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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

1991

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Western Washington University--Freshmen--Statistics

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The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (Cirp) Survey Of Western Washington University Freshmen: A Comparison Of The 1985 And 1989 In-Coming Classes, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Joseph E. Trimble, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Robert M. Thorndike, Tracy Thorndike-Christ Apr 1991

The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (Cirp) Survey Of Western Washington University Freshmen: A Comparison Of The 1985 And 1989 In-Coming Classes, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Joseph E. Trimble, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Robert M. Thorndike, Tracy Thorndike-Christ

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

A comparison of Freshmen (CIRP) Survey results from the 1985 and 1989 administrations.


The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (Cirp) Survey Of Western Washington University Freshmen: A Comparison Of The 1985 And 1989 Incoming Classes, Tracy Thorndike-Christ, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble Apr 1991

The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (Cirp) Survey Of Western Washington University Freshmen: A Comparison Of The 1985 And 1989 Incoming Classes, Tracy Thorndike-Christ, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: This report provides a summary of student responses to the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) survey given to Western's 1985 and 1989 incoming freshman classes. The CIRP survey is used to gather information about the characteristics, •• interests, and goals of first-time freshmen nationwide. The majority of incoming freshmen in both 1985 and 1989 were female, 18 years old, U.S. citizens, and native speakers of English. Western's 1989 freshman class was more ethnically diverse than its 1985 counterpart. The proportion of students who were Caucasian went down during this four-year period while the proportion of students from ethnic …