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Finding Aid for the Higher Education Research Institute. Administrative files. 1965-2003.
University Archives Record Series 774  
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HERI Administrative files. Series 1.

Scope and Contents note

Includes coorespondence, general operating manuals, office procedures, office announcments, etc. ??Includes grant proposals, continuation grant proposals and grant award notices. Grant names found in files include, FIPSE, CIRP, Ford, Exxon, NIE Project, etc. Includes meeting agendas and documentation for conferences and workshops held by HERI to explain projects and HERI research plans.
Box 3

Correspondence for Alexander Astin. 1974-1975.

Box 3

General office procedures manual. 1983[?]-1985.

Scope and Contents note

Includes office procedures documents, CIRP administration procedures, HERI publication order processing procedures, committees and lists, telephone lists, etc.
Box 6

Meeting minutes - CIRP advisory committee. 1974.

Box 6

Miscellaneous office documents. 1970[?].

Scope and Contents note

Contains miscellaneous HERI office documents such as party invitations.
Box 13

ACE Conference on the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. 1975.

Scope and Contents note

Includes conference agenda.
Box 13

Debtor reference control subsidiary ledgers. 1990-1993.

Extent: 12 folders

Scope and Content

Includes ledgers of accounting, sundry debtor reference control subsidiary ledgers. Entries in ledgers show records of invoices sent to participating universities.
Box 13

U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Grant. 1985.

Extent: 5 folders

Scope and Contents note

Contains continuation grant request form for project entitled "Value Added: A New Approach to Institutional Excellence".
Box 13

Workshop on the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Value-Added Project. 1986-1987.

Extent: 3 folders

Scope and Contents note

Includes workshop material for 1986 and 1987 workshops.
 

Survey files and data runs. Series 2.

Scope and Contents note

Includes forms, data runs, approval forms, survey trend files and selected reports using HERI data. Project survey forms include Student Potential Program (SPP), College Students' Beliefs and Values (CSBV) Pilot Survey, Wisconsin Faculty Survey, Conneticut College Alumni Survey, Hamshire College Alumni Survey, etc. Series also includes samples of student, faculty and participating institution survey forms. Also includes comparative tables showing student information questionnaire items from years 1965-1972. Printouts are grouped according to project and year. Includes files relevant to the administration of surveys including survey documentation of methodologies, findings, survey errata notices, invitations to participate in surveys, etc.. Includes publications from educational institutions who participated in HERI surveys and subsequently created reports using HERI data.
Box 1

Student Potential Program Questionnaire. 1984-1986.

Scope and Contents note

Completed forms in various formats and includes student data cover sheet with scores from SAT and other standardized exams, biographical information, interview evaluation form, and supplementary experimental rating data entry sheets. Some forms noted 'denied admission'. Also includes completed information sheets on interviewee's activities and codebooks (1 folder). Continued in Box 3. Includes signed approval forms from either or both institutions and students agreeing to participate in HERI studies.
Box 2

CAEL project data runs. 1985-1987.

Box 3

College Student Survey (CSS) approval forms. 2002.

Extent: 2 folders
Box 3

Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) approval forms. 2002.

Extent: 4 folders
Box 3

Freshman Survey trend files. ca. 1988.

Extent: 4 folders

Scope and Contents note

Contains student counts for freshman survey trends. Trend dates covered vary according to institution and generally cover from 1971 to 1988. Files show first-time full time (FTFT) students and part time/transfer (NTFT) student data. Data organized by institution code.
Box 3

Student Potential Program Questionnaire. 1984-1986.

Scope and Contents note

Completed forms in various formats and includes student data cover sheet with scores from SAT and other standardized exams, biographical information, interview evaluation form, and supplementary experimental rating data entry sheets. Some forms noted 'denied admission'. Also includes completed information sheets on interviewee's activities. Continued from Box 1.
Box 4

UCLA Graduate School of Education (GSE) Faculty Survey data runs. 1983-1984.

General note

Dates taken from computer run printouts.
Box 5

College Students' Beliefs and Values (CSBV) Pilot Survey. 2003.

Scope and Contents note

Contains completed CSBV Pilot Survey forms. Continued in Box 8 and 9.
Box 6

CIRP student information form questionnaire comparison report. 1965-1972.

Scope and Contents note

Includes table describing CIRP student information questions for first eight years of survey.
Box 6

Sample forms - Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) participant survey. 2000.

Scope and Contents note

Includes survey forms for participating institutions.
Box 6

Sample forms - faculty surveys. 1972.

