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 …
We are in the middle of the CIRP Summer Institute, and as usual have a great group of diverse people united by their common bond of wanting to be able to use CIRP data to the fullest. The CIRP Summer …
With summer in full swing on most campuses, many of you are taking this opportunity to clean out your office, to work on that research idea you can’t quite get to during the academic year, or perhaps just taking some …
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 …
This weekend will see a number of us here at HERI flying to New Orleans for the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Annual Forum. As usual, there are many presentations at AIR that will feature CIRP data. Some of these …