A PROFILE OF OU

1ST YEAR STUDENTS

Reuben TernesAssessment Coordinator, OIRA

OGL Session April 28, 2011

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW Who Are OU FTIACs?

Demographical DataValues and ExpectationsAcademic SuccessCollege Engagement

INSTITUTIONAL DATA Various pieces of information that our

office (OIRA) collects on OU’s student body.

GROWTH IN FTIACS 2000 - 2010

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

1888 1905 1868

2101 20532213

2287 2340 23502466

2311

FTIAC GENDER RATIOS

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Male Female

FTIAC ETHNICITY

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2008

2009

2010

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

White African American Asian HispanicNative American International

FTIACS: AVERAGE ACT SCORE

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

18

19

20

21

22

23

24AVG ACT SCORE

AVG ACT S...

UNDERGRADUATE AGE (ALL STUDENTS)

Fall 2002

Fall 2003

Fall 2004

Fall 2005

Fall 2006

Fall 2007

Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

OU Undergraduates by Age

17-2223-2425-34

FULL TIME/PART-TIME STATUS (ALL STUDENTS)

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

FT PT

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

Learn about things

Get a better job

Make more money

General education

Become a more cultured person

0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0

201020012000

IMPORTANT REASONS TO SELECT OU

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2009

2010

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Academic Reputation Grads get good jobs*Live near home Financial assistanceCost

IMPORTANT LIFE OBJECTIVES

Keeping up to date with politics

Racial understanding

Be a community leader

Adopting "green" lifestyle

Influencing social values

Develop Philosophy of Life

Successful own business

Obtaining recognition

Becoming an authority

Helping others

Raising a family

Being very well off

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

ESTIMATED PARENTAL INCOME

less than $30,000

$30,000 to $59,999

$60,000 to $99,999

$100,000 or more

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

OUPeer

THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH POLITICS

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2010

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

OUComparison

DRANK BEER DURING HIGH SCHOOL YEAR

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2009

2010

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

OUNational

OU STUDENTS’ POLITICAL VIEWS

Far l

eft

Libe

ral

Mid

dle-

of-th

e-ro

ad

Conse

rvat

ive

Far r

ight

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

OUPeer

TIME SPENT ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES (PER WEEK)

None Less than one hour

1 to 2

hours

3 to 5

hours

6 to 10

hours

11 to 15

hours

16 to 20

hours

Over 20

hours

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

OUPeer

ACADEMIC SUCCESS Graduation Rates Retention Rates Probation Rates Info compiled by OIRA

% OF FTIAC WITH A GPA < 2.0 AFTER THEIR FIRST SEMESTER (PROBATION)

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100.0%

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

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

First Year Retention

SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATES BY 1ST-TERM CREDITS

14+ Credits

12 or 13 Credits

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 15 HOURS PER WEEK WORKING ON CAMPUS

Class Oakland Selected Peers

Freshmen 35% 24%

Seniors 61% 52%

“THE ENVIRONMENT EMPHASIZES SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME ON ACADEMIC WORK”

2003 2005 2007 20092.9

2.95

3

3.05

3.1

3.15

3.2

OU Peers

Very Much(4)

Some(2)

TIME SPENT PREPARING FOR CLASS

2003 2005 2007 20093

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

4

4.2

OU Peer

11-15 HoursPer Week

6-10 Hours Per Week

QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER STUDENTS

2003 2005 2007 20094.6

4.8

5

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.8

OU Peers

Friendly & Supportive

Unfriendly & unsupportive

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

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