The following message is posted on behalf of HERI Director Dr. Sylvia Hurtado: I want to share with you some news about some of the transitions occurring at UCLA’s Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP). As you may have heard, John …
We are excited to announce that registration for the 2013-14 HERI Faculty Survey is now available. The survey will run through May 2, 2014. We have updated the instrument considerably. We have added an extensive set of teaching and learning …
The 2013 ASHE annual conference is upon us, and HERI is excited to announce that more than a dozen papers and sessions at the conference will present findings from analyses of CIRP data. Seven of these studies are being presented …
Here at CIRP we are always thinking about ways to help you engage your campus in discussions of your survey results. We are happy to announce that starting with the 2013 Your First College Year (YFCY) survey, our institutional reporting …
Student participation is critical to the success of your survey administration. Simply put, the more respondents you have, the more confidence you have that your results accurately represent your student body. Many institutions struggle with the challenges associated with obtaining …
Debra Humphreys, in her article “Success After College: What Students, Parents, and Educators Need to Know and Do” in the Spring 2013 Issue of Liberal Education cites the CIRP Freshman Survey finding that more than ever, students are pursuing a …
We are spending this week preparing for the Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, which begins May 18 in our backyard of Long Beach. I wanted to highlight several of presentations at the annual forum that draw from …
The inaugural HERI Institute on Faculty Work/Life Issues is fast approaching (May 22-24), and I wanted to share some more information about the curriculum that Dr. Sylvia Hurtado and I have planned. We have designed the Institute to include a …
The 2013 AERA annual conference is upon us, and HERI is excited to announce that 20 papers at the conference will present findings from analyses of CIRP data. Nine of these studies are being presented by HERI staff members or …
This morning on NPR I heard a story on the impact of being asked to categorize ones racial/ethnic background on questionnaires or other queries, such as medical forms. This eight-minute piece reminded me again that a questionnaire is not a …