Section 1
General Questions for all faculty

1.How much involvement have you had with the honors program over the course of your career at ASU?

A great deal (I have taught honors courses regularly and/or I have served in an honors administrative position)
A good bit (I have taught several courses and/or I have served on honors committees)
A moderate amount (I have taught at least one honors course and/or supervised honors contract students or honors thesis students)
Some (I have attended functions, advised or taught honors students)
None

2.If you answered question one in the negative, why have you not participated in honors at ASU?

New faculty member
Lack of interest in honors
No opportunity for release from department teaching duties
Not encouraged or rewarded by my department
Other
(please explain)

3. How many honors courses/activities have you participated in during your career at ASU?

0
1 to 2
3 to 6
7 to 10
11 or more

4. If your department does not offer honors courses, would you like to offer them?
Yes No
What would help facilitate this process? (please explain)

5. How would you rank the following possible rewards for honors involvement?

1. Reassigned Time
   Extremely Valuable Somewhat Valuable Neutral Not Very Valuable Irrelevant
2. Merit points, merit pay
   Extremely Valuable Somewhat Valuable Neutral Not Very Valuable Irrelevant
3. Kudos on annual report
   Extremely Valuable Somewhat Valuable Neutral Not Very Valuable Irrelevant
4. Rewards of working closely with excellent students
   Extremely Valuable Somewhat Valuable Neutral Not Very Valuable Irrelevant

6. Please comment on your experiences with teaching or mentoring honors students (even if you have only had a few honors students in some classes).

My experience with honors students has been
Highly rewarding overall
Largely rewarding, but I have taught some students who should not have been designated “honors”
Not especially different from teaching other non-honors students
Somewhat frustrating because students did not fulfill my expectations
Other
(please explain)

7. Do you think Honors is overlooking students who should be included in the program?
Yes No

Comments:

Section 2
Questions for faculty who have taught departmental honors courses

1. What is your department?

2. How would you rate the experience of teaching honors courses in your department?

Extremely rewarding
Somewhat rewarding
Neutral
Not Very rewarding
Completely unrewarding

3. Do you have any suggestions for improving your department’s honors course offerings?

Section 3
Questions for faculty who have taught General Honors courses

1. How many honors courses have you taught?
0 to 2
3 to 5
6 to 10
11 or more

2. How would you rate the experience of teaching General Honors core curriculum courses to honors students?

Extremely rewarding
Somewhat rewarding
Neutral
Not very rewarding
Completely unrewarding

3. How would you rate the experience of team-teaching with a colleague from another discipline?

Extremely rewarding
Somewhat rewarding
Neutral
Not very rewarding
Completely unrewarding

4. Please give your assessment of the General Honors curriculum with any suggestions you may have for improvement/revision.

Section 4
Suggestions questions for all faculty.
Please give your opinion on any or all of the following topics.

1. What suggestions do you have for expanding honors course offerings to all departments/colleges?

2. What suggestions do you have for building departmental support of honors?

3. What suggestions do you have for a new honors facility that would make it a good teaching/research space for honors faculty?

4. What suggestions do you have for setting up an honors college at ASU?

5. How can we improve advising and mentoring services for Honors students?

6. Please comment on any other aspects of honors education at ASU not covered in this survey.