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Note: The following materials are provided to help
prospective and current members understand the type of data collection
that occurs within the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange.
Member institutions agree to treat data supplied by
fellow consortium members confidentially. Members agree through
the CSRDE Membership Agreement that they will use data they receive
for internal benchmarking purposes. CSRDE does not supply data on
institutions to the public.
General
Information:
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Audience |
General
Information |
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All Four-year Institutions
Current Members
Note: We are exploring lengthening
the tracking period to eight years. We'll be in touch with
membership this fall to finalize. |
CSRDE Retention Surveys track retention
and graduation rates of students. We use Excel spreadsheets
to collect 2nd year - 7th year continuance and 4th year
- 6th year graduation rates. We have three surveys:
- First-time, full-time, baccalaureate degree-seeking
freshmen (Main Retention Survey)
- First-time, full-time, baccalaureate degree-seeking
freshmen in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) majors
- Community College Transfer students
Your data will be available on our secure, members-only
web site. We'll be in touch to give you instructions for
accessing and submitting the data.
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All Two-year Institutions
Current
Members
Note: We are exploring lengthening
the tracking period to eight years. We'll be in touch with
membership this fall to finalize.
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CSRDE Retention Surveys
track retention and graduation rates of:
- First-time full-time cohorts
- First-time part-time cohort
We use Excel spreadsheets to collect 1st year through
5th year completion and 2nd through 6th year continuation.
Your data will be available on our secure, members-only
web site. We'll be in touch to give you instructions for
accessing and submitting the data. |
Prospective Members
(Four-year and Two-year Institutions) |
A sample of the key elements
of the survey, definitions, and examples of reporting styles
are available by request.
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Newly Admitted Members
(Two-year and Four-year Institutions) |
- Once your application has been accepted, we will send
the Main Contact and the Institutional Data Assistant a letter by standard mail that gives you individual logins
to the CSRDE Portal.
- In late December we will have a copy of the survey
posted to your "Drop Box" in the Portal.
- Incorporate the CSRDE Production Calendar into your
office's production schedule
- We will also begin sending you emails and newsletters
to keep you up-to-date with deadlines and CSRDE events.
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Description
of the Survey Instruments for Four-Year Institutions
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| Description
of Surveys for Four-Year Institutions: |
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Main CSRDE Survey.
Also referred to as Section I: |
Covers Institution-wide
retention of first-time, full-time, baccalaureate degree-seeking
freshmen cohorts. Also institutional characteristics
are collected to assist with the identification of peer
institutions.
This is required to be completed by all four-year
institutional members.
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The STEM Survey.
Also referred to as Section II and III.
This is an optional survey. No additional fee for participation.
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This survey has two parts,
Section II and Section III. Members from 4-year institutions
who choose to participate in the STEM survey must also
have completed the Main retention Survey (Section I)
and complete both Section II and Section III.
Section II: Institution-wide retention and graduation
of first-time, full-time freshman science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) majors. (cohorts) |
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Section
III: Discipline-specific retention and graduation
of first-time, full-time freshman STEM majors. Additional
institutional characteristics are also collected.
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Community College Transfer Survey.
Also referred to as Section IV.
This is an optional survey. No additional fee for participation.
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Tracks the retention and graduation of cohorts of community college transfers
into 4-year institutions transferring in with 30 or
more credit hours. Addresses cohort of full-time and
part-time combined. |
| Student
Information Collected from Four-Year Institutions |
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Cohorts: |
- We collect cohort-level data rather
than unit-level data from the institutions.
- Section I, II & III for the 2007-08 year will
study seven cohorts from the Fall Cohort of 2000 through
the Fall cohort of 2006 first-time freshman cohorts.
- Section IV will address full and part-time community
college transfers from the Fall Cohort of 2000 through
the Fall cohort of 2006.
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Subgroups: |
- Data on the Total cohort
- Sub-cohorts by Race and Ethnicity
- Sub-cohorts by Gender
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Due Dates: |
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Description
of the Survey Instrument for Two-Year Institutions
| Survey
for Two-Year Institutions |
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Main CSRDE Retention Study
for two-year institutions.
Also referred to as Section I and II.
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This survey has two parts. Section
I (2 yr) addresses First-time Full-time cohorts. Section
II (2 yr) addresses first-time, part-time cohorts.
Section I 2yr: Institution-wide retention
of first-time, full-time, degree/certificate-seeking
freshmen. This is completed by all two-year
institutional members.
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Section II 2 yr:
Institution-wide retention of first-time, part-time,
degree/certificate-seeking freshmen. This part is
also completed by all two-year institutional members.
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Cohorts: |
We collect cohort-level data
rather than unit-level data from the institutions. For
the 2007-08 year we will study the six cohorts from
Fall 2001 through Fall 2006. We will track the first-time,
full-time and the first-time, part-time cohorts of degree/certificate
seeking students.
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Subgroups: |
- Data on the Total cohort
- Sub-cohorts by Race and Ethnicity
- Sub-cohorts by Gender
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Due Date: |
March
7, 2008 |
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Submitting
completed surveys
All data submissions to the Consortium will
be to our secure, members-only web site.
The electronic submission helps us avoid transcription errors and
helps keep the costs to our members in check.
Due Dates:
| Four-Year Institutions |
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| Section I: |
For the 2007-08 membership year the due date is
March 7, 2008. Click here
for more information about the current survey cycle.
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| Sections II and III: |
For the 2007-08 membership year the due date is May 5, 2008. Click here
for more information about the current survey cycle.
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| Sections IV: |
For the 2007-087membership year the due date is July 7, 2008. Click here
for more information about the current survey cycle.
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| Two-Year Institutions |
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| Section I and II: |
For the 2007-08 membership year the due date was
March 7, 2008. Click here
for more information about the current survey cycle. |
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Questions
about survey instruments, etc?
If you have a question about our survey instruments, your data,
membership, etc., please do not hesitate to contact us. Your participation
is important. We are glad to help in any way we can.
Contact: The Center for Institutional Data Exchange and
Analysis (C-IDEA) at the University of Oklahoma, coordinator of
the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange:
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