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PROGRAM EVALUATION MEREDITH ABROAD '98

To help me improve next summer's program, please evaluate what we have done as a group.  Circle the educational value, in your opinion, of the following, with 1 as low and 5 as high.  Note why.

Excursions
Florence                                                1            2            3            4            5

Arezzo/Anghiari                                     1            2            3            4            5

Independent Italian Excursion                 1            2            3            4            5

Bath Excursion                                       1            2            3            4            5

Avebury and Cotswolds Excursion         1            2            3            4            5

Independent English Excursion                1            2            3            4            5
 

Other recommendations for excursions?  Substituted for which excursion?
 
 
 
 

Orientation
How well prepared did you feel when you arrived in Italy?  poorly.....not very well......okay...pretty well...very well (circle one).  Did you read all materials distributed during orientation?  Did you read your guide book in advance?
 

What additional information would have made your first week more comfortable, acknowledging that travel is, by definition, often physically and psychologically less comfortable than being at home and that some things have to be experienced to be understood?
 
 

What could I have done to make you first week more comfortable?  What could you have done?
 
 

Please make suggestions for improving the orientation, including topics covered, scheduling, etc.
 
 

Please make any suggestions for making this program a more personally and intellectually enriching one.
    (1)What could I do? (2) What could other faculty do? (3) What could you do?
 
 

What do you wish you had brought with you that you didn't?
 
 

What di you bring that you have not used?
 
 

Financial Record
How much money (including charge cards, etc.) have you spent?

In Italy _____________

En route to Prague? _____________ (in addition to the $125 for Switzerland)

In Prague? _______________

En route to England? ______________

In England? ________________

Altogether, in total? _______________

Please provide further breakdowns if you can, for example, estimating if necessary:

weekend travel ____________

food and entertainment _____________

personal and gift shopping ___________

Next Year
Would you be willing to help with next year's recruitment and/or orientation?_______

What suggestions do you have to make recruitment easier and less time consuming for me?___________
 

                                                                                    Name ________________________________
                                                                                                                    (optional)

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