As part of its research agenda, the Policy Center on
the First Year of College has conducted national surveys
of first-year structures, policies, and practices in
both the collegiate curriculum and co-curriculum. In
2000, two separate survey instruments, one related to
the first-year curriculum and one related to the first-year
co-curriculum, were embedded in e-mail messages and
sent to chief academic officers and chief student affairs
officers, respectively, at 621 two- and four-year colleges
and universities. The instruments asked a broad range
of questions, and responses to these questions have
been analyzed by institutional size, type (2-year and
4-year), and Carnegie classification (2000 edition).
The 2002 survey, focusing on the first-year curriculum,
was designed to complement and expand the Policy Center’s
2000 National Surveys of First-Year Curricular and Co-curricular
Practices. The Second National Survey was successfully
transmitted electronically to 1,867 chief academic officers
at both two- and four-year institutions. Taken together,
data from these survey initiatives paint a comprehensive
picture of first-year policies, procedures, and programs
at institutions across the US. These data can be used
by institutions as a means of comparing institution-specific
information with national trends.
Findings and response rate information
from the Second National Survey of First-Year Academic
Practices, 2002 can be viewed here
Findings and response rate information
from the 2000 administration of the two National Surveys
can be viewed here
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