BCSSE 2013 Institutional Report Concordia University Chicago BCSSE 2013 Institutional Report Concordia University Chicago Elizabeth Owolabi, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Research Tracy Bartholomew, M.A.T., Assessment and Accreditation Coordinator 1

Goals of the Meeting  Share BCSSE Institutional Report  Not a data dump  Engage in dialogue and conversation regarding how this report may impact your work  Ask questions about further research and reports that our department can build to support your efforts 2

How well do you know our students?  What percentage of our students are coming from private, religiously affiliated high schools?  What percentage of our students are coming to us with “0” AP classes 1-2 AP classes  What percentage of our students have taken college or university courses for credit? 3

Background Information on the Sample?  Response rate: 372/410 = 90.7%  Research done during the first week of school  363 are 2013 graduates (98%)  Most of the graduates are from public high school 74%  23% are from private, religiously affiliated school 4

High School Academic Engagement as a Predictor of Future Performance  Q7. During your last year of high school, about how many papers, reports, or other writing tasks of the following length did you complete?  11 pages or more- None18966% 1-2 papers 8329%  Q8. During your last year of high school, about how many hours per week do you spend:  Preparing for class (studying, doing homework, rehearsing, etc.) 1-5 hours per week 15843% 6-10 hours per week 10829% 5

High School Behavior as a Predictor of Future Behavior  Relaxing and socializing (time with friends, video games, TV or videos, keeping up with friends online, etc.) hours per week 7420% hours per week 3810%  Preparing for class hours per week 277% hours per week 123% 6

General Education  Many of our students are not exposed to Performing or visual arts programs (band, chorus, theater, art, etc.) Not at all13637% Very Little 4312% Some 4211% 7

Student Leadership and Development  Percentage not at all involved  Student government (72%)  Publications (student newspaper, yearbook, etc.) (74%)  Academic clubs or honor societies (49%)  Vocational clubs (business, health, technology, etc.) (75%)  Religious youth groups (55%) 8

Student Expectations:  Come to class without reading the assignment (77%) said they will never do that and we believe  Do you expect to graduate from this institution? (85%) said yes  How many of your close friends will attend this college during the coming year? (55%) said none 9

Student Expectations Ranked in Importance: 1Support to help students succeed academically 2Learning support services (tutoring services, writing center, etc.) 3Opportunities to be involved socially 3Opportunities to attend campus activities and events 4Opportunities to interact with students from different backgrounds (social, racial/ethnic, religious) 5Help managing your non-academic responsibilities (work, family, etc.) 6A challenging academic experience 10

Quantitative Reasoning (HS_QR) Learning Strategies (HS_LS) Collaborative Learning (EXP_CL) Student-Faculty Interaction (EXP_SFI) Interactions with Diverse Others (EXP_IDO) High school engagement with analysis and numerical information Use of effective learning strategies in high school. Expectation to interact and collaborate with peers Expectation to interaction and engage with faculty Expectation to interact with peers different from themselves BCSSE First-Year Indicators

Expected Academic Perseverance (EXP_PER) Expected Academic Difficulty (EXP_DIF) Perceived Academic Preparation (PER_PREP) Importance of Campus Environment (IMP_CAMP) Student certainty that they will persist in the face of academic adversity Expected academic difficulty during the first year of college. Student perception of their academic preparation. Student-rated importance that the institution provides a challenging and supportive environment. BCSSE First-Year Indicators

BCSSE Report Builder  The BCSSE Report Builder is a public interactive tool that instantly generates reports of your choosing. The tool draws from a secure database of responses from the three most recent years of BCSSE, and can be queried using any combination of student and institutional characteristics. Variable options include individual items and scales.  1.Select report variables (choose one): BCSSE scale statistics or Item frequencies  2.Select a column variable (choose one): Carnegie 2010 Basic Classification; enrollment size (total undergraduate enrollment); control (public or private); gender; first- generation; race/ethnicity  3.Customize by institutional characteristics: Carnegie 2010 Basic Classification; region; control  4.Customize by student characteristics: gender; first- generation; high-school grades; race/ethnicity 13

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Research Questions  What are your questions about the first-year students?  Items available to conduct further analyses:  Summary Tables:

BCSSE 2013-NSSE 2014 Combined Report  BCSSE institutional report is one of two reports. BCSSE was designed as a companion to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). By participating in NSSE in the spring of 2014, we will also receive a BCSSE NSSE 2014 Combined Report that provides a detailed cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of our first-year students 16

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