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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
HKUST	7.33	0.05	1,142	93.4%
CUHK	7.30	0.05	1,169	95.7%
HKU	7.20	0.06	1,180	96.6%
PolyU	6.78	0.04	1,139	93.2%
HKBU	6.22	0.05	1,120	91.6%
CityU	6.15	0.05	1,115	91.3%
EdUHK [1]	5.85	0.05	1,029	84.2%
HKSYU	5.47	0.05	1,035	84.7%
LU	5.41	0.05	1,086	88.9%
OUHK	5.39	0.05	1,037	84.8%

[1] On 27 May 2016, HKIEd was formally renamed The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). Therefore, in this survey, “HKIEd” was used during the survey period of 12 to 26 May while “EdUHK” was used on 27 May.

[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	7.64	0.05	1,084	88.7%
HKUST – Tony F. CHAN	6.87	0.06	752	61.5%
HKU – Peter MATHIESON	6.65	0.06	978	80.0%
PolyU – Timothy W. TONG	6.44	0.06	685	56.1%
HKBU – Roland T. Chin	6.14	0.06	682	55.8%
EdUHK – Stephen Y.L. CHEUNG	6.14	0.06	690	56.5%
CityU – Way KUO	5.94	0.06	664	54.3%
OUHK – Yuk-shan WONG	5.80	0.06	600	49.1%
LU – Leonard K. CHENG	5.57	0.07	747	61.1%

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

	Freq.	% of total responses (Base = 1,975)	% of total sample (Base = 1,218)
Work attitude (e.g. serious, enthusiastic, diligent, responsible, motivated)	177	8.9%	14.5%

Social/interpersonal skills	157	7.9%	12.9%
Critical thinking and problem-solving ability	147	7.4%	12.0%
Global prospect / foresight	129	6.5%	10.6%
Conduct, honesty	111	5.6%	9.1%
Independence	104	5.3%	8.5%
Emotion stability	81	4.1%	6.6%
Commitment to society	71	3.6%	5.8%
Social/work experience	66	3.3%	5.4%
Resources / opportunity	56	2.8%	4.6%

All-roundness	50	2.5%	4.1%
Academic and professional knowledge	46	2.3%	3.8%
Civil awareness	44	2.2%	3.6%
Communication skills	42	2.1%	3.4%
Proficiency in Chinese, English and Putonghua	41	2.1%	3.3%
Self-expectations / dreams	35	1.8%	2.9%
Learning attitude	33	1.7%	2.7%
Job opportunity	32	1.6%	2.6%
Creativity	31	1.6%	2.6%
Self-confidence	30	1.5%	2.5%
Alertness to risk / handling adverse conditions	30	1.5%	2.4%
Patriotism	29	1.5%	2.4%
Egocentricity / selfishness	28	1.4%	2.3%
Discipline, patience	26	1.3%	2.2%

Self-motivation, aggressiveness	14	0.7%	1.2%
Maturity / stability	14	0.7%	1.1%
Financial management	13	0.6%	1.0%
Humble / sympathy	11	0.6%	0.9%
Politeness	9	0.5%	0.8%
Political awareness / participation	9	0.4%	0.7%
Social awareness	8	0.4%	0.6%
Leadership skills	6	0.3%	0.5%
Utilitarian / materialistic	5	0.2%	0.4%
Computer proficiency	1	0.1%	0.1%

Nothing	66	3.4%	5.4%
Others	44	2.2%	3.6%
Don’t know/ hard to say	181	9.2%	14.9%


Total	1,975	100.0%


Base	1,218
Missing case(s)	4

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

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	194	15.9%
No	1025	84.1%

Total	1,218	100.0%

Base	1,222
Missing case(s)	4

[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 = 194)	% of total sample (Base = 1,222)
CUHK	31	15.8%	2.5%
PolyU	26	13.5%	2.1%
HKUST	25	13.1%	2.1%
HKU	20	10.1%	1.6%

CityU	5	2.7%	0.4%
HKBU	5	2.5%	0.4%
EdUHK^[2]	2	0.9%	0.1%
HKSYU	1	0.4%	0.1%

Other overseas universities	1	0.7%	0.1%
Others	--	--	--

No preference	72	37.0%	5.9%
Don’t know / hard to say	1	0.6%	0.1%
Won’t employ graduates	5	2.8%	0.4%

Total	194	100.0%

Valid base	194
Missing case(s)	0

[2] On 27 May 2016, HKIEd was formally renamed The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). Therefore, in this survey, “HKIEd” was used during the survey period of 12 to 26 May while “EdUHK” was used on 27 May.

[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 = 174 responses from 115 respondents)	% of valid respondents (Base = 115)	% of total sample (Base = 1,222)
Good performance of previous graduates	41	23.5%	35.5%	3.4%

Good knowledge in job-related areas	32	18.4%	27.7%	2.6%
Good work attitude	19	11.0%	16.6%	1.6%
Diligent, motivated	16	8.9%	13.5%	1.3%
Reputation	14	7.9%	11.9%	1.1%
Good social relationship	11	6.6%	9.9%	0.9%
Good language ability	9	5.0%	7.5%	0.7%
Good moral character	8	4.6%	7.0%	0.7%
Alumni	7	4.0%	6.0%	0.6%
Good academic ability	4	2.4%	3.7%	0.3%
Good connection with outside (e.g., a university’s extensive connection with enterprises, companies, or industrial firms; large number of graduates)	4	2.2%	3.4%	0.3%
Good leadership	2	1.2%	1.8%	0.2%
Salary matched with abilities	2	1.2%	1.8%	0.2%

Others	3	1.9%	2.9%	0.3%
No specific reasons	1	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%
Don’t know / hard to say	1	0.7%	1.0%	0.1%

Total	174	100.0%

Valid base	115
Missing case(s)	0