REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF 24/7 POLICY IN ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY

7/29/2019 REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF 24/7 POLICY IN ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY

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Effectiveness of 24/7 Policy in Alliance University Page 1


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1. Abstract 3

2. Introduction 4

3. Hypothesis 5

4. Objectives 6

5. Description of Research Methodology 7

6. Questionnaire 9

7. Analysis of the SPSS 12

8 Conclusion 14


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Alliance University is a private University established in Karnataka State by

Act No. 34 of year 2010. The University is notified under private universities

list maintained by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi.

Sprawling over vast acres of land, Alliance University is steadily climbing up

the ladder of the top MBA universities in India through a series of

strategically crafted moves, precisely calibrated action plans and an

unwavering commitment to the pursuit of excellence. Of the many moves to

increase its student quality, one is to make the campus open 24/7. Through

our research, we study the effectiveness of this policy by first conducting an

exploratory result to determine deciding factors and then conduct a

quantitative study to obtain final results.


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With the plethora of assignments and reports being given, the students were

hard pressed to find time to complete them before deadline along with

finding time for themselves.

The administrative department hence came up with the policy of keeping the

campus open 24/7 to facilitate group and study meets as the students are

scattered over various residential halls. This study tries to see the

effectiveness of this policy. The research is carried out in three stages :

In the first stage, in depth interviews were conducted to determine the

parameters required to measure the effectiveness of the policy.

The second stage involved the development of a mixed scale questionnaire

and acquiring data through them.

In the final stage, the collected data is analysed using t-test in SPSS and

conclusions are drawn. For this, the hypothesis is taken as given below.


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H0: There is no significant difference in academic performance after the

implementation of the 24/7 campus policy.

Ha: There is a significant difference in academic performance after the

implementation of the 24/7 campus policy.


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The purpose of the research is to determine if there is an improvement in

academics after the implementation of the 24/7 policy. This is a pure

research as there is no problem that needs to be solved here. We are

studying in depth about a current scenario. In order to measure the academic

progress which is a qualitative it is broken down into certain parameters.

These are as follows:

Number of group meets after 12.

Number of study sessions / academic related interactions amongstudents after 12.

Group cohesiveness and effectiveness (measured in terms ofassignments submitted on time, improvements in the group

performance during assignments, improvements in the exam

performance, interaction hours and submissions)

Flexibility to change the study hours timings.


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In order to find out the parameters which determine the academic

progress/usefulness for the students an exploratory research was initially

conducted. This research is done in order to clearly know about the problem

or in order to know the metrics used to measure a problem.

In this case the parameters for the academic usefulness had to be

determined in order to conclude if the 24/7 policy is useful for academics or

not. In depth interviews were conducted among Alliance students to find out

what they think affect their academic performance.

After conducting such interviews the following parameters

were considered the most important by the students:

Meeting/ study sessions after twelve. Flexible timing in terms of usage of library Flexibility in terms of the study pattern/group cohesiveness. Time spent on academics.

This survey excludes the groups that have all day scholars.


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Once the parameters have been decided and objectives stated, a

questionnaire that answers the objectives was designed. The questionnaire

includes a combination of likert scale, nominal scale and open ended

questions.


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EFFECTIVENESS OF 24/7 POLICY-

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN

*Required

1. Are you happy with the college adopting 24/7 campus policy? *Yes

No

2. How many group meets have you conducted after 12? *

3. Are these study sessions effective? *Yes

No

4. How many study sessions have you had after 12? *


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5. Are these study sessions effective? *Yes

No

6. Has the 24/7 policy helped you/your group submit your assignmentson time ? *

Yes

No

7.

Did you experience increased group cohesiveness due to higherinteraction hours ? *

Strongly Agree

Agree

May be

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

8. Do you now have enough time to spend on assignments as comparedto before ? *

Strongly Agree

Agree

May be

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

9. Do you feel an increase in interaction hours between you and yourfriends ? *

Strongly Agree

Agree

May be

DisagreeStrongly Disagree


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10.Do you think that this policy makes a difference in your exams

performance ? *

Strongly Agree

Agree

May be

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

11.Due to the current policy are you able to use the library effectively? *

Strongly Agree

Agree

May be

Disagree

Strongly Disagree


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We have used a five point likert scale in order to measure the objective. The

option varies from strongly agree to strongly disagree (1 to 5) for the same.

The SPSS table shows the weighted output as a result of the respondents

filling the questionnaire.

The outcome variable is a scale generated as a mean of the

following five variables

grp cohesiveness,

ontime submission,

Incrsd_intrction_hours,

exm_performance, and

effective_library_usuage.

Once this is done T-test is applied and the level of significance demonstrates

that we have to reject the Null hypothesis, and accept the alternate

hypothesis.


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A regression equation can be constructed in order to show the relationship of

the various independent variables on the dependant variable.

(look at the output file and put the regression equation)


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From the analysis of the data we can conclude that the 24/7 campus policy

helps academic effectives of the students. This is facilitated in terms of

effective assignment submissions, usage of library, combined study sessions

and group cohesiveness.

This certainly is a positive step to improve the academic quality.

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