Faces of the Future This year, 2007, marks the ninth year of the AACC-ACT Faces of the Future survey. More than 300 community colleges have used the instrument to obtain feedback from their students and to compare their performance against national data. Participation in Faces of the Future provides community colleges benefits they won’t receive from other surveys: - Faces of the Future offers community colleges a cost effective way to collect national normative comparison data.
- The Faces of the Future survey includes non-credit students, an important group at community colleges that are often overlooked in institutional research.
The Faces of the Future survey creates a unique and detailed picture of the community college population. Participating colleges receive a customized and comprehensive research package including summary and graphics reports for their credit and noncredit students. More Background Information of Faces of the Future Survey Every fall, AACC and ACT equip community colleges across the United States to receive feedback from their students through this innovative survey instrument. The survey contains questions from a variety of areas including:
Educational and career intentions Reasons for attending a community college and possible barriers to enrollment and/or continuing studies Satisfaction with school’s programs, services, and environmental characteristics Relationship between key life changes and the way students attend community colleges Key demographic characteristics
More Information on the Survey and Research Reports
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