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A Profile Of Selected Characteristics Of The 1992 Western Washington University Graduating Class, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: Information for this report was obtained from the Student Tracking System. The report presents information intended to provide insight into various characteristics of the 2073 graduates who matriculated during the 1991-92 academic year, 58.6% of whom were female and 41.4% male. Natives (students who began their education at WWU as first-time freshmen) made up 45.6% of the 1992 graduates, and transfers 51.6%. Most graduates were between the ages of twenty-one to twenty-four years old (61.9%). There were no graduates younger than twenty-one years old; the oldest graduate was fifty-nine. Current Washington residents made up 95.7% of 1992 graduates. …

Wwu Lifestyles Project: Patterns Of Alcohol And Drug Consumption And Consequences Among Western Washington University Students, Patricia M. Fabiano, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Scott C. (Scott Carl) Bates, Joseph E. Trimble, Kathleen M. Pearson

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: This report, besides presenting the Lifestyles Project findings, summaries and discussion, contains two important Appendices. Appendix A consists of Western's Comprehensive Plan to Combat Student Alcohol Abuse, Including Underage Drinking, as as submitted to the Higher Education Coordinating Board. Appendix B consists of preliminary findings on the effectiveness of the Wellness Hall. The executive summary includes summaries of all three of these sections. Lifestyles Project Findings The WWU Lifestyles Project surveyed a randomly selected, stratified sample of 2500 students enrolled at Western during spring quarter, 1992, regarding their use of alcohol and drugs, the consequences of using, and …

Klipsun Magazine, 1993, Volume 31, Issue 01- November, Rick Laporte

Klipsun Magazine

Thanks and congratulations for grabbing the November issue of KLIPSUN. If you’ve read this magazine in the past, you might notice fewer stories in this issue than usual. This is because we decided to focus on quality over quantity: stronger stories, larger photos, more dynamic layouts. We're trying to break from the mold of a 32 page newspaper feature section and look more like a magazine. And since the holidays are near, we've inserted a special Holiday Fun Page to bring out the yuletide spirit in us all (whatever that is).

Institutional Assessment At Western Washington University For The 1993-1995 Biennium: November, 1993, Joseph E. Trimble

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Foreword and Overview The following report is a summary of the status of the projects and activities generated from Western Washington University's Office of lnstitutional Assessment and Testing (OIAT) during the last quarter of the 1991-1993 biennium. A summary of significant activities and outcomes that have occurred since 1989 precedes the plan. The report also contains a list of assessment activities projected to occur during the 1993-1995 biennium; a few of the projects have already been initiated. The projected activities for the 1993-1995 biennium represent a partial list. Other projects will be added during the two-year period that will be …

Résumé, Fall, 1993, Volume 25, Issue 01, Alumni Association, Wwu

Western Reports and Résumé

Publication at Western Washington University

The Planet, 1993, Fall, Derek Martin, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

Klipsun Magazine, 1993, Volume 30, Issue 06 - September, Charity Proctor

Klipsun Magazine

So, how about that cover shot?

As soon as we saw Matt’s picture, we knew it had to go on the cover. That’s the nature of journalism: the most compelling shot often gets the most prominent display.

In running this picture on the cover, Klipsun neither condones nor condemns the use of LSD. “No Longer a Sixties Drug?” is not intended to promote drug use, but rather to tell a story about Western students and their views on the drug.

And how about them nudists?

Nicci, in search of the naked truth, decided to pursue this story. “Great!” we thought. …

The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (Cirp) Survey Of Western Washington University Freshmen For The 1992 In-Coming Class, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: The following report provides written and tabular summaries of student responses to the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Student Information Survey for Western Washington University's 1992 in-coming freshmen class. The CIRP Survey is used nationwide to gather normative data on the characteristics, attitudes, values, educational achievements, and future goals of in-coming freshmen, and has been used at WWU since 1971. Currently, the CIRP is administered to WWU freshmen annually. The 1992 CIRP was administered to freshmen only a few months after the highly publicized Rodney King verdict, and certain responses reflected concerns with racial issues. For instance, the …

The Relationship Between Participation In The Access Program And The Academic Achievement And Retention Of Minority And Non-Minority First-Year Undergraduates, Beth A. Senecal, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: Fostering the success of students of color and students admitted academically at risk has become an important goal for many institutions of higher education. In order to increase the success of these special student populations, some researchers believe that universities must be proactive in their efforts to help students. In fact, studies indicate that proactive programs are crucial, for it is often the students who need help the most that tend not to seek it. Numerous programs have been implemented to encourage increased academic achievement and retention among minority students and students admitted at higher risk of academic …

The Evolving Character Of Wwu Freshmen: Analyses Of Cirp Surveys From 1971 To 1991, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: Since 1971, Western Washington University has utilized the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Student Information Survey to profile the characteristics, attitudes, values, educational achievements, and future goals of its incoming freshmen. Between 1971 and 1991 there were six administrations of the CIRP. This report uses those findings to examine the changes in WWU's in-coming freshmen over that twenty-year period. Raw data is also presented: that for the overall population in Appendix B, and by gender in Appendix C. Because of the large accumulation of data, while trends of significance were highlighted in the report, they may not constitute …

Klipsun Magazine, 1993, June, Charity Proctor

Klipsun Magazine

Hello! Thanks for reading our magazine. We hope you like it. I want to acknowledge all the hard-working writers whose work we couldn't include in this issue. Once again we just didn't have enough room for everyone.

