What COVID-19 Taught Us About Education

STUDENT OPINIONS ON REMOTE LEARNING PRACTICES AND THE FUTURE OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

In this report, we analyzed 3,769 student responses on remote learning and future educational practices from University Regent Kristina Pogosian’s landmark tri-campus survey. Applying natural language processing techniques toward over 91,000 words of open-ended responses, we explore experiences by campus and student type, what students want to see continued, and recommendations for future study. 

This analytical report on student perspectives was part of a broader project and project report, created in partnership with Regent Pogosian, which she presented to the full Board of Regents in May 2021. 

For questions about the report

PHILLIP MENG

Executive Director and Chief Analyst

[email protected]

For questions about the survey

KRISTINA POGOSIAN

Student Regent of the University of Washington (2020-2021)

[email protected]

Report Presentation

This presentation was created to accompany report findings, and was created by PODUW’s Phillip Meng. It was presented, alongside a project overview and student panel, by Regent Pogosian at the May 2021 Board of Regents Meeting.

PODUW Project Team

PHILLIP MENG

Executive Director and Chief Analyst

Phillip is an undergraduate student at the Foster School of Business. He leads PODUW and its projects, and building the organization from an idea into a team of 20+ passionate analysts has been his university highlight.

HAYOUNG JUNG

Technology Director

Hayoung is an undergraduate student double-majoring in Computer Science and Political Science, from Vancouver, Washington. He leads PODUW’s technical planning and managed the visualizations for this project.

FAISAL FATTANI

Senior Data Analyst

Faisal studies Geography, with a concentration in Data Science, at the UW. As a data analyst and a visualization specialist at PODUW, he designed identified keywords and designed word clouds, and created visualizations on commuter experiences and keyword prevalence.

YOONSEO SONG

Senior Data Analyst

Yoonseo is a second-year undergraduate student studying Computer Engineering, from Camas, WA. As a data analyst at PODUW, she has identified tests and worked on statistically analyzing data to understand student internship search experiences and perceptions of remote learning.

RACHAEL REN

Data Analyst

RACHEL KINKLEY

Director of Visualizations

TODD MENG

Data Analyst

MICHELLE ROSALYNN UTAMA

Visualizations Specialist

ANSON HUANG

Data Analyst

JORDAN ACCOMANDO

Visualizations Specialist

MICHAEL YUNG

Visualizations Specialist

More About This Project

This report is a segment of the full project report presented to the Board of Regents in May 2021. It can be accessed as item A-5 in the May 2021 Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee Meeting Agenda or at this link.