McREL is evaluating a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant awarded to New River Community and Technical College (hereafter referred to as New River) by the U.S . Department of Labor (DOL). This grant is being used to expand and improve career training programs in the field of allied health at New River. The goal of the program is to help prepare participants for employment in high­ wage, high-skill occupations .

Purpose of the Survey: To determine the grant's success, McREL is working with New River and other community and technical colleges throughout the state to gather
information from individuals who are enrolled in allied health programs. Because you are enrolled in one of the New River programs, we would like you to participate in this survey. The survey includes questions about your perceptions, expectations, and experiences with college and additional questions related to program components that have been added as part of the grant. This survey will take you about 15-25 minutes to finish.

Completion of the Survey: Completion of this survey is voluntary. You will be asked to provide personally identifiable information such as your name, birthdate, or student ID number in case evaluators need to match your information across multiple data collection tools. We will not share your personal information in any summaries or reports and will take care to protect your personal information. Information will be combined for all individuals by program or subgroups and no one will be identified in any publications, such as quarterly or annual reports, presentations, or journal articles.

Protecting Your Rights: There are no "right" or "wrong" answers for this survey. We just want to hear about your college experiences. If you decide that you do not want to finish taking the survey, you can stop at any time-even if you have already started. However, your experiences and feedback are important; this information will be used to help improve the quality and relevance of the allied health programs at New River and to measure the success of the grant. There are no known risks associated with completing this survey greater than those faced in daily life. But, you are granting permission for McREL, the DOL, and The Urban Institute (the national grant evaluator) to have access to your personal information. Please note that data files will be kept in a safe place during the study and destroyed after the end of the study.

Questions: If you have questions about the grant evaluation, contact Karen Bumgardner (project manager for the New River evaluation project) at 304-347-1841 (kbumgardner@mcrel.org) . For information on protection of your rights as a participant or any additional Institutional Review Board issues, contact Howard Pitier at 303-632-5554 (hpitler@mcrel .org) .

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* 1. What is your student ID#?

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* 2. What is your name?

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* 3. What is your birthdate? (MM/DD/YYYY)

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* 4. What future educational outcomes do you expect to achieve? (Select all that apply)

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* 5. Are you currently employed?

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* 6. Some organizations do not have to report employment and wage data to Workforce West Virginia, the state's workforce agency. Do you work for one of the exempt agencies?

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