Do Georgia colleges actually listen to student surveys? Or is it just for show? 🤔

[ClerBor]

I get so many survey emails. "Tell us about your experience." "Rate your professor." "How's campus life?" I fill them out honestly, but does anyone actually read them? Or do they just collect digital dust?

Georgia Tech is doing a Graduate Student Experience Survey in early 2026 . The president of the Graduate Student Government said they want to give administrators "the evidence in hand to make serious change" . That sounds promising.

But here's the thing — they did an undergraduate survey back in 2015, and it actually led to changes. Students had been complaining about issues for years, but the survey gave them "political capital" to demand fixes .

So maybe they do listen? Or maybe that was one time and the rest disappear into a void.

Has anyone seen actual changes happen because of a survey at your Georgia school? I'll fill them out if they matter, but I'm tired of wasting my time.

 

[Dennis]

I work in institutional research at a Georgia college (not Tech). Can confirm: we DO read them. We analyze trends, write reports, present to leadership. Sometimes nothing happens because money. Sometimes real changes happen because enough students said the same thing. The 2015 Tech example is real—that survey led to concrete improvements. So please fill them out. The more of you who respond, the more weight the data has.