I especially want to thank Scott Tompkins. He wrote a dynamite story on the future Amtrak line from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Portland, Ore., only to have it axed because a similar story ran in Klipsun a year ago.

The editors and I talked about it. We told him, "Well, we might run it. But... we only have one page. Could you shorten …

Academic Advising At Western: Some Feedback From Alumni, Carl Simpson, Joanna Gregson, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: Repeated studies in recent years, both at Western and elsewhere, have found students less satisfied with advising services than with instruction or various university services. For example, 77% of recent Western alumni are "very" or "mostly" satisfied with the undergraduate courses they took at Western, while 41% are similarly satisfied with the academic advising they received from all sources at Western. Satisfaction with advising received from faculty and major departments was lower than satisfaction with advising from the Academic Advising Center. Because of the concerns these studies raise, Western's Academic Advising Center requested that our 1992 alumni survey …

Academic Advising At Western: Some Feedback From Alumni, Carl Simpson, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble, Joanna Gregson, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: Repeated studies in recent years, both at Western and elsewhere, have found students less satisfied with advising services than with instruction or various university services. For example, 77% of recent Western alumni are "very" or "mostly" satisfied with the undergraduate courses they took at Western, while 41% are similarly satisfied with the academic advising they received from all sources at Western. Satisfaction with advising received from faculty and major departments was lower than satisfaction with advising from the Academic Advising Center. Because of the concerns these studies raise, Western's Academic Advising Center requested that our 1992 alumni survey …

Institutional Assessment At Western Washington University For The 1991-1993 Biennium: Final Report, April 30, 1993, Joseph E. Trimble

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

The following report is a final summary of Western Washington University's institutional assessment plan for the 1991-1993 biennium. The projects and activities listed on the separate sheets are completed or are very near completion. In addition, many of the office's activities and projects are on-going and continuous. It should be pointed out that results from some of Western's Office of Institutional Assessment and Testing's (OIAT's) projects stimulated ideas that led to follow-up research and evaluation; therefore, the OIAT continues to expect some of its anticipated findings to lead to additional research which will become pan of the plan in the …

Résumé, Spring, 1993, Volume 24, Issue 03, Alumni Association, Wwu

Western Reports and Résumé

Publication at Western Washington University

The Planet, 1993, Volume 23, Issue 03, T. R. Morris, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

Klipsun Magazine, 1993, March, Matt Hulbert

Klipsun Magazine

Klipsun Magazine hasn't had an issue with a theme for several years, so this quarter the editors and I decided to have one.

Committing the entire magazine to one theme is a major decision. We wanted to have a theme that the writers would like. I wanted it to be broad enough to provide plenty of room for creativity.

We chose people as our subject, which sounds simple enough. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that just about everything could be included in the topic. That thought appealled to me the most.

The magazine would …

Klipsun Magazine, 1993, Volume 30, Issue 02 - January, Alexandra M. Page

Klipsun Magazine

As the new year begins, so does a plethora of events surrounding Western’s Centennial. Founders Celebration activities include an opening ceremony with a reenactment of the signing of the bill by Governor McGraw to establish the normal school, a formal dinner, concert and historical picture and video exhibit. Many academic departments will also be sponsoring activities to commemorate the centennial of the law.

The keynote speaker for this year’s Founders Celebration, Patricia Aburdene, will be speaking about collaborative relationships for business, institutions and within the community. Aburdene is co-author and collaborator of “Megatrends,” “Megatrends 2000,” and “Megatrends for Women.” She …

Résumé, Winter, 1993, Volume 24, Issue 02, Alumni Association, Wwu

Western Reports and Résumé

Publication at Western Washington University

The Planet, 1993, Volume 23, Issue 02, T. R. Morris, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

The Everett Human Services Program: Alumni Attitudes And Perceptions, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Pat Hayes, Joseph E. Trimble, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Summary and analysis of a survey of graduates of the Everett Human Services Program.

The Everett Human Services Program: Alumni Attitudes And Perceptions, Patricia E. Hayes, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Joseph E. Trimble

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Executive Summary: This report was based on tabulated results of 46 completed survey forms of the Inquiry to the Graduates of the Everett Education Center Human Services Program, sent to 147 graduates in the fall of 1991. General survey results and written comments are reported. The sample of graduate respondents was made up of 38 women and 8 men, mostly Caucasian, with an average age of over 42 years. This preponderance of females and older students reflects the usual population of the Human Services Program at Everett, (HSP/Ev). Enrollees in the HSP/Ev enter with a required AA degree, most earned …

The College Of Ethnic Studies At Western Washington University: A Case Study, Maurice L. Bryan Jr.

WWU Graduate School Collection

This case study is a brief history of the College of Ethnic Studies (CES or Ethnic Studies) at Western Washington University. Established in the fall of 1969 as the third of three cluster colleges, after Fairhaven and Huxley, it lasted until the fall of 1978 when it was disbanded and dispersed throughout the university. This study examines factors that led to the rise and fall of the College of Ethnic Studies.

Investigation showed that while budget and bigotry played a major role in the demise of CES, as assumed, other factors such as turnover in faculty and administrative leadership, and …