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Parking vs Educational Experience

Parking vs Educational Experience. By: Chelsea Gutai James White Josh Morrison. Our Research Question. Is the current parking situation on campus negatively affecting the college experience for Oakland University students?. Outline of Research. Survey of 50 students

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Parking vs Educational Experience

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  1. Parking vs Educational Experience By: Chelsea Gutai James White Josh Morrison

  2. Our Research Question Is the current parking situation on campus negatively affecting the college experience for Oakland University students?

  3. Outline of Research • Survey of 50 students • Statements from OU Police Department • Personal Observations • Gathering of visual material

  4. Things to consider... • Enrollment as of Fall 2013: 20,169 students • Number of commuters: 17,144 students (roughly 85% commute) • Number of daily on-campus employees: 2,000 • Number of parking spots: 9,007 • (35 metered, 170 permit, 296 handicap, 8,506 non-specified) • 7,007 student parking spots for 17,144 students Meaning: NOT ENOUGH SPOTS!!!

  5. Backing Up The Data... Three main guidelines we used for our survey: • All questions relevant to our research question 2. Short and sweet- did not want participants annoyed 3. Avoid negative hedging

  6. Question 2 chart *Weekly basis Frequency Never ~ 0 Rarely~ 1-2 Sometimes~ 3 A lot~ 3+ Students

  7. Question 3 & 4 percentages Question 3: • 80% are aware of overflow parking Question 4: • 84% surveyed did not find Bear Bus useful

  8. Question 5 Chart

  9. Question 7 Chart

  10. Analysis of Results • Students, on average, commute 3 + days a week to campus • Majority of students have been late due to parking constraints • Students are aware of transportation/parking options, but rarely take advantage of them • Students are fed up and a majority feel change is needed • More than half do not accept facility upgrade trade-off • Student experience is being negatively affected

  11. OU’s stance regarding on-site parking OU Police Capt. Mark Gordon: “It’s been a pretty smooth transition, we communicated fairly well with our community. We created three bus lines (Bear Bus). We’ve been monitoring things very close, but all in all, it’s been a pretty smooth opening.” Oakland University steps taken: • Inform teachers of possible late students • 3 additional parking lots to provide 800 temporary spots • 2 added bear buses w/ real-time app IS IT ENOUGH??

  12. Possible flaws/ future studies Our study failed to address: • How time of day affected campus parking • Did not include on campus student body • Did not involve teachers/employees in survey Future studies • How parking affects teacher frustration • Studies revolving around improving bear bus usage • How many student are actually on campus from day-to-day

  13. Citations http://www.macombdaily.com/social-affairs/20130906/oakland-university-enrollment-reaches-record-high

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