GME Lifecycle Surveys

These surveys (Entry, Midterm, Exit, Alumni) drive continuous improvement and support accreditation efforts of FTMBA, PTMBA, EMBA, & SpecMS programs.

• What is the difference between the Guidance and Roadmap Decision Packages?
• How do I view and download the pre-alert and end-of-survey messaging templates for the GME Lifecycle Surveys?
• How do I view and download the questionnaire templates for the GME Lifecycle Surveys?
• Will the GME Lifecycle Surveys launch all at the same time if we have multiple intakes or outtakes?
• How is GME Program Size defined?
• Are the GME Lifecycle Surveys connected to school rankings?
• Who has access to our GME Lifecycle survey results?
• How do I create an import file of contacts for my student survey?
• What is the Custom Survey End Page Redirect URL?
• Do you offer the same questions to full-time, part-time, executive MBA programs and specialized master’s programs?
• How do we request data segmented by program specialization/concentration (e.g., human resources, finance, marketing, strategy, operations, etc.)?
• Is there an annual fee for the MBA Lifecycle Surveys or could we participate just one time?
• We participate in the MBA Lifecycle Surveys, are we required to do all 4 surveys each year?
• What if one of my students is having technically difficulty completing the survey?
• Are the MBA Lifecycle surveys anonymous?
• What is Key Driver Analysis?
• In what format can I expect to receive my results?
• Do you offer non-English versions of the GME Lifecycle Surveys?
• Can I view some core questions from the MBA Lifecycle surveys in advance?
• When should I launch a MBA Student Exit Survey to my graduates?
• How do I update my report selections after I have registered?
• Do I have to pay the invoice prior to receiving the reports I ordered?
• Are Internal Trends not available if it’s my first year of joining the service?
• How long does it take for a student to complete the MBA Lifecycle surveys?
• Do you have a list of peers available for the MBA Lifecycle surveys?
• How long does it take for the first year set up of a MBA Lifecycle survey?
• Can I field a MBA Lifecycle web survey to all of my students at the same time during a pre-determined time while they are on campus?
• Why are we getting multiple email messages asking us to confirm closing our MBA Lifecycle survey?
• How can we see the peers our program selected in the MBA Lifecycle survey we participated in last year?
• Would it affect our analysis and reports if we are using different email addresses for the same student in entry, mid and exit surveys?
• Why are peer comparisons missing from my Program Roadmap & Market Trends Report?
• What if I experience difficulty when uploading email addresses?
• Why did I receive a non-responder list that is out of date?
• Why should I register early to participate in the MBA Lifecycle survey?
• Will other MBA programs be able to see our program’s data in the MBA Lifecycle surveys?
• Student confusion over terms: "promotion", "internal job change", "external job change"
• My school uses rate control systems and spam filters that can intercept and block mass email messages from outside organizations. What can we do to prevent our survey invitations from being blocked?
• How do I clear cached pages and cookies from my browser?
• new question: How prepared were you to convert internship to career opportunity? (scale)
• new question: Improved ability to solve unstructured problems (rating scale)
• Can we normalize financial ROI calculation for high-salaried incoming student transitioning to non-profit?
• Can we measure other ways to receive support/incentivize beyond employer financial reimbursement?
• new question: Which industries typically reimburse students? Financial services?
• New question: Ask if student purposely didn't request tuition reimbursement on MBA Student Exit Survey and EMBAC Program Survey.
• What is a masked data set?
• Is it possible to see which students have not completed the survey before the end date?
• When will I receive my reports?
• What is a 'fielding year'?
• Can we participate in the MBA Exit Survey if we have not participated in the MBA Student Entry Survey?
• Why are some MBA programs that we selected last year missing in the MBA Lifecycle peer selection survey?
• Can survey our alumni with the Exit Survey?
• Why should open-ended questions be optional? I would like to make open-ended questions mandatory for my respondents.
• Can I launch a survey with custom question next week?
• How do I add additional student email addresses to my survey?
• What is exactly meant by first year development?
• How do I test the Percept Research whitelisting for the student survey?
• Can we quantify alumni referrals?
• How valuable is the Program Roadmap & Market Trends Report if you don't have 6 of my direct competitors participating?
• What is the process for adding custom questions to the questionnaire?
• Did I register my program correctly as a part-time MBA program for the MBA Student Exit survey?
• Can I register my part-time program to participate in the MBA Student Exit Survey within my EMBAC school portal?
• Will this MBA Midterm questionnaire be web based?
• What type of response rate should I expect with the MBA Lifecycle surveys?
• How do I achieve an optimal response rate with a web survey?
• Does the order of questions matter in the survey?
• What if my program has more than one cohort in a fielding year?
• What do you mean by accommodating up to 3 fielding events per year for the Entry and Exit surveys?
• Can you provide the Net Promoter Score (NPS) for my program and the industry?
• Do we chose peers for comparison or you do?
• What if a student completes the survey after the deadline?
• Is it too late to participate in the lifecycle survey?
• Is it too late to participate?
• Why should my program participate?
• What is the difference between a Topline Summary and an Industry Benchmark Report?
• Is it possible to get extra report packages for a subset of my students, and if so, how much does it cost?
• How will the MBA Lifecycle reports look different based on the type of program (full-time, part-time, executive)?
• Can I get my benchmark report earlier?
• Can you tell me which peer schools in my region are participating so I can determine whether to purchase the Topline Summary or Program Roadmap & Market Trends Report?
• Why did I receive a request to select peer comparisons for my Program Roadmap & Market Trends Report?
• Are multiple cohorts reported separately in a Competitive Intelligence Report?
