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 …
A collection of white papers that examine issues involved in effectively measuring college success was released today. This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , called Context for Success, included a paper by myself and HERI Director …
I’ve just recently been working with a school in interpreting CIRP Freshman Survey data, but this time with a slightly different eye, as my son is one of the new first-year students who took the survey, and I have a …
I’m preparing to head out to several assessment and accreditation conferences this fall, and as I peruse the preliminary programs online, and I’ve noticed an increasing reluctance toward using survey data in assessment. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not …
Many institutions are in the throes of orientation right now, and to us, that means administering the CIRP Freshman Survey (TFS). For many of you, the real work of understanding what the results mean, of identifying actions that might be …
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 …
This question has come up recently from several people who would like to use one or more of the CIRP surveys as part of their overal institutional assessment strategy, but have run up against resistance from some corner of their …
At CIRP, we update our surveys annually to ensure they reflect current issues and priorities in higher education. Every summer we sit down as a group and think together about the updates and changes that will best help our users …
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 …