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A Profile Of Selected Characteristics Of The Spring 1990 Western Washington University Graduating Class, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: This report contains an analysis of two different sets of data: one obtained from the Registrar's student information data base, the other from the Office of Assessment and Testing's data base. From the Registrar's student information data base, the report finds that Western graduated 991 students in June of 1990. A majority were women (56%) and transfer students (56.2%); most were Caucasians (83%) and in-state residents (95%). Ethnic¬ minority students made up 5.8% of the graduates and were mostly transfers (70.2%). Three different GPA's were analyzed: high school, transfer, and university. June 1990 graduates had a mean high …

Western Washington University Graduate Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

A survey sent to recent graduates of Western Washington University.

The Validity And Usefulness Of Three National Standardized Tests For Measuring The Communication, Computation, And Critical Thinking Skills Of Washington State College Sophomores: Technical Report, Robert M. Thorndike

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

The College Measures Outcome Program (COMP), the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP), and the Academic Profile are studied for their usefulness to outcomes assessment at the sophomore level.

The Validity And Usefulness Of Three National Standardized Tests For Measuring The Communication, Computation, And Critical Thinking Skills Of Washington State College Sophomores: General Report, Robert M. Thorndike

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

The College Measures Outcome Program (COMP), the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP), and the Academic Profile are studied for their usefulness to outcomes assessment at the sophomore level.

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series (Volume Three: Western Washington University Students Five Years Later), Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Results from an early assessment study combining three surveys. Volume three looks as alumni and students who left before graduating. Issues include satisfaction with WWU, employment and job quality.

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series (Volume One: Western Washington University Students), Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Results from three early assessment surveys are combined into a 3-volume series. Volume one has information on students' backgrounds, reasons for choosing majors, and educational careers.

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series (Volume Two: Student Experiences And Perceptions), Kelly Buck, Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Results from an early assessment report combining three surveys. Volume 2 looks at some non-academic issues such as income, plus students' perception of advising and their majors.

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series: Western Washington University Students Five Years Later, Volume 3, Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Preface to the WWU Student Survey Reports, Volumes One to Five The Surveys: During Summer, 1986, Western's Vice President for Academic Affairs requested that the Office of Survey Research, located in the Sociology Department, conduct three inter-related surveys: A five year follow-up of 632 1982 Western graduates. A five year follow-up of 364 Individuals who attended Western but left In 1982 without graduating and remained out of Western for at least one year. A survey of 1280 seniors enrolled during Spring, 1987, who had completed at least 155 credits. A discussion of samples and research methods is included in Volume …

Western Washington University Student Survey Series: Western Washington University Students Volume One, Carl Simpson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Preface to the WWU Student Survey Reports, Volumes One to Five The Surveys During Summer, 1986, Western's Vice President for Academic Affairs requested that the Office of Survey Research, located in the Sociology Department conduct three inter-related surveys: A five year follow-up of 632 1982 Western graduates. A five year follow-up of 364 Individuals who attended Western but left In 1982 without graduating and remained out of Western for at least one year. A survey of 1280 seniors enrolled during Spring, 1987, who had completed at least 155 credits. A discussion of samples and research methods is included in Volume …

The Western Washington University Student Survey Series: Student Experiences And Perceptions, Carl Simpson, Kelly Buck

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Preface to the WWU Student Survey Reports, Volumes One to Five The Surveys During Summer, 1986, Western's Vice President for Academic Affairs requested that the Office of Survey Research, located in the Sociology Department conduct three inter-related surveys: A five year follow-up of 632 1982 Western graduates. A five year follow-up of 364 Individuals who attended Western but left In 1982 without graduating and remained out of Western for at least one year. A survey of 1280 seniors enrolled during Spring, 1987, who had completed at least 155 credits. A discussion of samples and research methods is included in Volume …

Comprehension, Irritation And Error Hierarchies, Shaw N. Gynan

Modern & Classical Languages

There are several recurrent themes in the study of native speaker attitudes toward inter­language. First among them treated in a recent review by Ludwig is comprehensibility, that is, the ease with which the native speaker can comprehend nonnative speech.' Research in the area of native speaker attitudes toward nonnative speech reviewed in Ludwig has shown that formal errors are not well related to comprehensibility of interlanguage. "Irritation" is also a topic of considerable interest. An assumption underlying the study of irritation is that even if nonnative speech is comprehensible, the form of the message may be associated with a negative …

How To Put Tar In The Planet And Keep Feathers On The Eagles: The Best And Worst Of The Monthly Planet And Weekly Letters To An Alaskan Editor, Brian Blix

Environmental Studies Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarship

Undergraduate Problem Series: Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western Washington State College.

John Muir helped a Presbyterian minister choose a site near the north end of the world's longest fjord for a mission in the year 1879. The Reverend S. Hall Young declared that "Haines Mission" would be founded for the benefit of the fierce Tlingit inhabitants. I do not know what "benefit" the Tlingits have received, but my guess is Haines, Alaska 99827.

David Clarke and a group of other fervent environmental professors chose a site near the south end of Western Washington University's campus for a cluster college, …