"Provides national normative data on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen. In 2011, data from approximately 203,967 freshmen students are statistically adjusted to reflect the 1.5 million students entering college. The annual report covers: demographic characteristics; expectations of college; degree goals and career plans; college finances; and attitudes, values a ..."
"November, 2011/55 pages Provides latest information on four-, five-, and six-yeardegree attainment rates collected longitudinally from 356 baccalaureate-granting institutions. Differences by institutional type, gender, first-generation status and race/ethnicity are examined. The study highlights main predictors of degree completion and provides several formulas for calculating expected institutional completion rates."
"Provides an informative profile of full-time undergraduate faculty at American colleges and universities. The 2010-2011 norms covers several areas: Faculty Work-Life, Use of Student-Centered Pedagogy, and Training the Next Generation of Faculty. The report includes a section devoted to examining the experiences and perceptions of part-time faculty as well. Results are reported by institutional type for all faculty, male faculty, and fem ..."
"This annual series, initiated in 1966, is a project of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), the longest-running and largest longitudinal study of the American higher education system. It provides national normative data on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen (demographic characteristics; expectations of college; degree goals and career plans; co ..."
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