The survey results have not been released due to legal concerns regarding student privacy, although they may be made public in the near future as these issues are resolved, Student Body President Molly Bode '09 said.
"We have to make sure that students' interests are maintained and their identities are confidential," Bode explained.
Thirty-four percent of students responded to the survey, Bode said, and respondents were generally representative of campus demographics.
The Palaeopitus Senior Society and the class councils helped analyze the survey and gave input about the letter's recommendations.
The three organizations approved the letter by vote over the interim.
The Assembly letter recommended maintaining financial support for extended hours in dinning halls and libraries, student-faculty initiatives, funding for student-initiated programming and other services that affect students daily, including GreenPrint and computing.
"Most of the trends that we saw were that students want to protect things used on an everyday basis," Bode said.
Students also found academic resources and programming from the Rockefeller Center, John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and Tucker Foundation valuable.
Students recommended restructuring the undergraduate advising program for upper-class students and addressing perceived inefficiencies within Dick's House and Dartmouth Dining Services.
The Assembly's letter suggested winterizing dormitories and other buildings, seeking Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification on new building projects and installing timed lighting as possible ways to reduce operating costs. Students also proposed turning down thermostats in campus buildings by two to three degrees to lower energy costs, Bode said.
An Assembly member present at Tuesday's meeting expressed concern about whether the administration will take students' opinions into consideration when deciding which areas to target for budget cuts, but Bode said the administration has been responsive to Assembly efforts.
"We've only received overwhelming thanks and praise [from the administration]," she said.
Prior to distributing the survey, the class councils sent all students an e-mail providing general information about the budget cuts previously announced by the College. Palaeopitus members also collected information from students regarding possible ways the College can cut back, Palaeopitus member Ian Dumont '09 said.
Class councils, the Assembly and Palaeopitus are sponsoring an open forum on Thursday to further discuss possible budget cuts at the College.
