1. Reuben Ternes Assessment Coordinator, OIRA OGL Session April 29, 2010 A Profile of OU 1 st Year Students

2. Presentation Overview Who Are OU FTIACs? – Demographical Data – Values and Expectations – Academic Success – College Engagement

3. Institutional Data Various pieces of information that our office (OIRA) collects on OU’s student body.

4. Growth in FTIACs 1998 - 2010 Projected ?

5. FTIAC Gender

6. FTIAC Ethnicity

7. FTIACs: Average ACT Score

8. Undergraduate Age (All Students)

9. Full Time/Part-Time Status (All Students)

10. 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

11. Estimated Parental Income

12. Important reasons in deciding to go to college

13. Important Reasons to Select OU

14. Important Life Objectives

15. The Importance of Keeping Up to Date with Politics

16. Marijuana Should Be Legalized

17. Racial Discrimination No Longer a Problem

18. Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal

19. Too Much Concern for Criminals

20. Abortion Should Be Legal

21. Drank Beer During High School Year

22. Time Spent on Social Networking Sites (per Week)

23. Academic Success Graduation Rates Retention Rates Probation Rates Info compiled by OIRA

24. % of FTIAC in Probation End of First Semester

25. Retention to Second Year

26. Graduation by 1 st -term Credits

27. College Engagement National Survey of Student Engagement (Pronounced nessie) College student survey that assesses the extent to which students engage in educational practices associated with high levels of learning and development All Data is for 1 st year students unless otherwise noted.

28. More than 15 Hours per Week Working Off Campus ClassOakland Selected Peers First-Year35%24% Seniors61%52%

29. Time Spent Preparing for Class

30. Relationships with Other Students

31. “ The Environment Emphasizes Spending Significant Amounts of Time on Academic Work”

32. Questions and Discussion ?