We’ve been thinking a lot about the YFCY lately, and how we can help schools best communicate their results. Because the first year of college is such a big deal as it relates to retention, campus climate and overall students’ …
The CIRP freshman survey gives us a lot of insight into students’ political beliefs and orientation. So, naturally, we were interested to see how recent CIRP data aligned with the student vote in this year’s election. We know that over …
For years we’ve been telling stories about our data. But over the last year, we’ve been letting our data tell stories. We now have infographics for three of our five surveys: Your First College Year and Diverse Learning Environments surveys, …
We do a lot of reporting on student trends and data, so when the opportunity arises every three years to talk about faculty and their campus experience, we are excited to do so. The 2010-2011 HERI Faculty report, which we …
The Supreme Court case, Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin, now that it’s back in the news due to the numerous briefs filed last Monday in support of the university, resurrects the long-old debate about affirmative action policies …
It was only a matter of time before data-mining technology arrived on college campuses. But rather than go into the benefits and downfalls of this new approach to understanding students’ habits & behaviors, (it’s described in the recent New York …
There has been a lot of chatter lately about how to offset the tremendous cost of college. The tactic of offering a three-year college degree is gaining some support among colleges and universities with new adopters on board such as …
As college comes to a close for this year’s seniors, what final words will inspire students? Most commencement speeches try to empower students to do great things, leave their mark on the world, achieve their dreams, etc. But, are we …
I had been hearing a lot about Pinterest over the last year (mostly from friends and colleagues whom I’d describe as creative, visually-minded, even artsy), and was admittedly skeptical about the versatility of this new social media tool. Allowing users …
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the CIRP Freshman Survey findings tend to be very aligned with national topics of conversation and debate. Sure, we think about which data will most newsworthy when we sift through our mountain of …