Frequently Asked Questions

Belmont University values each of our students and we want to hear your voice.  The surveys that we administer are your way to provide feedback to faculty, deans and other administrators. These surveys ask about your experience at Belmont including academics, support services, community, and the health and safety of campus. Survey results are presented in aggregated reports to university stakeholders.

The Office of Assessment and Institutional Research (OAIR) administers university-wide surveys on behalf of the university and co-ordinates surveys with external partners.  Sometimes the survey invitation emails are sent directly from OAIR and sometimes they are sent on behalf of university leaders. For national surveys, the email invitation may be sent from an external partner. The reply to email is usually OAIR@belmont.edu so that we can centralize the process of monitoring and responding to questions. If you have questions or concerns about the validity of a survey invitation email, please reach out to OAIR@belmont.edu.

Two of the surveys we send to students —the CIRP Freshman Survey and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)—come from outside organizations and help measure Belmont’s atmosphere against other institutions across the country. Though these surveys may have some overlap, each performs a distinct function for a distinct audience.

The CIRP freshman survey and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) surveys are administered by outside partners.  The survey links for these two surveys will take you to a website managed by these outside organizations.  These surveys are safe and your information is still confidential. For more information, please visit their websites at: https://heri.ucla.edu/cirp-freshman-survey/  and http://nsse.indiana.edu/.

Belmont sends a limited number of surveys to students during the year, and we are working to space these out so that they don’t all arrive in your inbox at once. Here are the university-wide surveys from Belmont and what they cover:

Title IX is an Amendment established in 1972 that protects individuals from discrimination based on sex. In particular it protect individuals in any educational program or activity operated by recipients of federal financial assistance. Because of Title IX, victims of sexual violence, sexual harassment, stalking, and relationship violence are encouraged to seek support and report the incident. In an effort to protect and advocate for those victims, Belmont University has appointed a Title IX Coordinator who has established a Title IX Campus Climate Survey targeted toward sexual assault. For more information... 

Survey responses become a voice of the student body, and Belmont’s administration listens to that voice. For example, recent survey results have led to student-input of space reallocation, changes to the general education BELL Core curriculum, course scheduling, increased cultural activities on campus, among other changes.