“How do you figure out what is important to report in the Freshman Monograph each year?” This was a question posed by one of the reporters I talked with at the Education Writers Association conference held at UCLA this past …
HERI will be co-hosting its first-ever event geared to higher ed reporters with the Education Writers Association tomorrow (11/4). It seems like we are always at conferences—presenting or merely attending—but it’s rare that we host events on campus (with the exception …
October is always an interesting time here at CIRP. The 2011 Freshman Survey has closed, and we are all anxiously awaiting the data file so we can, like the researchers we are, dig into the data and see what we …
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 …
Civic engagement is top of mind for me this week. Not only have I begun to delve into the extensive research and publications we’ve (HERI) produced on the topic, but I will also be attending my first Association of American …
When I stumble upon a new blog or website that gets me thinking or helps me do my job better, I immediately bookmark it and make a note to myself to share it with the readers of this blog. I …
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 …