Ann Stehney, vice president for institutional research and planning at Fairfield University in Connecticut, plays favorites when it comes to CIRP surveys. While Stehney uses and values other CIRP surveys too, including the Freshman Survey, Your First College Year and the …
Recently, I came across this open letter to creative professionals. In it, Pixar animator Austin Madison advises readers to work through the times when they are feeling uninspired—because it happens to everyone. As I read it, I thought to myself …
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 …
It is no secret that infographics are top of mind at HERI. You may have seen our blog post earlier this week, in which we created a “word cloud” that represents (in abstract terms, of course) our newest survey, the DLE …
I have the good fortune of working with an extremely fun and creative group of people every day at CIRP. My colleagues and the graduate students are always coming across amazing research, people, and ideas that we share around the …
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 …
There has been discussion about the value of educational tools, such as student surveys, as recently explored in this article from The Chronicle of Higher Education. We hear from institutions all the time about the benefits that surveys bring to their campuses. Most …
CIRP works with a broad range of institutions–small, large, private, public–but despite these differences, many schools share the same challenge–and that’s to get students to respond to surveys. Even schools that have good response rates, want better ones. With good …
Previously, when I have written about how to have a successful survey administration, I’ve focused on what can be done before and during an administration in order to ensure the best possible data. Now that many of you have your …
I had a lot to say as an undergraduate student–about my college experience, my academic decisions and my personal beliefs and values, but no one ever asked. I think my feedback could have been valuable to my alma mater—and not …