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 …
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 …
We recently blogged about our new Your First College Year Survey (YFCY) infographic. Now we are putting a spotlight on another new infographic for our Diverse Learning Environments Survey, which we hope will spark conversations about how institutions can promote …
As we prepare to release the findings of the 2011 CIRP Freshman Survey on January 26th, the wheels are already well in motion for each of our 2012 surveys. I thought it might be worth it to preview some upcoming …
We are pleased to provide institutions with their results from the 2011 administration of the CIRP Freshman Survey. As institutions head to the portal (www.cirpsurveys.com) to retrieve their results, it is perhaps wise to provide a quick overview of what …
We often talk about the impact the of the first-year experience on student learning, but we haven’t showed the impact (in a powerfully visual way) until now, with the debut of our new infographic poster that highlights how students are faring …
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 …
HERI will be co-hosting its first-ever event geared to higher ed reporters with the Education Writers Association tomorrow (11/4). It seems like we are always at conferences—presenting or merely attending—but it’s rare that we host events on campus (with the exception …