Post-Boot Camp Survey Questions for Community College Innovation Challenge Participants - 2018

Community College Innovation Challenge Post-Boot Camp Survey: Students

1. What is your gender?
Female
Male
Non-Binary

2. This was my first time traveling to Washington D.C.
Yes
No

3. Did you find that pairing your team with an NSF Program Officer to provide further mentoring prior to the
Boot Camp was beneficial? If so, how?

4. What parts of the CCIC Boot Camp were the most valuable to you?

5. The CCIC Boot Camp is designed to provide a hands-on learning opportunity with a focus on building
innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic communication skills. Please indicate your current level of
interest or knowledge for the following statements:
Strongly Disagree
I have (or plan to start)
my own business.
I am interested in
entrepreneurship.
I have participated in
other entrepreneurship
contests or events.
I am familiar with the
principles of design
thinking.
I am familiar with the
principles of identity
creation.
I am familiar with the
principles of value
propositions.
I am familiar with the
principles of strategic
communications.
I am familiar with the
principles of customer
discovery.
I have strong oral
communication skills.
I have strong written
communication skills.
I have taken a
communication course
before.
I am familiar with the
National Science
Foundation and its
mission.

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly Agree

6. Please indicate your agreement with the following statements:

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly Agree

The Community College
Innovation Challenge
(CCIC) Boot Camp
Program provided me
with information that will
be useful to me in my
studies and/or career.
The prestige of being
recognized as a finalist
in the CCIC has been
beneficial to me.
I would recommend that
my friends / colleagues
participate in a future
CCIC.
I was able to network
with students and faculty
from other colleges and
the Boot Camp staff.
I found the CCIC
experience to be
valuable.
I found the Boot Camp
experience to be
valuable.
After participating in the
Boot Camp, I am more
interested in
entrepreneurship.
I plan to continue to
participate in innovation
or entrepreneurship
activities.

7. If your goal is to pursue a STEM related field; what drove your decision to start your STEM-related education at a

community college vs. a 4-year degree? Did you feel any pressure to choose one or the other?

8. If your goal is to pursue a skilled technical job after graduating community college; what are some of the main

challenges you have faced in pursuing education and/or training you believe necessary for this job?

9. If your goal is to be self-employed after graduating community college; what are some of the main challenges you

have faced in pursuing education and/or training you believe necessary to be self-employed?

10.

If you were giving advice on how to strengthen S&E education, training, and career pathways for people without
a bachelor’s degree but who are interested in skilled technical jobs, what policies would you establish or what
advice would you give?

11. Additional Comments / Feedback?

Post-participation survey

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Post-participation survey
Please submit feedback based on your level of agreement with the statements below before your
participation in the Community College Innovation Challenge Boot Camp. (Based on the work by
West et al. (2012), Onnovation 101: Promoting Undergraduate Innovation through a Two-Day Boot
camp Creativity Research Journal, 24:2-3, 243-251)

1. The innovation boot camp helped me learn to
Mark only one oval per row.
Strongly
Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly
Agree

Be flexible and adaptable willing to change thoughts and
activities as needed
Draw associations from
distinctly different things to
inspire creativity
Refrain from prematurely
making a judgement so I can
consider new ideas
Accept criticism as part of the
process of improving my ideas
without rejecting my ideas
prematurely
Break out of my own limiting
patterns, norms and prejudices
Discover new skills, unrelated to
things I had done in the past, to
complete this project
Tolerate uncertainty an risk
Reframe failures positively and
learn from them
Evaluate choices and ideas in a
neutral and open way
Become more innovative
Apply the process and steps of
innovation

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2. Please describe the best aspects of the boot camp.

3. Please describe your least favorite aspect(s) of the boot camp.

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