HPP Alumni Survey

OMB Control Number 0648-0568, expires XX/XX/20XX
HPP Alumni Survey
As part of NOAA Education efforts to enhance the Hollings Prep Program (HPP), an evaluation
of the three-year HPP pilot is being undertaken. You are being asked to complete a short survey
on your experience with HPP. Your responses are appreciated, and will be used in the
evaluation of HPP meeting its program goals. Thank you for your participation.
Demographics
1. First and last name

2. What year did you participate in HPP?
○ 2019
○ 2020
○ 2021

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3. In what line office did you complete your HPP internship?

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
National Ocean Service (NOS)
National Weather Service (NWS)
Office of Marine & Aviation Operations (OMAO)
Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research (OAR)
4. Which categories best describe you? Select all that apply.
❏ Black or African American
❏ White
❏ Asian
❏ American Indian or Alaska Native
❏ Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
❏ Other
❏ Decline to answer
5. Are you Hispanic or Latino?
❏ Yes
❏ No
❏ Decline to answer
6. Gender:
○ Female
○ Male
○ Other

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Decline to answer

7. Date of Birth:
Month▽

Day▽

Year▽

HPP Recruitment and Selection
The purpose of this section is to understand the effectiveness of HPP recruitment and selection activities.
Please think back on when you first heard about HPP, and the process of your selection into the program
to answer these questions.
8. Please select the degree to which you agree with the following statements:
Strongly
disagree

Somewhat
disagree

Neither
agree or
disagree

Somewhat
agree

Strongly
agree

It was easy to find
information about the
HPP internship

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I was clear how I should
come prepared for the
HPP interview

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I felt welcomed when I
came to the HPP
interview

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9. HPP utilizes a local recruitment model, involving outreach from line offices and mentors, sharing
program flyers, and word of mouth. Thinking back to when you first heard of HPP, how did you
find out about the program?

10. What, if anything, would you improve about HPP’s recruitment process?

11. HPP intern selection involves interviewing applicants and offering the internship position. What, if
anything, would you improve about HPP’s selection process?

Applying to Hollings and EPP
12. Did you apply to either Hollings or EPP Undergraduate Scholarship programs?
○ Yes
○ No

If yes, go to Question 13. If no, go to Question 15.
13. You indicated that you applied to either Hollings or EPP. Which program did you apply to?
○ Hollings
○ EPP
○ Both
14. Did you get selected into the Hollings or EPP?
○ I was selected into Hollings
○ I was selected into EPP
○ I was not selected into either programs
○ I was selected but did not accept
15. Please describe the impact that your participation in HPP may have had on your decision to apply
for Hollings or EPP.

Public Burden Statement
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor
shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject
to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection
has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this
information collection is 0648-0568. Without this approval, we could not conduct this
survey. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be
approximately 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing
the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection,
including suggestions for reducing this burden to the NOAA Office of Education, Natasha
White, Natasha.White@noaa.gov.
NOAA Routine Uses: NOAA will use this information to evaluate and assess student data and
information for the purpose of selecting successful candidates for scholarships, fellowships and
internships, generating internal NOAA reports, and articles to demonstrate the success of its
program.
Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section
552a) to be shared among NOAA staff for work-related purposes. Disclosure of this information
is also subject to all of the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of
Records Notice Commerce/NOAA-14, Office of

Education, Educational Partnership Program (EPP); Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate
Scholarship Program and National Marine Fisheries Service Recruitment, Training, and
Research Program.
Obligation to Respond: Furnishing this information is voluntary; however, failure to provide
information may prevent consideration of your application for the program.