Browsing by Author "Couch, Victoria"

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    2017 Your First College Year Survey
    Couch, Victoria (HERI, 2018-04-01)
    Developed by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) and the Policy Center on the First Year of College in 2000, the Your First College Year survey (YFCY) is administered annually through the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) at the University of California, Los Angeles. The YFCY was the first national survey designed specifically to measure student development in the first year of college, and it is distributed to students at the end of their first year. Thirty institutions participated in the 18th administration of the YFCY in the Spring of 2017. The sample consists of 8,264 first-time, full-time students at these institutions.
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    2018 Your First College Year Survey
    Couch, Victoria (HERI, 2019-03-01)
    Developed by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) and the Policy Center on the First Year of College in 2000, the Your First College Year survey (YFCY) is administered annually through the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) at the University of California, Los Angeles. The YFCY was the first national survey designed specifically to measure student development in the first year of college, and it is distributed to students at the end of their first year. Twenty-three institutions participated in the 19th administration of the YFCY in the Spring of 2018. The sample consists of 5,204 first-time, full-time students at these institutions. This report presents the survey’s results.
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    The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2019
    Bara Stolzenberg, Ellen; Aragon, Melissa C.; Romo, Edgar; Couch, Victoria; McLennan, Destiny; Eagan, M. Kevin; Kang, Nathaniel (Cooperative Institutional Research Program, 2020)
    In this report of the 54th administration of the Freshman Survey, the authors recognize the increasing diversity of incoming college students, along with two new items addressing reasons students choose their particular institution: academic reputation of their intended major and communication with a professor. This report covers a number of financial concerns, such as students’ likelihood of getting a job to help pay for college and how time spent exercising or playing sports varies by family income. The authors also highlight recent trends in students’ emotional and physical health and academic behaviors. Further, they discuss the misalignment between degree and career aspirations for subgroups of students and students’ self-rated ability to manage their time effectively. Finally, they address students’ social and political engagement, including past and forthcoming behaviors and their future goals.