Cooperative Institutional Research Project (CIRP) Incoming first-time full-time freshmen NU has participated since 1966 The survey covers a wide range of student characteristics 70% response rate in 2008 Talked about before. Here’s a quick summary: Trend data back to 1971 40 questions dealing with parental income and education, ethnicity, and other demographic items; financial aid; secondary school achievement and activities; educational and career plans; and values, attitudes, beliefs, and self-concept. Response rate had been in the upper 70’s over the three previous years, but came down this year possibly due to flawed survey software and survey instrument. Still, the consistently high response rate makes it reliable surveys at NU

SSPG website Results from last 3 years are posted. By school Adding a ten year trend file Have older data and a forty year trend file

CIRP Racial Composition Whites over-responded. 59% of responses vs. 55% of class Internationals and Asians under-responded by a couple of percentage points. CIRP respondents still a pretty good reflections of the incoming class overall.

Reasons indicated as “very important” for coming to NU This college has a good academic reputation (94% for URM, 92% for others) This college’s graduates get good jobs (82%, 72%) This college’s graduates gain admission to top grad/prof schools (62%, 58%) 21 reasons for attending “this college” Percentage of students indicating a reason was “very important” in their decision to come to NU. International and unknown students are excluded. Same top 3 reasons, but with slightly different proportions.

Very important reasons underrepresented minorities decided to come to NU Difference between URM and other students was significant for 7 of 21 reasons: This college’s graduates get good jobs (82% for URM vs. 72% for all others) Rankings in national magazines (49%, 39%) The cost of attending this college (28%, 20%) High school counselor advised me (12%, 7%) Not offered aid by first choice (11%, 6%) Could not afford first choice (8%, 4%) Attracted by religious affiliation/orientation of this college (5%, 1%) Chi-square test of reasons URMs noted as “very important” in their decision to come to NU compared to reasons other students were “very important” in coming to NU. International and unknown are excluded 3 of 7 are related to cost

Very important reasons underrepresented minorities decided to come to NU Cost is clearly very important May lack variety of informational resources Already looking ahead to post-college career Odds URM find these reasons as "very important" in their decision to attend NU Could Not Afford First Choice 1.993 Not Offered Aid By First Choice 1.913 High School Counselor Advised Me 1.714 This College's Graduates Get Good Jobs 1.696 The Cost Of Attending This College 1.522 Rankings in National Magazines 1.516 Odds ratio is likelihood URMs are to select one of these reasons as “very important” compared to a non-URM student

Parent’s income Take a look and parent’s income by racial category. Ethnic_compare Total White or Asian URM Income_compare $60,000 or greater Count 902 119 1021 Expected Count 889.0 132.0 1021.0 % within Ethnic_compare 88.7% 78.8% 87.4% Less than $60,000 115 32 147 128.0 19.0 147.0 11.3% 21.2% 12.6% Risk Estimate Value 95% Confidence Interval Lower Upper Odds Ratio for Income_compare (1.00 / 2.00) 2.109 1.364 3.261 Take a look and parent’s income by racial category. Total parental income of $60,000 is the dividing line. 21% of URM students with parents making less than $60k vs. 11% of other students Odds ratio