First-Year Assessment

The first-year assessment plan is meant to be iterative - each step informing the next. Throughout the process data is analyzed, shared with stakeholders while making changes to content and or programs. Outcomes are often re-evaluated.

Elements of this plan have been adapted to assess the transfer student experience.

Assessment Cycle

1. "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey - Offered by each college prior to orientation. Collects common data as well as specific individual data for advisors.
2. Student participation – Utilizing the Orientation Database to capture and track student attendance behavior.
3. Orientation Program Evaluation – includes common questions/themes for Orientation evaluation process and obtains immediate feedback regarding Orientation experience.
4. Welcome Week Program Evaluation– includes common questions/themes for Welcome Week evaluation process and obtains feedback for next year’s Welcome Week experience.
5. Check-In Survey – Survey sent to all new freshman and transfer students in January. Survey includes common questions and themes of involvement and seeking help.
6. Leaver’s Study – Work with college advisers to identify reasons students have not re-enrolled for spring semester.
7. National Surveys - For example, Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) survey.
8. Identity/Re-evaluate outcomes.

"Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey Results

The Pre-Orientation Survey combines common questions on academics, previous experiences, involvement, expectations, and concerns with questions from the student’s specific college of enrollment. This process used to exist separately in some colleges but was centralized by Orientation & First-Year Programs in 2009. As of 2014, the survey results are recorded in a database newly managed by CLA OIT. In 2015, questions were mapped with the CIRP survey and several items where enhanced.

Class of 2027 & Transfers entering in 2023

• Class of 2027 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer 2023 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey 

Class of 2026 & Transfers entering in 2022

• Class of 2026 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer 2022 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey 

Class of 2025 & Transfers entering in 2021

• Class of 2025 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Class of 2025 International "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer 2021 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey 

Class of 2024 & Transfers entering in 2020

• Class of 2024 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Class of 2024 International "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer 2020 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey

Class of 2023 & Transfers entering in 2019

• Class of 2023 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey 
• Class of 2023 International  "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer 2019  "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer International 2019  "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey

Class of 2022 & Transfers entering in 2018

• Class of 2022 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey 
• Class of 2022 International  "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer 2018 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer International 2018 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey

Class of 2021 & Transfers entering in 2017

• Class of 2021 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Class of 2021 International Infographic
• Transfer 2017 Infographic
• Transfer International 2017 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey

Class of 2020 & Transfers entering in 2016

• Class of 2020 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey
• Transfer 2016 "Tell Us About Yourself" Pre-Orientation Survey