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[Q1] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the overall performance of each university in Hong Kong while taking its local and international reputation, facilities and campus environment, qualification of its teaching staff, academic research performance, overall performance, conduct and quality of students as well as its learning atmosphere, diversification and level of recognition of the courses into consideration, with 0 representing the worst, 10 representing the best and 5 being half-half. How would you rate (eight universities in rotation)?
   Average   Standard error   No of raters   Recognition 
  HKU　  7.92   0.04   1,213   80.2% 
  CUHK　  7.57   0.04   1,201   79.4% 
  HKUST　  7.16   0.04   1,148   75.9% 
  PolyU  6.82   0.04   1,186   78.4% 
  HKBU　  6.16   0.04   1,124   74.3% 
  CityU  6.13   0.04   1,113   73.6% 
  HKIEd  5.69   0.05   1,020   67.4% 
  Lingnan  5.51   0.05   1,057   69.9% 

[Q2] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the level of transparency of each university while taking its performance in consulting its students and teaching staff, releasing information to the mass media as well as explaining to the public and collecting public opinions when carrying out new policies and reforms into consideration, with 0 representing absolutely non-transparent, 10 representing absolutely transparent and 5 being half-half. How would you rate the level of transparency of (eight universities in rotation)?
   Average   Standard error   No of raters   Recognition 
  HKU　  6.82   0.05   1,009   66.7% 
  CUHK　  6.63   0.05   1,002   66.2% 
  HKUST　  6.32   0.05   945   62.5% 
  PolyU  6.25   0.05   962   63.6% 
  HKBU　  5.85   0.05   920   60.8% 
  CityU  5.82   0.05   914   60.4% 
  Lingnan  5.58   0.06   889   58.8% 
  HKIEd  5.52   0.06   874   57.8% 

[Q3] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the contribution made by the teaching staff of each university to society while taking their academic research performance, efforts in promoting university image and upgrading its international ranking, participation in social charities as well as their response and commitment to the needs of society into consideration, with 0 representing minimal contribution, 10 representing maximal contribution and 5 being half-half. How would you rate the contribution made by the teaching staff of (eight universities in rotation)?
   Average   Standard error   No of raters   Recognition 
  HKU　  7.60   0.05   1,110   73.4% 
  CUHK　  7.45   0.04   1,113   73.6% 
  HKUST　  6.88   0.05   1,056   69.8% 
  PolyU  6.71   0.04   1,069   70.7% 
  HKBU　  6.05   0.05   1,020   67.4% 
  CityU  6.04   0.05   1,005   66.4% 
  HKIEd  5.86   0.05   976   64.5% 
  Lingnan  5.61   0.06   973   64.3% 

[Q4] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the overall performance of Vice-Chancellor/President of each university while taking his/her local and international reputation, approachability to the public, leadership, vision, social credibility and public relations into consideration, with 0 representing the worst, 10 representing the best and 5 being half-half. How would you rate the Vice-chancellors/Presidents of (eight universities in rotation)?
   Average   Standard error   No of raters   Recognition 
  HKUST - Prof Paul C.W. CHU  7.30   0.05   946   62.5% 
  HKU - Lap-chee TSUI  7.22   0.05   944   62.4% 
  CUHK - Prof Ambrose Y.C. KING  6.70   0.05   860   56.8% 
  PolyU - Prof Chung-kwong POON  6.53   0.05   869   57.4% 
  Lingnan - Prof Edward K.Y. CHEN  6.45   0.06   913   60.3% 
  HKBU - Prof Ching-fai NG  6.26   0.05   827   54.7% 
  CityU - Prof H.K. CHANG  6.17   0.06   760   50.2% 
  HKIEd - Prof Paul MORRIS  5.78   0.06   624   41.2% 

[Q5] What do you think are the qualities which most Hong Kong university graduates lack of? (Did not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)
   Frequency   % of total responses (Base = 2,144 responses from 1,492 respondents)   % of total sample (Base = 1,513) 
  Social / Work experience  321   15.0%   21.2% 
  Proficiency in Chinese, English and Putonghua  267   12.5%   17.6% 
  Work attitude (e.g. serious, enthusiastic, diligent, responsible, motivated)  192   9.0%   12.7% 
  Social skills / interpersonal skills  133   6.2%   8.8% 
  Self-confidence  115   5.4%   7.6% 
  Academic and professional knowledge  109   5.1%   7.2% 
  Commitment to society  105   4.9%   6.9% 
  Global prospect / foresight  93   4.3%   6.1% 
  Conduct, honesty  85   4.0%   5.6% 
  Critical thinking and problem-solving ability  78   3.6%   5.2% 
  Communication skills  54   2.5%   3.6% 
  Creativity  39   1.8%   2.6% 
  Emotion stability  35   1.6%   2.3% 
  Computer proficiency  3   0.1%   0.2% 
  Others  95   4.5%   6.3% 
  Don't know/ hard to say  419   19.6%   27.7% 
  Total  2,144   100.0%    
  Base  1,492   　    
  Missing case(s)  21   　    

