Providing a 24 Hour Study Facility at UAA: A Feasibility Report

English 212: Technical Writing Paul Song

o Introductiono Criteriao Methodso Research and Resultso Conclusionso Recommendations

Overview

o Examined the feasibility of UAA opening a 24 hour study facility to enhance students’ academic success

o The research for this report was obtained by use of:

Surveys use of academic databases provided by

Consortium Library research via the interweb

Introduction

o major contributing criteria for the report was if there was an overwhelming support from students attending UAA who wanted a 24 hour study facility available

Introduction

o Do students want a 24 hour study facility?o Does the students have a job? If so how

many hours per week do they work?o How often will they use the 24 hour study

facility if it were to open?o Will a 24 hour study facility be beneficial to

your academic success?

Criteria

o Researched how having a job while enrolled in classes affect how well you do in school

o Researched what percentage of students had jobs while enrolled in classes

o Researched what percentage of students wanted a 24 hour study facility

o Used databases provided by the Consortium Library

o Distributed a questionnaire to a technical writing class

Methods

o Figure 1. Vast majority of support for a 24 hour study facility for the students at the University of Alaska - Anchorage. 62% of my sample group believes that the students of the University of Alaska - Anchorage should be provided with a 24 hour study facility.

Results

o Figure 2. Students will use the 24 hour study facility. If provided with a 24 hour study facility at the University of Alaska - Anchorage, students will use the facility.

Results

o Figure 3. My sample group wants to make money while taking classes. 69% of my sample group is partaking in a full/part time job while enrolled for courses at the University of Alaska- Anchorage. 89% of those who are currently partaking in a full/part time job are working thirty or more hours per week.

Results

o spending less time on studying (Oi I and Morrison 2005)

o making less use of school facilities such as libraries and computer labs (Metcalf 2003; Van Dyke, Little, and Callender 2005)

o working more hours increased the probability that a student perceived a negative effect on academic performance (Carney,2006)

Secondary Research

o From the results you can see that establishing a 24 hour study facility for bettering academic success for the students of UAA is completely feasible

o 62% of the participants said that they wanted a 24 hour study facility

o over half the participants said that having a 24 hour study facility will benefit their academic success while attending the university

Conclusion

o I believe further research is needed on the subject

o A study on how much it would cost to maintain a 24 hour study facility and what services they could offer so they could cover costs would be some good research to further this topic

Recommendation