Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Keywords

focus group, freshman enrollment, focus groups, group 1, executive summary

Abstract

Group 1. Eleven students participated. All eleven students in this group took 14 or fewer state support credits in fall quarter, and all scored lower than one standard deviation below the mean verbal SAT score for the freshmen class. Two of the students took 12 credits in the fall, four took 13 credits, and five took 14 credits. Their interests were distributed among the colleges, as represented by Summerstart advising group assignments—environmental studies, health, or math and science, four in humanities or Fairhaven, two in music or fine and performing arts, or admitted to Fairhaven college, one undecided, and none in education. Seven are female and four male. Six are students of color, three transferred credits, three participated in an FIG and two in an FYE, none are honors students, ten attended Summerstart, and none are athletes.

Identifier

493

Publisher

Digital object produced by Office of Survey Research, Western Washington University, and made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

College freshmen--Washington (State)--Bellingham--Evaluation; College attendance--Washington (State)--Bellingham

Genre/Form

Reports

Type

Text

Rights

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Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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