HERI Director Sylvia Hurtado and CIRP Assistant Director for Research Linda DeAngelo have a new article in AAC&U’s “Liberal Education” journal that presents national evidence of the positive impact of diversity and civic-related practices from the CIRP student surveys and …
In preparation for the First Year Experience conference this weekend I have been taking a closer look at the findings from the 2012 administration of the Your First College Year (YFCY) survey. We’ve just put out one of our brief …
The articles have started to come in on the CIRP Freshman Survey results, and as usual everyone takes a slightly different look. Here are a few of the stories. The New York Times story led with connection between finances and …
HERI will once again run three summer institutes in 2012, and all are now open for registration. Our annual CIRP Summer Institute is a great way to extend your understanding of the conceptual framework of the CIRP surveys and augment …
This week we released two important tools for examining institutional graduation rates. One is our report: “Completing College: Assessing Graduation Rates at Four-Year Institutions.” The other is a companion piece to that and the focus of this blog: the new …
“How do you figure out what is important to report in the Freshman Monograph each year?” This was a question posed by one of the reporters I talked with at the Education Writers Association conference held at UCLA this past …
Although about 4 out of 5 students entering community colleges intend to transfer into a four-year institution, only about 1 in 4 ever do so. And, once in a four-year institution, even fewer make it to graduation. Information about the …
It’s the time of year when many of us wait breathlessly for the new U.S. News rankings to come out. But, not really. Only 18% of students entering four-year colleges as first-time freshmen last fall told us in the CIRP …
Although the theory of involvement pioneered by CIRP founder Alexander Astin (and the later use of that theory in the “engagement” movement) has been used as an important factor in examining college success, it is still only one part of …
With four student surveys and one faculty survey, it’s hard to have a favorite. It’s not quite as bad as “which child is your favorite,” but still, it’s a difficult choice. That said, I really like the “Your First College …