Q01
Message
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Student Campus Safety & Emergency Communications Assessment
Measures student perceptions of campus safety, emergency communication effectiveness, and awareness of support resources to inform institutional safety planning and resource allocation.
Sample questions
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21 questions · ~10 min
Q02
Multiple Choice
What is your current enrollment status?
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Not currently enrolled
- Prefer not to say
Q03
Dropdown
In the past 30 days, how often did you visit campus in person?
- Every day
- 3–4 days per week
- 1–2 days per week
- A few times
- Not at all
Q04
Opinion Scale
Overall, how safe do you feel on or near campus?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unsafeMax:Very safe
Q05
Multiple Choice
Which channels do you usually use to receive official campus updates? Select all that apply.
- University email
- SMS/text alerts
- Campus mobile app
- University website/portal
- Social media (e.g., Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter)
- Digital signage/displays
- Faculty/staff announcements
- Peers/student groups
- Flyers/posters
- None of the above
Q06
Multiple Choice
Which of the following campus resources are you aware of, even if you have not used them? Select all that apply.
- Counseling/mental health services
- Student health services/clinic
- Safety escort or late-night ride program
- Food pantry/basic needs
- Academic advising/tutoring
- Financial aid/bursar office
- Career services
- Disability/access services
- Recreation/fitness facilities
- None of the above
Q07
Long Text
What one change would most improve your sense of safety and support on campus?
Q08
Dropdown
What is your age?
- Under 18
- 18–20
- 21–24
- 25–34
- 35–44
- 45+
- Prefer not to say
Q09
Message
Thank you for completing this survey. Your responses are confidential and will be used in aggregate to improve campus safety, communications, and student support services.
Q10
Opinion Scale
How safe do you feel in classrooms and academic buildings?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unsafeMax:Very safe
Q11
Opinion Scale
Overall, how effective are official campus communications at keeping you informed?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Not at all effectiveMax:Very effective
Q12
Multiple Choice
Which of the following campus resources have you personally used in the past 6 months? Select all that apply.
- Counseling/mental health services
- Student health services/clinic
- Safety escort or late-night ride program
- Food pantry/basic needs
- Academic advising/tutoring
- Financial aid/bursar office
- Career services
- Disability/access services
- Recreation/fitness facilities
- None of the above
Q13
AI Interview
Based on your survey responses, we'd like to explore your thoughts on campus safety and support in a bit more depth. Please share whatever comes to mind.
Q14
Multiple Choice
How do you describe your gender?
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Another description (please specify)
- Prefer not to say
Q15
Opinion Scale
How safe do you feel in outdoor walkways and open campus areas?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unsafeMax:Very safe
Q16
Multiple Choice
Which of the following, if any, have made it difficult for you to use campus resources? Select all that apply.
- I didn't know the resource existed
- Inconvenient location
- Hours didn't fit my schedule
- Long wait times or limited availability
- Cost or insurance concerns
- Privacy or stigma concerns
- Didn't think I needed it
- Had a negative past experience
- Other (please specify)
- Nothing has limited my use
Q17
Dropdown
What is your current student level?
- First-year
- Sophomore
- Junior
- Senior
- Graduate/professional
- Certificate/Continuing education
- Other (please specify)
- Prefer not to say
Q18
Opinion Scale
How safe do you feel in parking lots, garages, or near transit stops?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unsafeMax:Very safe
Q19
Opinion Scale
How safe do you feel in residence halls or on-campus housing areas?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very unsafeMax:Very safe
Q20
Multiple Choice
In the past 12 months, have you personally experienced or witnessed any of the following on or near campus? Select all that apply.
- Theft or property crime
- Harassment (verbal or online)
- Physical assault or threat
- Vandalism
- Unsafe driving or traffic incident
- Hate/bias incident
- Other (please specify)
- None of the above
- Prefer not to say
Q21
Multiple Choice
If you experienced or witnessed an incident, did you report it?
- I did not experience or witness an incident
- Yes, to campus police/security
- Yes, to a university office (e.g., Title IX, student conduct)
- Yes, I told a staff or faculty member
- No, I did not report it
- Prefer not to say
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Goes beyond a static question list by asking students to rate safety separately across classrooms, outdoor areas, parking/transit, and residence halls, then using an AI follow-up interview to probe the reasoning behind those ratings.
- Captures the full incident-response loop in one instrument: whether students experienced/witnessed an incident, whether they reported it, and what barriers kept them from using support resources.
- Measures communication effectiveness and channel usage directly (which channels students rely on, how effective official updates are perceived to be) rather than just safety perception alone.
- Pairs closed-ended scoring questions with an open-text 'what one change would help' question and an adaptive AI interview, giving institutions both quantifiable metrics and qualitative depth from the same respondents.
QuestionPro
University Campus Safety Survey Questions + Sample Questionnaire TemplateThis is primarily a guide-style page offering a bank of sample campus safety questions rather than a single fielding-ready survey instrument. It's useful as a reference for question ideas but appears to require assembly/customization before deployment. QuestionPro is an established survey platform with broader analytics tooling behind the sample questions shown.
What it does well
- Offers a wide-ranging sample question bank covering multiple facets of campus safety
- Backed by a mature, general-purpose survey platform with standard reporting and distribution tools
- Content is organized to help researchers think through question categories (perception, awareness, reporting, etc.)
Where it falls short
- Presented as a static list of sample questions, not an adaptive instrument — no mechanism for AI follow-up probing based on a respondent's answers
- No indication of automated per-response quality scoring or voice AI interview capability
- As a guide/blog-style resource, it likely requires manual template-building rather than being ready to field as-is
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