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Group 8 Summary Of Transcript, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 8 Summary Of Transcript, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 8. Ten students participated in the eighth focus group, which was defined by low fall state support credits and assignment to the business and economics advising group. Six participants are female and four male, three are students of color, and five transferred credit from high school. None of the students participated in an FYE or FIG, and none are in the honors program. Nine students attended Summerstart, and one participated in fall athletics. All took fewer than 15 credits in the fall: five took 12 credits, three took 13, and two took 14.
Group 7 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 7 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 7. Thirteen students participated in the seventh focus group, which was defined by low fall state support credits and assignment to the math/science or health Summerstart advising groups. Seven participants are female and six male, four are students of color, and seven transferred credit from high school. One student participated in an FYE, but none participated in FIGs, and none are in the honors program or fall athletics. All took fewer than 15 credits in the fall: two took 12 credits, five took 13, and six took 14. Eleven participants attended Summerstart.
Group 6 Summary Of Transcripts, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 6 Summary Of Transcripts, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 6. Eleven students participated. All transferred credit from high school. All eleven students attended Summerstart. Three were assigned to the environmental studies, CST scholars, health or math & science Summerstart advising groups, two to the undecided group, two to the Fairhaven College, music or fine & performing arts groups, three to humanities or Fairhaven interest, and one to the education group. All took fewer than 15 credits in the fall: four took 12 credits, four took 13, and three took 14. Six participants are female and one is a student of color. None participated in either an FIG or …
Group 6 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 6 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 6. Eleven students participated. All transferred credit from high school. All eleven students attended Summerstart. Three were assigned to the environmental studies, CST scholars, health or math & science Summerstart advising groups, two to the undecided group, two to the Fairhaven College, music or fine & performing arts groups, three to humanities or Fairhaven interest, and one to the education group. All took fewer than 15 credits in the fall: four took 12 credits, four took 13, and three took 14. Six participants are female and one is a student of color. None participated in either an FIG or …
Group 5 Summary Of Transcripts, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 5 Summary Of Transcripts, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 5. Eleven students participated. All eleven were assigned to the “undecided” Summerstart advising group, and all took fewer than 15 credits in the fall with three taking 13 and eight taking 14. Seven participants are female, three are students of color, and six transferred credits from high school. One participated in an FIG and one in an FYE. None are honors students, all eleven attended Summerstart, and one participated in fall athletics (football).
Group 5 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 5 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 5. Eleven students participated. All eleven were assigned to the “undecided” Summerstart advising group, and all took fewer than 15 credits in the fall with three taking 13 and eight taking 14. Seven participants are female, three are students of color, and six transferred credits from high school. One participated in an FIG and one in an FYE. None are honors students, all eleven attended Summerstart, and one participated in fall athletics (football).
Group 3 Summary Of Transcript, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 3 Summary Of Transcript, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 3. Twelve students participated. All twelve took 15 or more state support credits in the fall, and all scored below 1 standard deviation below the mean verbal SAT score. Half of the students took 15 credits in the fall, two took 16 credits, and the remaining four took 17 credits. Their interests were distributed among the colleges, as represented by Summerstart advising group assignment; with four assigned the environmental studies, CST scholars, health or math/science groups, two assigned to the undecided group, two to the Fairhaven College, music or fine & performing arts groups, one to the humanities or …
Group 4 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 4 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 4. Thirteen students participated. All twelve took 15 or more state support credits in the fall, and all scored higher than one standard deviation above the mean verbal SAT score, except the student interested in Education, who scored higher than 600 but lower than the one standard deviation cutoff. Four of the students took 15 credits in the fall, four took 16, three took 17, and one each took 18 and 19 credits. Their interests were distributed among the colleges, as represented by Summerstart advising group assignment; with one assigned the environmental studies, CST scholars, health or math/science groups, …
Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups - Selection Methodology And Participant Descriptions, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups - Selection Methodology And Participant Descriptions, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Freshmen are taking fewer credits than they have in the past, and this is potentially delaying their expected graduation. Lower credit loads also mean fewer FTE students and the possibility of falling short of state budgeted FTE. If the perceived problem is confirmed, WWU administrators would like to know why freshmen are taking fewer credits, and whether interventions are appropriate to encourage higher credit loads, or if more applicants should be admitted to fill the gap. To help answer these questions, the Office of Survey Research (OSR) conducted eight focus groups of freshmen during their second quarter at Western (Winter08). …
Excerpts From All 8 Freshmen Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Excerpts From All 8 Freshmen Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Freshmen are taking fewer credits than they have in the past, and this is potentially delaying their expected graduation. Lower credit loads also mean fewer FTE students and the possibility of falling short of state budgeted FTE. If the perceived problem is confirmed, WWU administrators would like to know why freshmen are taking fewer credits, and whether interventions are appropriate to encourage higher credit loads, or if more applicants should be admitted to fill the gap. To help answer these questions, the Office of Survey Research (OSR) conducted eight focus groups of freshmen during their second quarter at Western (Winter08). …
Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups: Attributes And Schedule, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups: Attributes And Schedule, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Freshmen are taking fewer credits than they have in the past, and this is potentially delaying their expected graduation. Lower credit loads also mean fewer FTE students and the possibility of falling short of state budgeted FTE. If the perceived problem is confirmed, WWU administrators would like to know why freshmen are taking fewer credits, and whether interventions are appropriate to encourage higher credit loads, or if more applicants should be admitted to fill the gap. To help answer these questions, the Office of Survey Research (OSR) conducted eight focus groups of freshmen during their second quarter at Western (Winter08). …
Group 1 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 1 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 1. Eleven students participated. All eleven students in this group took 14 or fewer state support credits in fall quarter, and all scored lower than one standard deviation below the mean verbal SAT score for the freshmen class. Two of the students took 12 credits in the fall, four took 13 credits, and five took 14 credits. Their interests were distributed among the colleges, as represented by Summerstart advising group assignments—environmental studies, health, or math and science, four in humanities or Fairhaven, two in music or fine and performing arts, or admitted to Fairhaven college, one undecided, and none …
Group 3 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 3 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 3. Twelve students participated. All twelve took 15 or more state support credits in the fall, and all scored below 1 standard deviation below the mean verbal SAT score. Half of the students took 15 credits in the fall, two took 16 credits, and the remaining four took 17 credits. Their interests were distributed among the colleges, as represented by Summerstart advising group assignment; with four assigned the environmental studies, CST scholars, health or math/science groups, two assigned to the undecided group, two to the Fairhaven College, music or fine & performing arts groups, one to the humanities or …
Group 3 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Group 3 Freshmen Enrollment Focus Groups, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Group 3. Twelve students participated. All twelve took 15 or more state support credits in the fall, and all scored below 1 standard deviation below the mean verbal SAT score. Half of the students took 15 credits in the fall, two took 16 credits, and the remaining four took 17 credits. Their interests were distributed among the colleges, as represented by Summerstart advising group assignment; with four assigned the environmental studies, CST scholars, health or math/science groups, two assigned to the undecided group, two to the Fairhaven College, music or fine & performing arts groups, one to the humanities or …