This annual series, initiated in 1966, is a project of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), the longest-running and largest longitudinal study of the American higher education system. It provides national normative data on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen (demographic characteristics; expectations of college; degree goals and career plans; college finances; attitudes, values and life goals).
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The American Freshman: National Norms
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The American Freshman: 50 Year Trends
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Summarizes trends data in the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshman Survey between 1966 and 2015.
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This report presents survey data (from 216,362 students at 403 higher education institutions) on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen.