A Profile of OU 1st Year Students

OGL Session April 30, 2013

Reuben TernesResearch Associate, OIRA

Cassandra BarraganAssessment 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 OU’s student body.

•All kinds of information can be found on our website:▫www.oakland.edu/oira▫Including this power point!

Growth in FTIACs 2000 - 2011

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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FTIACs: Average ACT Score

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

AVG ACT S...

FTIAC Gender Ratios

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Male

37 35 40 37 38 38 39 38 39 40

Female

63 65 60 63 62 62 61 62 61 60

32.5

42.5

52.5

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FTIAC Ethnicity

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

0%

10%

20%

30%

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50%

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70%

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90%

100%

All Other EthnicitiesWhite

About half of OU’s non-white ethnicities are African American students

Undergraduate Age (All UG Students)

Fall 2004

Fall 2005

Fall 2006

Fall 2007

Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Fall 2011

Fall 2012

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

17-2223-2425-3435+

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

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

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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’

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 20120%

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OU STUDENT TRENDS OF REASONS IN DECIDING TO GO TO COLLEGE: 1995 - 2012

JOB MONEY EDUCATION

Important reasons to select OU

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2006

2007

2009

2010

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2012

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Good academic rep-utation Good social repu-tationGraduates go to top grad schoolsGraduates get good jobs

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Important Life Objectives

Keeping up to date with politics

Racial understanding

Be a community leader

Adopting "green" lifestyle

Influencing social values

Develop life philosophy

Successfully own business

Obtaining recognition in field

Becoming an authority in field

Helping others

Raising a family

Being well off financially

0% 10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

OU 2012 OU 2011 OU 2010

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5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

45.0%

OUPublic (Low Selectiv-ity)All Public 4-Years

Drank beer during high school year

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2009

2011

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20

30

40

50

60

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50.0%

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OUNational

Admissions Acceptances and Student Choices

OU Peer0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

100.0%

Accepted by 1st Choice SchoolWas This Your 1st Choice School?

Part 3: Academic success

•Graduation Rates•Retention Rates•Probation Rates•Info compiled by OIRA

First Semester Probation Rates (FTIACs)

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

Retention to second year

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

First Year Retention Rates

Six-Year Graduation Rates by 1st-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 OIRA’s website.

• All data is for 1st year students unless otherwise noted.

National Survey of Student Engagement

(NSSE: pronounced ‘nessie’)

More than 10 hours per week working off campus

Class OaklandSelected

Peers

Freshmen 46% 27%

Seniors 70% 57%

“the environment emphasizes spending significant amounts of time on academic work”

2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 20122.9

2.95

3

3.05

3.1

3.15

3.2

3.25

OU Peers

Very Much

(4)

Some(2)

Time Spent preparing for class

11-15 HoursPer Week(4.0)

6-10 Hours Per Week(3.0)

2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 20123

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

4

4.2

OUPeer

Quality of Relationships with other students

2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 20124.6

4.8

5

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.8

OU Peers

Friendly & Supportive

Unfriendly & unsupportive

Questions and discussion

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