[Q6] The Government has proposed a role differentiation among the local universities that some would remain comprehensive in both research and teaching while some would become specialized in pre-selected disciplines only. Do you agree or disagree to this role differentiation? [Interviewer to inquire degree]
   Frequency   Percentage 
  Very much agree  161   )   10.7%   ) 
  Quite agree  506   ) 667   33.6%   ) 44.3% 
  Half-half  203      13.5%    
  Quite disagree  247   )   16.4%   ) 
  Very much disagree  66   ) 313   4.4%   ) 20.8% 
  Don't know / hard to say  322      21.4%    
  Total  1,504      100.0%    
  Base  1,513          
  Missing case(s)  9          

[Q7] Meanwhile, the Government has also decided to cut the university funding in the next few years. Do you think the cut should be of a greater or lesser degree than that to the government general expenses?
   Frequency   Percentage 
  Greater  126   8.4% 
  Lesser  983   65.4% 
  The Same  180   12.0% 
  Don't know / hard to say  215   14.3% 
  Total  1,504   100.0% 
  Base  1,513    
  Missing case(s)  9    

[Q8] Do you think the funding cut should be the same across the board, or at different levels across different universities?
   Frequency   Percentage 
  Same across the board  440   29.2% 
  At different levels  910   60.5% 
  Don't know / hard to say  155   10.3% 
  Total  1,504   100.0% 
  Base  1,513    
  Missing case(s)  9    

[Q9] Under your job specifications, are you involved, in any way, in the recruitment process of new staff (including teachers)?
   Frequency   Percentage 
  Yes  258   17.1% 
  No  1,252   82.9% 
  Total  1,510   100.0% 
  Base  1,513    
  Missing case(s)  3    

[Q10] [Only for those who are involved in the recruitment process of new staff] If you looked for a new employee, which university's graduates would you prefer most? (Did not read out the answers, single response only)
   Frequency   Percentage   % of total sample(Base = 1,513) 
  HKU　  53   20.8%   3.5% 
  CUHK　  39   15.5%   2.6% 
  PolyU  36   14.2%   2.4% 
  HKUST　  17   6.7%   1.1% 
  CityU  4   1.7%   0.3% 
  Lingnan  2   0.9%   0.1% 
  HKBU　  1   0.6%   0.1% 
  HKIEd  1   0.4%   0.1% 
  Other overseas universities  2   0.9%   0.1% 
  Others (please specify)  1   0.5%   0.1% 
  Don't know / hard to say  47   18.2%   3.1% 
  No preference  50   19.6%   3.3% 
  Total  255   100.0%    
  Base  258       
  Missing case(s)  3       

[Q11] [Only for those who are involved in the recruitment process of new staff and have preference over a specific university's graduates] Why would you prefer the graduates of the chosen university? (Did not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)
   Frequency   % of total responses (Base = 204 responses from 157 respondents)   % of total sample (Base = 1,513) 
  Good performance of previous graduates  53   25.8%   3.5% 
  Good knowledge in job-related areas  31   15.4%   2.0% 
  Reputation  31   15.0%   2.0% 
  Good work attitude  20   9.8%   1.3% 
  Diligent, motivated  14   6.9%   0.9% 
  Good language ability  10   4.8%   0.7% 
  Alumni  9   4.5%   0.6% 
  Good social relationship  4   1.9%   0.3% 
  Good connection with outside (e.g., a university's extensive connection with enterprises, companies, or industrial firms; large number of graduates)  2   1.1%   0.1% 
  Salary matched with abilities  2   1.1%   0.1% 
  Good leadership  1   0.7%   0.1% 
  Others (please specify)  24   11.6%   1.6% 
  Don't know / hard to say  3   1.4%   0.2% 
  Total  204   100.0%    
  Base  157       
  Missing case(s)   0