs. a. Student overall satisfaction with campus programs are the keystone measurement of this research. This information will give the Division of Student Affairs insights as to which programs students are most likely to attend with the variable of awareness held constant. This can be measured through in depth interviews, and surveys. 3. Investigate student perceptions of campus programs. a. By investigating student perceptions of campus programs we can determine if students are aware of the campus events taking place, or if the events themselves are not of interest to students. This could be measured through surveys, focus groups, and interviews. Surveys offer structure,and are low time intensive, Interviews and focus groups are time intensive but offer greater insight and give room for probing. 4. Determine student attendance rates for campus programs. a. The Assistant Dean of the Student Life center stated that they have had low attendance for the events currently being held. Researching through internal data
  • 17. would give an accurate number of what the Assistant Dean is considering to be low, and also set objectives for how many students should be attending future events. This information is readily available at the Student Life Affairs. 5. Determine student awareness of WOW and WOW Weekender. a. Campus events are shared via WOW and Wow Weekender. By understanding if students are checking Wow and WOW Weekender, it would give the research team insight if students are looking up where events are or are they hearing about events from different channels of communication.This research problem can be combined with Research Problem 1 because it would require the same population, with these research problem cost remain low. 5 6. Determine student satisfaction of WOW and WOW Weekender. a. If students initially use WOW and WOW WeeKender, but find it difficult to use or not beneficial, if may cause them to stop using it. This could cause students to miss campus events due to a lack of awareness. Using surveys to gather this
  • 18. information would give the research team structure and keep costs low. 7. Determine which media channels are used most by students. a. If we can obtain greater insight into what media channels students are using, we can further understand where there attention is going along with what is keeping them engaged, and how they like to engage. This information can be useful for the Student LIfe Committee in determining what type of events to put on. To measure this we would conduct personal interviews to able to probe subjects, and get insight into what questions should be asked on the survey. The interviews will time intensive, and the surveys will be low time intensive both will be low in cost. 8. Determine which media channels are currently reaching students regarding campus programs. a. Knowing where students are getting the information from will allow the Student Life Affairs to know where to put their efforts in terms of advertising and promoting events. This is extremely useful because students may like the events but are not made aware of them in time to attend. This can be examined in
  • 19. conjunction with student awareness. Awareness is a straightforward measurement and low in cost. 9. Investigate student satisfaction of specific clubs/organizations on campus. a. If the Student Life Committee can understand what events are attracting the most students, it would help with hosting events that involve those particular clubs, and looking at best practice of those clubs that could help other clubs use it as a benchmark. Doing in depth interviews to explore further information that is relevant to this matter helps to gain insight in to the specifics that are causing the degree of satisfaction allows for flexibility. In depth interviews are time consuming however the research team finds that with certain matters the probe is worth the time. 10. Determine the relationship between attendance of campus programs and overall satisfaction of WCSU. a. Gaining further insight into the level of satisfaction from students could explain part of the reason they may not be attending. It could also lead to next question if satisfaction levels are low, then what would make the events more attractive. Measurements used include interviews for greater insight to not
  • 20. just satisfaction but also to which degree, and what would students like to see more of. Using 6 Interval measurement can also give this feedback on bigger scale as we can reach more students with online survey. The interview will require time, and human labor but is worth the trade of getting energy of students satisfaction beyond surveys. Surveys are cost effective, and low time intensive. 11. Compare the attendance of campus programs over the last (five) years. a. Looking back at previous programs will give insight to what students liked and what was working. Comparing this with current information will get insight to student trends in the last five years and we will be able to understand what events have been consistently popular, this information is useful because Student Affairs can create similar events that have been liked by students. Getting this information would require research into data owned by Student Affairs and could result in time intensive but will be low in cost since they own the data.
