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Western Educational Longitudinal Study (Wels): Survey Of In-Coming Transfers In Transition, Late Fall Quarter, 2005, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Sara Jones, Richard Bulcroft, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark May 2006

Western Educational Longitudinal Study (Wels): Survey Of In-Coming Transfers In Transition, Late Fall Quarter, 2005, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Sara Jones, Richard Bulcroft, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark

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INTRODUCTION The Western Educational Longitudinal Study (WELS) was conceived as a process to obtain data more relevant to Western and its mission than survey data had been able to obtain previously. Rather than continuing to rely on outside survey forms, researchers developed a Western-specific survey form. Development of this survey took about three years, with researchers soliciting input from dozens of individuals, departments and offices. Along the way, WELS researchers also noted where data was already being collected so that doubling up on survey questions was minimized. The final survey form was considered by all participants to be as thorough …


Longitudinal Analysis From 2003-2004 Wels Survey, Ryan Dickson, Joseph E. Trimble, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney Feb 2005

Longitudinal Analysis From 2003-2004 Wels Survey, Ryan Dickson, Joseph E. Trimble, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney

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Findings from the WELS Baseline survey and the WELS spring, 2004, survey are compared.