Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2-1-1997

Keywords

Transfer, Characteristics, CIRP, 1995, Native, similarities, dissimilarites, differences, compare

Abstract

Though this report will deal mostly with the differences between transfers and native freshmen, their most important similarity should be mentioned first: both cohorts were new to Western; both were expected to confront unfamiliar surroundings and experiences. This basic fact is, from an administrative point of view, also one of extreme importance. The primary reason for the development of the Transitions program and for the continuing use of summer and freshmen orientation programs was to improve the University's efficiency. Numerous assessment reports have indicated that there can never be too much advising. Findings support what common sense would intuit: the sooner students choose a major, the clearer administrative expectations are delineated, the better chance there is that they will graduate in an expeditions manner. Administratively, it is no longer a simple matter of providing students with an outstanding educational experience. State mandates now demand that that outstanding education be delivered as expediently as possible. More students are queued up at our doors and Western must find ways to accommodate them. To meet these expectations, efficiency becomes paramount. Yet in order to work efficiently, the subject matter must be understood. In the case of the University, the subject is students, and what administrators need to understand is what these students look like. Quantified information on native freshmen is abundant. Much less information exists for transfers. Hopefully, this report will begin to address that information gap.

Identifier

392

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--Attitudes; College students--Washington (State)--Bellingham--Attitudes

Genre/Form

Reports

Type

Text

Rights

This resource is provided for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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