A Profile of OU 1 st Year Students OGL Session April 30, 2013 Reuben Ternes Research Associate, OIRA Cassandra Barragan Assessment Coordinator, OIRA

Presentation Overview Who Are OU FTIACs? Institutional Data Values and Expectations Academic Success College Engagement

Part 1: Institutional Data Various pieces of information that our office (OIRA) collects on OUs student body. All kinds of information can be found on our website: Including this power point!

Growth in FTIACs

FTIACs: Average ACT Score

FTIAC Gender Ratios

FTIAC Ethnicity About half of OUs non-white ethnicities are African American students

Undergraduate Age (All UG Students)

Full Time/Part-Time Status (All UG Students)

Part 2: Values and Expectations The CIRP survey Cooperative Institutional Research Project conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles We get an average of 70 to 80% response rate on this survey. In general, we are more similar to national norms than we are dissimilar.

Important reasons in deciding to go to college Percentage of Students Answering Very Important

Important reasons to select OU

Important Life Objectives

Estimated Parental Income

Drank beer during high school year

OU students political views

Admissions Acceptances and Student Choices

Part 3: Academic success Graduation Rates Retention Rates Probation Rates Info compiled by OIRA

First Semester Probation Rates (FTIACs)

Retention to second year

Six-Year Graduation Rates by 1 st -term credits 14+ Credits 12 or 13 Credits

Part 4: College engagement College student survey that assesses the extent to which students engage in educational practices associated with high levels of learning and development Administered every two years. OU has shown steady increases in NSSE results since 2005 More data is available on OIRAs website. All data is for 1 st year students unless otherwise noted. National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE: pronounced nessie)

More than 10 hours per week working off campus ClassOakland Selected Peers Freshmen46%27% Seniors70%57%

the environment emphasizes spending significant amounts of time on academic work Very Much (4) Some (2)

Time Spent preparing for class Hours Per Week (4.0) 6-10 Hours Per Week (3.0)

Quality of Relationships with other students Friendly & Supportive Unfriendly & unsupportive

Questions and discussion ?