  • 21. 12. Investigate student perceptions of campus culture/community. a. Having insight into the perception of university cultural could give further understanding into what students like/dislike about what they are currently experiencing, and what changes are they looking for. This information can also show if there are strong consistencies across students. To measure this the research team suggests using focus groups, and in depth interviews to dig deeper into the perceptions and start a dialog about what successes there have been, and where the Student Life Affairs can pick up the ball. The research team would like to get the overall campus mood beyond surveys and find that in depth interviews allow the flexibility to capture exactly what is going on. This will require time in finding students to participate, and time spent doing the interviews. 13. Determine the percentage of students who go home on weekends for work. a. If the Student Life Committee has insight into when students are most available then they can host events that are convenient for students to attend. If enough students have work then these are obligations that are non negotiable so it may
  • 22. make sense to focus on different times if the number of students working on the weekend is high. We can conduct exploratory research in the form of surveys and use nominal scaling to see the differences in percentages. This measurement is low cost as it can be done through online surveys. 14. Determine the percentage of students who go home on weekends for social purposes. a. Using nominal scaling we can look at percentages to see if a significant amount of students are attending other events that tells the research team that the want to engage in social setting is there. Using surveys the information can be gathered in low-time, and is cost effective. 7 Research problems for decision problem 2. 1. Determine the current costs of campus programs. a. The resources provided by WCSU for student programs are a major portion of the school’s budget. By obtaining the costs of each program from the Center for Student Involvement, we will be able to perform cost/benefit analysis more
  • 23. accurately. 2. Evaluate the ratios of cost per student for campus programs. a. By comparing the cost per program and dividing it by the number of students attending each of those programs, we can better evaluate the success of campus programs. 3. Assess the attitudes of campus staff regarding weekend work hours. a. The WCSU staff’s attitudes about working weekends will play a major role in the viability of certain programs. By issuing surveys, we can collect this information in an efficient manner. 4. Determine the costs associated with becoming a “full-time” campus. a. Many of the barriers associated with student involvement on weekends are tied to the costs of operating all departments seven days per week. These costs can be measured by interviewing campus officials and by reviewing past budgets. 5. Determine the student usage rates of academic campus resources on weekends.
  • 24. a. The volume of students attending academic help resource offices on weekends will allow the Assistant Dean of Students to make better choices regarding investments in additional weekend hours. This information can be gathered from staff and department chairs. 6. Compare the student usage rates of academic campus resources on weekends versus weekdays. a. The differences in usage rates of academic resources on weekends versus weekdays will give insights into the effectiveness of weekend programs. This data can be gathered via attendance logs from each office/department. 7. Assess the financial forecasts of WCSU budgets for campus programs. a. In order to fully understand the scope of WCSU’s budget, forecasts should be analyzed as far ahead as ten years. Although some of this data will be speculative, it will be helpful for the Assistant Dean of Students to have an idea of the increase or decrease in funding that is expected in the future.
  • 25. 8 8. Determine the availability of staff for extended and weekend hours. a. Weekend programs and campus resources will depend on staff availability. By interviewing and collecting survey data, we can further understand the scheduling issues surrounding weekend campus activities. 9. Evaluate the satisfaction of students regarding event planning for clubs. a. If a club decides to cancel the planning and execution of an event because of the level of difficulty regarding permissions, evaluations can be made about the process of planning. This research would entail interviews and focus groups of club officers, who are the decision makers navigating the school’s red tape. This research will be time and effort intensive, because only club officers deal with these sorts of logistical issues surrounding event planning. 10. Determine the step-by-step process by which campus club officers decide which programs to plan. a. By determining the steps taken by club officers to plan events, conclusions can
  • 26. be drawn regarding the internal process of program selection. The steps involved in this process can be gathered from clubs officers through surveys, focus groups, and interview. 11. Evaluate the satisfaction of club officers regarding campus staff support in the program planning process. a. By determining the satisfaction of club officers, regarding campus staff support, conclusions can be drawn about possible flaws in the way events are run. A lack of staff support could make events unappealing to WCSU students whcih in return could cause a lack of student involvement. 12. Evaluate the effectiveness of current social media practices conducted by the division of student affairs. a. By determining the current effectiveness of social media efforts, we can further understand the assistant deans concerns about the Department of Student Affairs social media in general. We can achieve this by looking at social media analytics.
  • 27. D. Research Problems Selected After reviewing these research problems (and others), the research team has concluded that research problems 1 - 14 offer the greatest value in terms of providing information that is likely to address decision problem one, and 1 - 8 and 12 for decision problem two. Each involves collecting information from the same population (See F. Targets and Subgroups). 9 E. Use The key information we are looking for is (a) what is the level of awareness among students of campus programs and events, and (b) the level of satisfaction with the current campus programs available. In addition to this key information, we can collect data via digital survey regarding perceptions, attitudes, availability of students and staff, as well as budgets/costs of programs.The Western Connecticut State University Division of Student Affairs plans to use this information to determine the degree to which a problem exists in terms of awareness and satisfaction with the current campus programs, and how to help increase the attendance of these events. Supplemental data will support conclusions about the main focus of awareness and satisfaction. F. Targets and Subgroups Although the population will be formally defined in the research proposal, the researchers intend
  • 28. to collect data from Western Connecticut State University Students. The studnets interviewed will primarily be ones that live on campus, but subgroups will include commuters, transfer students and non traditional students (23 years and older). Student participants will also be divided by graduating class, gender, ethnicity, age, major, occupational status, in-state/out-state, residency and credit hours. G. Logistics This project should be completed in approximately two months. WCSU will be able to complete this market research at no cost by utilizing the readily available student body.