A collection of white papers that examine issues involved in effectively measuring college success was released today. This project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , called Context for Success, included a paper by myself and HERI Director …
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 …
AERA (April 13 to 17) time is here again. We will have 17 presentations this year at the conference that use CIRP data or are HERI sponsored studies. Of these presentations, half are studies that are HERI sponsored and half …
In preparation for the First Year Experience conference this weekend I have been taking a closer look at the findings from the 2012 administration of the Your First College Year (YFCY) survey. We’ve just put out one of our brief …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Although about 4 out of 5 students entering community colleges intend to transfer into a four-year institution, only about 1 in 4 ever do so. And, once in a four-year institution, even fewer make it to graduation. Information about 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 …
Our 2010 American Freshman Survey, released in January, offered insight into a growing population on college campuses–students with “hidden” disabilities. Due to both the growth in the number of these students, and to help institutions better understand and serve this …