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A Profile of OU 1 st Year Students

A Profile of OU 1 st Year Students. OGL Session April 29, 2014. Reuben Ternes Research Associate, OIRA Cassandra Barragan Assessment Coordinator, OIRA. Presentation Overview. Who Are OU FTIACs? Institutional Data Values and Expectations Academic Success College Engagement.

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A Profile of OU 1 st Year Students

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  1. A Profile of OU 1st Year Students OGL Session April 29, 2014 Reuben Ternes Research Associate, OIRA Cassandra Barragan Assessment Coordinator, OIRA

  2. Presentation Overview • Who Are OU FTIACs? • Institutional Data • Values and Expectations • Academic Success • College Engagement

  3. Part 1: Institutional Data Various pieces of information that our office (OIRA) collects on OU’s student body. All kinds of information can be found on our website: www.oakland.edu/oira Including this power point!

  4. A Decade of FTIAC Growth

  5. FTIACs: Average ACT Score

  6. FTIAC Gender Ratios

  7. FTIAC Ethnicity About half of OU’s non-white ethnicities are African American students

  8. Undergraduate Age (All UG Students)

  9. Full Time/Part-Time Status (All UG Students)

  10. Part 2: Values and Expectations The CIRP survey Cooperative Institutional Research Project conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles Administered through OIRA at Freshman Orientation 2013 86% of OU incoming Freshmen were surveyed fall 2013!! 2,569 Enrolled FTIACs 2,221 Responses In general, we are more similar to national norms than we are dissimilar.

  11. Important reasons in deciding to go to college Percentage of Students Answering ‘Very Important’

  12. Important reasons to select OU Percentage of Students Answering ‘Very Important’

  13. Important Life Objectives

  14. Estimated Parental Income

  15. Drank beer during high school year

  16. OU students’ political views

  17. Admissions Acceptances and Student Choices

  18. Realistic Expectations? 74.6% enter college with the expectation they will graduate within 4 years. At OU, the 4 year graduation rate in 2012 was at 15.3%. If you want to graduate in 4 years – take lots of credits, pass all of them, and see an advisor often!

  19. Part 3: Academic success Graduation Rates Retention Rates Probation Rates Info compiled by OIRA

  20. First Semester Probation Rates (FTIACs)

  21. Retention to second year

  22. Six-Year Graduation Rates by 1st-term credits 14+ Credits 12 or 13 Credits

  23. Part4: College Engagement

  24. NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE: pronounced ‘nessie’) • College student survey that assesses the extent to which students engage in educational practices associated with high levels of learning and development • Administered every two years. • OU has shown steady increases in NSSE results since 2005 • More data is available on OIRA’s website. • All data is for 1st year students unless otherwise noted.

  25. More than 10 hours per week working off campus These numbers have decreased slightly over the past few years

  26. “the environment emphasizes spending significant amounts of time on academic work” Very Much (4) Some (2)

  27. Quality of Relationships with other students Friendly & Supportive Unfriendly & unsupportive

  28. How Freshmen Spend Their Time

  29. Questions and discussion ?

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