CIRP - Truman State University

In May 2006, the Design and Implementation Group of the Assessment Committee recommended to the Vice President for Academic Affairs that the CIRP be administered to all incoming first-year students every two years, rather than every year. The VPAA approved the recommendation. Therefore, the next administration of the CIRP will be in Fall 2007, then in Fall 2009 and so on.

Cooperative Institutional Research Project (CIRP)

Who takes it?
Fall first-time students.

When is it administered?
During Truman Week (in August) every 2 years.

How long does it take for the student to complete the instrument?
30 minutes.

What office administers it?
Class instructors administer the survey and return it to Assessment and Testing.

Who originates the survey?
Higher Education Research Institute
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information
3005 Moore Hall, Box 951521
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521
(310) 825-1925
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/index.php
e-mail: heri@ucla.edu

When are results typically available?
The following January.

What type of information is sought?
The CIRP provides a profile of an entering class. The major information tracked is the probable field of study, highest degree planned, college choice, reason for college choice, high school record, political orientation, parental income, and parental education and occupation. Other information is available as well: ethnic background, activities during the previous year, self-rating in regard to various abilities and skills, time spent the previous year in other activities, probable career, source of finances, and religious preference of the student.

From whom are the results available?
Assessment and Testing Office, Violette Hall 1130.

To whom are the results regularly distributed?
President, Provost, Deans, Assessment Committee, and readers of the Assessment Almanac.

Are the results available by department or discipline?
No.

Are the results comparable to data of other universities?
Yes.

(The following are excerpts from each year's Assessment Almanac)

Fall 2007 CIRP Summary | Full Results

Fall 2005 CIRP Summary | Full Results

Fall 2004 CIRP Summary | Full Results

Fall 2003 CIRP Summary | Full Results

Fall 2002 CIRP Summary | Full Results

Fall 2001 CIRP Summary | Full Results

Fall 2000 CIRP Summary