• I want to order a Program Roadmap & Market Trends Report but only if the programs I want to compare are available for comparison. What should I do?
• Why should my program order the Program Roadmap & Market Trends Report?
• I'm trying to upload my student list on the portal and it doesn't seem to be working. What should I do?
• Can we delete, move, or reword questions in the MBA Lifecycle questionnaire templates?
• Am I required to obtain IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval for conducting a MBA Lifecycle survey?
• How can we award survey incentives if Percept Research is sending the email invitations rather than ourselves?
• Will other EMBA programs be able to see my data from the EMBAC Program Survey?
• How do I suggest new questions for this survey?
• What is the difference between Standard support and Premium support?
• May my school use your questionnaire for our students without engaging Percept Research?
• Does Percept Research host the web surveys internally on their servers and what kind of security is provided?
• How do survey participants provide consent?
• Can you change the signatory name to the reminder e-mails?
• How much lead time would you need to set up the MBA Student Entry Survey for our August incoming students as a new client?
• How long does it take students to complete the MBA Student Exit survey?
• Can we share some of our findings?
• How quickly can I launch my survey?
• When do I get invoiced?
• Does the Percept Research hold a Certificate of Confidentiality from the NIH?
• We have a town hall meeting planned with our students in a few days so can we get access to some of our survey results before the our fielding period has closed?
• We have access to additional information from the registrar’s office about the students in our sample. Is it possible to have these data merged with my Percept Research data set for each respondent?
• Can Percept Research help us select random respondents to award participation incentives?
• Should our school sample all students or a random subset of students?
• How long is the student interview for the Entry Survey? for the Exit Survey?
• How can I check to see if my program has registered for the EMBA Student Exit Survey?
• When you reference “referrals” and "inquiries" in the EMBAC Conference presentation, do you have a specific method you have in mind for measuring that?
• Can I chart my Student Exit data against the Key Driver Analysis presented at the EMBAC Conference?
• I'm having problems uploading student email address to my school portal.
• How do I submit a private support request?
• How can I view the invite and reminder text for my EMBA Student Entry Survey?
• How long should I keep the survey open? How many times should we contact non-responders?
• Do I have to use the exact wording of the survey invitation as provided as a template by Percept Research?
• What if my school will not allow me to provide Percept Research with student or alumni email addresses?
• Is it possible to contact students at a personal or “preferred” email address, rather than their campus email address?
• Does Percept Research send reminder messages to all students or just those who have not responded to the survey?
• How are our students/alumni contacted with the Percept Research MBA Lifecycle surveys?
• What is an end-of-survey (EOS) alert?
• What is a pre-alert message?
• How can we improve the response rate of our survey?
• Do the MBA Lifecycle surveys meet the AACSB Assurance of Learning requirements?
• To lower my costs, can I use the same survey for my day, evening, and weekend programs?
• Can I cancel my survey if my response rate is too low?
• Is the MBA Lifecycle survey pricing based on number of students?
• How do I upload my student email addresses?
• Where are my reports located?
• How can I opt-in or opt-out of the EMBA Entry Survey or EMBA Exit Survey participation reminder messages?
• How is the survey distributed? I have a list serve for this class, but wasn’t sure if you use unique links for each person receiving the survey.
• What is the typical survey process?
• How do I unsubscribe from emails requesting participation in the EMBA Student Exit Survey? the EMBA Student Entry Survey?
• How do I register to participate in a survey?
• What if my student needs their survey link resent?
• Who do I contact if I have questions about interpreting my report?
• Where can I find out more information if I interested in ordering custom reports and or further analysis on my data?
• I would like to have a copy of my data in an Excel format, where do I request this type of report?
• Can I delete questions?
• Can I add questions?
• When will my reports be available?
• What other EMBA programs are available for comparison?
• How do I choose my peers for the Industry Benchmark Report?
• What reporting options are available?
• What is the purpose of the Alert Templates page?
• Where can I find out how many of our students have completed the survey?
• Should I upload multiple email addresses for each student?
• How much does it cost to participate?
• How long should I keep the web survey open for my students?
• When is the best time to administer a web survey to my students?
• I've got a Part-time MBA program that I want to field a survey for. Can I register for it on my school portal?
• How many contacts on my team can receive status alerts about my EMBA Student Exit survey?
• In first year development, what do you mean by questionnaire branding?
• What is my response rate?
• Will students be identified in the verbatim document?
• When do I receive custom questions report?
• Will my data be shared with other schools?
• Which of my peer schools are participating?
• When do I select my peers?
• What reports are available?
• Can Percept Research send an End-of-Survey (EOS) alert?
• Can I have two cohorts separated in my topline analysis?
• How much of the $1300 (one time development fee) do EMBA Council members pay?
• Will this MBA Lifecycle questionnaire be web based? Is it possible to send the survey link myself?
• We want to keep the same custom questions from last year and do not have any other changes. Do we still need to register for the ‘Custom Survey Package’ that would include the additional charge?
• My campus will not allow outside vendor access to student e-mail addresses and my IT department has told me that they can only blast e-mail “static messages” (identical messages). The e-mail messages
• Due to state regulations, my campus requires me to ensure that students who choose not to complete a survey are given the option to enter the drawing to win incentive. Is there a mechanism in place so
• We plan to award all survey participants a small incentive rather than (or in addition to) a drawing for a smaller number of larger value incentives. How can we tell which students or alumni participa
• My school is part of a consortium of schools that would like to participate in the MBA Lifecycle Surveys at the same time with the intention of producing a special comparative report that is specific
• Where can I find a list of Peers our program selected for last years fielding of either Exit/Entry Survey?