Indicator: 35 - Youth Satisfaction With Colleges/Universities

Why This Is Important

The Maine Marks developers believe strongly that positive experiences in post-secondary education are vital for Maine's long-term economic growth and for fulfilling the aspirations of Maine's young people. The belief is that young people who are more satisfied with their experiences in college/university will be more likely to continue pursuit of an advanced degree.

This type of satisfaction data is not currently being collected, or at least is not collected for reporting purposes on a statewide level. Primarily due to resource constraints and difficulties in locating data, a decision was made to put off reporting on this indicator until the next annual report in 2003. Work on defining this indicator and collecting the related data will commence in late 2002.