October 10, 2012
Undergraduate Library Users
Carousel Design: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT)
Mitch Oliver and Anne Lenney-Panagrossi
11 Participants
*Bullet points are listed in order of priority / Top 4 in each area had significantly more check marks
Strengths
- Brilliant Professors
- Small Campus / easy to navigate
- Student / Teacher communication
- Campus computers always accessible
- Peer involvement / Writing Center
- Open minded professors
- Sense of community among students
- Location near parks / downtown New Haven
- Good mix of courses
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Opportunities
- Easy to meet people (small atmosphere)
- Workstudy opportunities and chances to earn money while in school
- Atmosphere to develop work ethic & network for future job opportunities
- Opportunities to start clubs and interests from ground zero
- Individuality
- Becoming staff after graduation
- Flexible major programs
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Weaknesses
- Security – open campus – don’t feel safe (This was referred to as a Big Weakness)
- Financial Aid office / Business Office / Registrar do not communicate (causes many frustrating issues for students)
- Parking
- Not a lot of activities or fun things to do
- Mailroom closes too early
- Café food lacks healthy choices
- Lack of study abroad opportunities
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Threats
- Price of tuition too high (fear of not being able to afford increasing costs). Students feared they would not be able to afford the cost of four years
- Limited security and nearby neighborhood pose threats to campus safety
- Quality of dining hall food and hours (students stated that the weakness of the dining hall affects student life and they wouldn’t speak highly of it to future students.
- Lack of quality & quantity of student activities (students believed this lack would affect their retention as they said there is not much to do on campus)
- Limited Residence Hall space
- Old outdated residence halls – Falling behind other College’s upgrades
- Nurse / health care – Lack of availability was a concern
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