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[Q1] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the overall performance of each institution of higher education after taking into consideration its local and international reputation, facilities and campus environment, qualification of its teaching staff, academic research performance, conduct and quality of students as well as its learning atmosphere, diversification and level of recognition of its courses, with 0 representing the worst, 10 representing the best and 5 being half-half. How would you rate the following institutions?

 

Average

Standard error

No of raters

Recognition

HKU　

8.07

0.05

1,165

95.6%

CUHK　

7.75

0.05

1,158

95.1%

HKUST　

7.44

0.05

1,114

91.4%

PolyU

6.99

0.04

1,136

93.2%

HKBU　

6.29

0.05

1,087

89.2%

CityU

6.21

0.05

1,090

89.5%

HKIEd

5.84

0.05

997

81.8%

LU

5.47

0.05

1,040

85.4%

HKSYU

5.41

0.06

982

80.6%

OUHK

5.34

0.05

971

79.8%

[Q2] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the overall performance of Vice-Chancellor / President of each institution while taking his 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 following Vice-Chancellors / Presidents?

 

Average

Standard error

No of raters

Recognition

CUHK – Joseph S.Y. SUNG

7.94

0.04

1,024

84.1%

HKU – Lap-chee TSUI

7.47

0.05

996

81.8%

HKUST – Tony F. CHAN

6.97

0.06

685

56.3%

PolyU – Timothy W. TONG

6.61

0.06

670

55.0%

HKSYU – Chi-yung CHUNG

6.33

0.07

609

50.0%

HKBU – Albert CHAN

6.22

0.06

724

59.4%

CityU – Way KUO

6.03

0.07

628

51.6%

HKIEd – Yin-cheong CHENG

5.94

0.07

569

46.7%

OUHK – John C.Y. LEONG

5.87

0.07

566

46.5%

LU – Yuk-shee CHAN

5.85

0.07

646

53.0%

[Q3] What do you think are the qualities which most Hong Kong university students lack of? (multiple responses allowed)

 

Freq.

% of total responses
(Base = 2,045)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,218)

Work attitude (e.g. serious, enthusiastic, diligent, responsible, motivated)

190

9.3%

15.7%

Social/interpersonal skills

164

8.0%

13.5%

Independence

131

6.4%

10.8%

Conduct, honesty

121

5.9%

10.0%

Critical thinking and problem-solving ability

120

5.9%

9.9%

Global prospect / foresight

104

5.1%

8.6%

Social/work experience

95

4.6%

7.8%

Commitment to society

93

4.6%

7.7%

Communication skills

71

3.5%

5.9%

Proficiency in Chinese, English and Putonghua

71

3.5%

5.9%

Academic and professional knowledge

64

3.1%

5.3%

 

 

 

 

Emotion stability

54

2.7%

4.5%

Civil awareness

52

2.5%

4.3%

Self-confidence

50

2.5%

4.1%

Alertness to risk / handling adverse conditions

44

2.2%

3.6%

Creativity

39

1.9%

3.2%

All-roundness

39

1.9%

3.2%

Self-expectations / dreams

35

1.7%

2.9%

 

 

 

 

Learning attitude

25

1.2%

2.1%

Discipline, patience

23

1.1%

1.9%

Job opportunity

20

1.0%

1.7%

Resources / opportunity

20

1.0%

1.7%

Patriotism

19

0.9%

1.6%

Political awareness / participation

19

0.9%

1.5%

Financial management

16

0.8%

1.3%

Self-motivation, aggressiveness

13

0.6%

1.1%

Maturity / stability

13

0.6%

1.1%

Politeness

12

0.6%

1.0%

Utilitarian / materialistic

12

0.6%

1.0%

Egocentricity / selfishness

11

0.6%

0.9%

Social awareness

9

0.4%

0.8%

Humble / sympathy

7

0.4%

0.6%

Leadership skills

7

0.3%

0.6%

 

 

 

 

Nothing

59

2.9%

4.9%

Others

41

2.0%

3.4%

Don’t know/ hard to say

183

9.0%

15.2%

 

 

 

 

Total

2,045

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Base

1,210

 

 

Missing case(s)

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Q4] Under your job specifications, are you involved, in any way, in the recruitment process of new staff, including teachers?

 

Frequency

Percentage

Yes

226

18.6%

No

991

81.4%

 

 

 

Total

1,217

100.0%

 

 

 

Base

1,218

 

Missing case(s)

1

 

[Q5] [Only for those who are involved in the recruitment process of new staff] If you looked for a new employee, which institution’s graduates would you prefer most? (single response only)

 

Frequency

% of potential employers
(Base = 226)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,218)

CUHK

44

19.4%

3.6%

HKU

43

19.2%

3.6%

PolyU

37

16.3%

3.0%

HKUST

27

11.8%

2.2%

 

 

 

 

CityU

5

2.3%

0.4%

HKBU

5

2.0%

0.4%

HKSYU

4

2.0%

0.4%

LU

2

0.8%

0.1%

HKIEd

1

0.5%

0.1%

 

 

 

 

Other overseas universities

3

1.2%

0.2%

Others

1

0.5%

0.1%

 

 

 

 

No preference

29

12.9%

2.4%

Don’t know / hard to say

19

8.2%

1.5%

Won’t employ graduates

6

2.9%

0.5%

 

 

 

 

Total

226

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Valid base

226

 

 

Missing case(s)

0

 

 

[Q6] [Only for those who are involved in the recruitment process of new staff and have preference over a specific institution’s graduates] Why would you prefer the graduates of the chosen institution? (multiple responses allowed)

 

Frequency

% of total responses (Base = 247 responses from 172 respondents)

% of valid respondents (Base = 172)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,218)

 

 

 

 

 

Good performance of previous graduates

64

26.1%

37.6%

5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Good work attitude

32

12.8%

18.4%

2.6%

Good knowledge in job-related areas

31

12.4%

18.0%

2.5%

Diligent, motivated

23

9.3%

13.5%

1.9%

Reputation

23

9.3%

13.5%

1.9%

Good moral character

16

6.6%

9.5%

1.3%

Good language ability

14

5.5%

7.9%

1.1%

Alumni

11

4.6%

6.6%

0.9%

Good social relationship

11

4.5%

6.5%

0.9%

Good academic ability

8

3.2%

4.7%

0.7%

Good connection with outside (e.g., a university’s extensive connection with enterprises, companies, or industrial firms; large number of graduates)

7

2.7%

3.9%

0.5%

Good leadership

2

0.8%

1.2%

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Others

2

1.0%

1.4%

0.2%

No specific reasons

3

1.2%

1.7%

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Total

247

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valid base

172

 

 

 

Missing case(s)

0