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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

7.58

0.06

1,110

92.4%

CUHK

7.35

0.05

1,099

91.5%

HKUST

7.24

0.05

1,049

87.4%

PolyU

6.76

0.05

1,085

90.4%

CityU

6.15

0.05

1,019

84.8%

HKBU

6.10

0.05

1,048

87.3%

HKIEd

5.82

0.05

954

79.4%

HKSYU

5.59

0.05

950

79.1%

LU

5.45

0.05

997

83.0%

OUHK

5.43

0.06

934

77.8%

[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 J.Y. SUNG

7.74

0.05

1,015

84.5%

HKU – Peter MATHIESON

6.95

0.07

803

66.9%

HKUST – Tony F. CHAN

6.79

0.06

656

54.7%

PolyU – Timothy W. TONG

6.45

0.06

637

53.0%

HKIEd – Stephen Y.L. CHEUNG

6.13

0.07

610

50.8%

CityU – Way KUO

6.12

0.07

592

49.3%

HKBU – Albert CHAN

6.10

0.07

712

59.3%

OUHK – Yuk-shan WONG

5.88

0.07

542

45.2%

LU – Leonard K. CHENG

5.55

0.08

669

55.7%

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

 

Freq.

% of total responses
(Base = 1,886)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,199)

Social/interpersonal skills

166

8.8%

13.8%

 

 

 

 

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

137

7.3%

11.4%

Critical thinking and problem-solving ability

136

7.2%

11.3%

Conduct, honesty

129

6.8%

10.8%

Global prospect / foresight

107

5.7%

8.9%

Independence

88

4.7%

7.3%

Social/work experience

82

4.4%

6.9%

Academic and professional knowledge

65

3.5%

5.5%

 

 

 

 

Proficiency in Chinese, English and Putonghua

57

3.0%

4.7%

Commitment to society

55

2.9%

4.6%

Civil awareness

49

2.6%

4.1%

Patriotism

49

2.6%

4.1%

All-roundness

48

2.5%

4.0%

Emotion stability

44

2.4%

3.7%

Communication skills

35

1.9%

2.9%

Self-confidence

33

1.8%

2.8%

Resources / opportunity

31

1.7%

2.6%

Creativity

28

1.5%

2.4%

Job opportunity

25

1.3%

2.1%

Discipline, patience

25

1.3%

2.1%

Self-expectations / dreams

25

1.3%

2.1%

 

 

 

 

Learning attitude

23

1.2%

1.9%

Alertness to risk / handling adverse conditions

18

1.0%

1.5%

Political awareness / participation

16

0.9%

1.4%

Egocentricity / selfishness

15

0.8%

1.3%

Politeness

15

0.8%

1.2%

Self-motivation, aggressiveness

14

0.8%

1.2%

Maturity / stability

14

0.8%

1.2%

Humble / sympathy

14

0.8%

1.2%

Utilitarian / materialistic

13

0.7%

1.0%

Social awareness

9

0.5%

0.7%

Financial management

4

0.2%

0.4%

Leadership skills

1

<0.1%

0.1%

 

 

 

 

Nothing

56

2.9%

4.6%

Others

53

2.8%

4.4%

Don’t know/ hard to say

206

10.9%

17.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

1,886

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base

1,199

 

 

Missing case(s)

2

 

 

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

 

Frequency

Percentage

Yes

196

16.3%

No

1,004

83.7%

 

 

 

Total

1,200

100.0%

 

 

 

Base

1,201

 

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 = 195)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,201)

CUHK

35

18.2%

2.9%

HKUST

32

16.5%

2.7%

HKU

27

13.8%

2.2%

PolyU

14

7.3%

1.2%

 

 

 

 

CityU

5

2.6%

0.4%

HKBU

4

2.1%

0.3%

LU

3

1.7%

0.3%

HKSYU

2

1.0%

0.2%

HKIEd

2

0.9%

0.1%

OUHK

1

0.3%

<0.1%

 

 

 

 

Other overseas universities

3

1.5%

0.3%

Others

3

1.5%

0.2%

 

 

 

 

No preference

46

23.4%

3.8%

Don’t know / hard to say

7

3.4%

0.6%

Won’t employ graduates

11

5.7%

0.9%

 

 

 

 

Total

195

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Valid base

196

 

 

Missing case(s)

1

 

 

[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 = 176 responses from 131 respondents)

% of valid respondents (Base = 131)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,201)

Good performance of previous graduates

43

24.5%

33.0%

3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Good knowledge in job-related areas

27

15.4%

20.7%

2.3%

Good work attitude

19

10.9%

14.7%

1.6%

Reputation

17

9.4%

12.6%

1.4%

Good moral character

14

7.8%

10.4%

1.1%

Diligent, motivated

11

6.3%

8.4%

0.9%

Alumni

11

6.2%

8.3%

0.9%

Good academic ability

9

5.2%

7.0%

0.8%

Good social relationship

6

3.3%

4.4%

0.5%

Good language ability

5

2.6%

3.5%

0.4%

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

4

2.0%

2.7%

0.3%

Salary matched with abilities

2

1.3%

1.7%

0.2%

Good leadership

2

1.1%

1.5%

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Others

5

2.8%

3.8%

0.4%

No specific reasons

2

1.3%

1.8%

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Total

176

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valid base

131

 

 

 

Missing case(s)

1