@techreport{oai:shiga-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008981, author = {Lee-Cunin, Marina}, issue = {No. 75}, month = {Jan}, note = {Technical Report, This paper outlines some of the results of a survey of student perceptions of academic and non-academic experiences The survey was conducted at Shiga University during 1998-1999 and targeted the first-year Student cohort with some second to fourth year Student participants. It specifically concentrates on the results from the questions that were aimed at examining the various factors that possibly influence the students' initial perceptions of their academic experience. It concludes that students' perceptions of their academic experience were significantly influenced by the following factors a) students' choice of university and specifically whether they could enter their first choice of university, b) students' choice of their faculty and specifically whether they could enter the faculty of their choice c) students' choice of their major and specifically whether they could study the major of their choice, d) the nature of courses and specifically how students chose their courses, how they were assessed in courses, how much time they studied for courses, and whether they understood their courses, and e) the student relationship with the faculty. Further, the combined factors of the process of major allocation, the lack of systematic course structure and assessment, and the poor communication that existed between faculty and staff resulted in a significant number of students experiencing an overall disappointing academic experience., 滋賀大学経済学部Working Paper, No. 75, pp. 1-23}, title = {Results of the Student Survey at Shiga University 1998-1999 : Some Influential Factors on Students' Perceptions of their Academic Experience}, year = {2003} }