Please return this form to the Center for Global Engagement as soon as possible.

The questions below ask you to examine some of the components of your Off-Campus Study program. Candid and thoughtful responses will be appreciated. This evaluation will be particularly helpful to prospective OCS students. l. Why did you select this program/institution?

2. Did it meet your expectations and objectives?
a. Academically?

b. Culturally?

c. Personally or Socially ?

3. Were you enrolled in:
a. University classes alongside local students?

b. Classes in a program center taught to U.S. study abroad students?

c. Both?

4. Did your program/institution have a formal orientation? Was it adequate? What did it include?

5. Were the academic facilities (e.g. classrooms, studios, etc.) adequate and accessible? Were students encouraged to use resources outside the program (such as museums, university and public libraries, etc.)?

6. Were courses accurately and sufficiently described? Did instructors adhere to course descriptions? Were courses you'd expected to take canceled?

7. Please comment on the general caliber of faculty and administrative staff.

8. Please list any courses (with instructor's name) that you would highly recommend and any that you would caution a future student to avoid (with reasons why).

Recommend:

Caution:

9. a. How important was preparation and study for your class work?

b. Are you satisfied with the effort you gave your classes and with the information and experience they gave you?

10. If any of your instruction was in a foreign language, please comment on your ability to follow lectures, write papers, and communicate with local inhabitants in the host country's language. How much language preparation did you have prior to departure?

11. How did the academic experience supplement or complement the study of your major discipline and/or your Kenyon education generally?

12. Did the program's/institutions printed information describe the general program and its costs accurately and completely? If not, what was omitted or inaccurate? What would you suggest to future students as a reasonable expectation for monthly expenses? For vacation travel?

13. What arrangements were made for your housing and meals? Under what circumstances can housing be changed? Please name any family/address you'd recommend or caution against:

14. What supportive services were provided (e.g. academic and personal advising, medical care, etc.)? If you visited a physician (name please), would you recommend him/her to other students?

15. If there was a program director, was he/she competent and available when necessary? What role did the director have in the program (teaching, advising, administrative)?

16. a. How did the program/institution aid you in your exploration of the host society?

b. To what kinds of "cultural events" (from concerts to weddings, street bazaars to ballets) did you have access? (Choose your most memorable, since walking down the street can be a "cultural event" in some places!)

17. What were the most productive and interesting aspects of the program for you? The least interesting and productive?

18. Please add any comments or information that you think would be helpful to the Director of the Center for Global Engagement and to future students considering your program/institution. You might ask yourself, "What do I know now about this OCS option that I wish I had known before I went?"

19. Did your off-campus study program provide you with the opportunity to conduct an independent research project? Yes No Maybe If it did, what was the topic of the research?

Do you plan to use it as a basis for a project during your senior year?

Would you be willing to discuss your topic at a campus forum?

20. What are the primary benefits that you feel you derived from participation in your program?

21. Did you find the pre-departure orientation at Kenyon helpful? Was the Advice to Students Going Abroad booklet helpful? What would you add to either?

22. Please reflect on your experience off campus in light of your gender, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, or other elements of identity and provide advice or suggestions to others interested in studying in your host country. Did you find information included in the Advice handbook or on our website helpful in this regard? Do you have any questions or suggestions for additions to the booklet or website?

23. Please reflect on what it was like to be an American living outside of the United States. Did you encounter anti-American sentiments? What advice would you give to future OCS students regarding this?

24. Please write a paragraph about your OCS experience that we can use in OCS publications..

25. Would you like to help plan or to participate in: orientation activities for students preparing to study off campus to your program or country? Yes No an OCS Photo Exhibit? Yes No volunteer activities in the Center for Global Engagement? Yes No Interested

Please include your full Email address (username@kenyon.edu) so we can be in touch with you .

Many thanks for your willingness to complete this evaluation form.