This summer, the NIRSA Health & Wellbeing Task Force launched the third edition of its biennial “The State of Wellbeing in Collegiate Recreation” survey. An executive summary of the survey responses is now available.
The “State of Wellbeing in Collegiate Recreation Survey” is conducted to further understanding of the current landscape of wellbeing in higher education through the lens of campus recreation professionals and to inform the Association’s development of future resources and support for this area. The survey, which was open from June 5 to July 5, was emailed to all current NIRSA student and professional members and yielded 568 responses.
The Health & Wellbeing Task Force looks forward to continuing to dig into this data to deepen its understanding of the topic. It will use the findings to help inform its future work. Overall, many of the key indicators the task force has been monitoring have remained consistent, including that wellbeing is important to campus recreation and that the profession sees itself as a co-leader in this work on campuses.
NIRSA would like to thank all who participated in the survey—they helped provide crucial insights into this topic and aided in developing benchmarks for this important area for the field.
- For more information, contact a member of NIRSA’s Health and Wellbeing Task Force.
Erin O'Sullivan is currently the Director of Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships at NIRSA.
