| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.20 |
| Liaison | Denice Koljonen |
| Submission Date | Feb. 17, 2022 |
Boston College
EN-13: Community Service
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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4.70 / 5.00 |
Denice
Koljonen assoc. director, strategic services IR&P |
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Part 1. Percentage of students participating in community service
Yes
Total number of students:
9,370
Number of students engaged in community service:
8,105
Percentage of students engaged in community service:
86.50
Part 2. Community service hours per student
Yes
Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
555,877
Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
59.33
Part 3. Employee community service program
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
The culture supports employee's service initiatives by offering time-away from the office. For example, the BC Police Dept. takes a community-oriented policing approach to covering the campus and off-campus neighborhoods. Employees volunteer for a weekly reading program at St. Columbkille school.
Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
No
Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
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Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Number of students enrolled for credit is undergraduate day students (not graduate) from Fact Book for Fall 2019.
Student volunteer service data (# of students and hours) were obtained from the Economic Impact Study conducted April, 2021. Graduate service hours were deleted to match the UG % volunteer (methodology described below)
Methodology
The Student Experience Survey was administered online from October 2018 - December 2018 to all enrolled undergraduate students from all class years. The survey yielded a response rate of 26%. A total of 2,417 student participated in the Student Experience Survey.
This survey item on the survey used for this STARS report was: "While at Boston College, how often have you...participated in volunteer work or community service" and the Item Scale was: "Very often, Often, Sometimes, Rarely, and Never". The 86.5% percentage is the sum of students who selected "Very often", "Often", "Sometimes" or "Rarely" (i.e., any option except for "Never").
Student volunteer service data (# of students and hours) were obtained from the Economic Impact Study conducted April, 2021. Graduate service hours were deleted to match the UG % volunteer (methodology described below)
Methodology
The Student Experience Survey was administered online from October 2018 - December 2018 to all enrolled undergraduate students from all class years. The survey yielded a response rate of 26%. A total of 2,417 student participated in the Student Experience Survey.
This survey item on the survey used for this STARS report was: "While at Boston College, how often have you...participated in volunteer work or community service" and the Item Scale was: "Very often, Often, Sometimes, Rarely, and Never". The 86.5% percentage is the sum of students who selected "Very often", "Often", "Sometimes" or "Rarely" (i.e., any option except for "Never").
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