 Paper surveys distributed at the end of

discussion groups

 805 surveys completed

 Not all facilitator groups returned

surveys

 2017 FYRE Selection: Bad Feminist by

Roxane Gay
 After Other (1%) Before
Orientation Orientation
but before (13%)
 When school
started (2%)
did you
hear
about
FYRE?

At
Orientation
(84%)
 I don't know Yes
(1%) (11%)
 Did you
use the
FYRE
book in
a
summer
course?
No
(88%)
 Strongly Other
Disagree (1%)
(5%)
Strongly
 When I Agree
first heard (11%)
Disagree
about (20%)

FYRE, I
thought it
was a
good idea: Agree
(63%)
 Strongly Unknown
Disagree (0%)
(7%)
 In Strongly
Agree
general, (21%)
I enjoy Disagree
(25%)
reading...

Agree
(47%)
 Read the Other Did not read
entire book (0%) the book
 I… (23%) (5%)

Did not read

the book but
learned
about the
book's main Read a
points online portion of
or from the book
friends… (62%)
 No Other
(8.4%) (1.4%)

 I enjoyed
Lenelle
Moise as the
Convocation
Speaker:

Yes
(90%)
 Other
Strongly (1%)
Disagree
 This book (5%)
Strongly
helped me Disagree Agree
explore (17%) (27%)

ideas I
might not
have
thought
about Agree
(50%)
otherwise.
 Other
(2%) Yes
(3%)
 I applied for
the FYRE
scholarship
by
submitting a
reflection
essay to
FYE…
No
(95%)
 Other
(2%)

 I talked with
friends
and/or family
about No Yes
(47%) (51%)
ideas/themes
from the
book before
today’s
discussion…
 Strongly Other
Disagree (2%)
(2%)
 The FYRE Disagree Strongly
discussion (13%) Agree
(24%)
engaged me
in
conversations
with my
peers… Agree
(59%)
 Strongly Other
Disagree (2%)
(3%)
 I would Strongly
recommend Disagree Agree
(22%)
(16%)
continuing
the FYRE
program…

Agree
(57%)
 Strongly Other
Disagree (2%)
Disagree (1%)
 I (3%) Strongly
appreciated Agree
(38%)
interacting
with
faculty/
staff as
part of the
program… Agree
(56%)
 I'm not Other I noticed
engaged on (2%) them and
 In regards social media
(9%)
liked seeing
them
to postings (31%)

on Social
Media
about the
I didn't
book… notice them I noticed
24% them but
didn't pay
much
attention
(34%)
 The
purpose
of the
FYRE
program
is…

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 The best
part of
the
FYRE
program
was…

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