Eric Gorski of the Associated Press recently wrote an article looking at the quantity and quality of the college applications that are being asked for by colleges and are being submitted by students. He uses previously published CIRP Freshman Survey …
HERI researchers Alexander Astin, Helen Astin, and Jennifer Lindholm have just released their latest book: “Cultivating the Spirit: How College Can Enhance Students’ Inner Lives.” This study followed students who completed the CIRP Freshman Survey (along with a special section …
Recently Jessica Sharkness, a graduate student researcher here at HERI, and I wondered if students who attended their first-choice college were more likely to be satisfied with their first-year of college. If you’ve been around a high-school senior when admissions …
November 17-20, 2010 HERI at ASHE. HERI Researchers will be well represented at the upcoming ASHE Conference in Indianapolis November 18 – 20 with 8 presentations. In addition, 5 proposals that use CIRP data granted through our data access …
HERI will offer three research training institutes for Summer 2010: The CIRP Summer Institute, July 28 – July 30 The Critical Analysis of Quantitative Data Institute, July 13 – July 15 The Diversity Research Institute, August 4 – 6. Registration …
HERI will have six presentations this year at AERA. In addition, four researchers who were granted access to CIRP data through our data access proposal process will have presentations related to the data they received from CIRP. In total, three …
Just what factors do first-generation students consider when making a choice about what college they are going to attend, and do they make their choices differently than their non-first-generation peers? Recently, just such a question popped into my email inbox. …
Newly redesigned, the CIRP Summer Institute enhances your ability to use CIRP data for assessment, campus decision-making, or your own research. Participants will learn about the conceptual frameworks of the three CIRP student surveys, findings from major areas of CIRP …
HERI provides custom reports and data tables on a fee for service basis in addition to the monographs, reports, research briefs and PowerPoint presentations that we produce based on our survey data. Participating institutions, non-participating institutions, and other researchers can …
We are pleased to announce that Academe (September-October 2009), a premier magazine in the field of higher education, has published Keeping Senior Women at Your College, an article that explores factors that prompt senior female faculty to consider leaving their …