Scope and Contents note

Includes survey forms used in faculty surveys.
Box 6

Sample forms - invitations to participate in survey. 1993-1995.

Scope and Contents note

Includes invitations to participate in College Student Survey (CSS) and Follow-up surveys (FUS).
Box 6

Sample forms - student surveys. 1961-1995.

Scope and Contents note

Includes samples of Freshman Information Forms, Student Information Forms, Inventory of College Activity Forms and various follow-up survey forms. Some years missing.
Box 6

Sample forms - survey data request forms. 1993-1994.

Scope and Contents note

Includes request forms for CIRP institutional data, College Student Survey data.
Box 6

Sample letters - survey administration letters. 1991-1995.

Scope and Contents note

Includes sample letters sent to institutions participating in HERI surveys covering survey administration and handling of survey forms.
Box 6

Survey errata notices. 1988.

Scope and Contents note

Includes error notices sent to survey participants.
Box 7

SISFAP Study A Documentation - 12th grade freshman. c. 1976.

Box 8

College Students' Beliefs and Values (CSBV) Pilot Survey. 2003.

Scope and Contents note

Contains completed CSBV Pilot Survey forms. Continued in Box 5 and Box 9.
Box 9

College Students' Beliefs and Values (CSBV) Pilot Survey. 2003.

Scope and Contents note

Contains completed CSBV Pilot Survey forms. Continued from Box 5 and 8. Includes Templeton surveys.
Box 10

UCLA Graduate School of Education (GSE) Faculty Survey Administration File. 1983-1984.

Extent: 3 folders

Scope and Contents note

Includes survey methodology description and documentation, faculty interest coorelation findings and handwritten notes.
Box 10

UCLA Graduate School of Education (GSE) Faculty Survey. 1984.

Scope and Contents note

Contains completed faculty survey forms entitled 'Interests and Compentencies: Part II' and survey codebook.
Box 10

University of Wisconsin Faculty Survey. 1992.

Scope and Contents note

Contains completed faculty survey forms. Continued in Box 17.
Box 12

Connecticut College Alumni Survey. 1989.

Scope and Contents note

Contains completed alumni survey forms. Also includes unopened mail returned to HERI from students who were not at the address sent.
Box 12

Hampshire College Alumni Survey. 1990.

Scope and Contents note

Contains completed alumni survey form.
Box 12

Hampshire College Alumni Survey completed form. 1990.

Scope and Contents note

Includes 1 completed survey form.
Box 12

Connecticut alumni survey forms. 1969.

Scope and Contents note

Survey forms and envelopes.
Box 14

Norms Data Run. 1976-1983.

Scope and Contents note

Data mostly from 1980-1983. Includes data runs for various projects including 1981 ACE/UCLA Survey of Entering Freshman, Inventory of Student Activities, etc. Also includes data runs showing roster lists of participating institutions. Includes freshman follow up survey data runs for following years: 1983 data for 1979 and 1981 freshman and 1982 data for 1978 and 1980 freshman participants.
Box 16

Student Typology Data Runs. 1986-1987.

Scope and Contents note

Years for which typologies generated include 1971/1980, 1983/1985, 1971 and 1986. Includes various typologies including high school activities, college activities, major and minor course, careers, etc.
Box 17

University of Wisconsin Faculty Survey. 1992.

Scope and Contents note

Contains completed faculty survey forms. Continued from Box 10.
Box 17

Wisconsin faculty survey forms. 1992.

Scope and Contents note

Continues in box 10.
Box 18

NIE DIA Financial Aid Regression Data Runs. 1984-1986.

Scope and Contents note

Includes handcoded NIE financial data, fortran coding sheets, and EDRS source publications relating to data authored by Robert H. Fenske.
Box 18

EDRS source publication relating to data. 1969-1980.

Box 18

Data runs DIA regression.

Box 18

Data runs NIE DIA data. 1985.

Box 18

Data runs NIE financial aid regressions. 1985.

Box 18

NIE financial data FORTRAN coding form. 1985.

Box 19

Hampshire Project Data Runs. 1990.

Scope and Contents note

Data runs for Hampshire College Alumni Survey. Includes Hampshire College data, Connecticut College data, Hampshire and Connecticut Colleges descriptive and miscellaneous analyses.
Box 19

Data runs Hampshire project. 1990.

Box 19

Data runs Hampshire project. Connecticut college data. 1990.

Scope and Contents note

Hampshire college alumni survey.
Box 19

Data runs Hampshire project. Hampshire and Connecticut descriptive and miscellaneous analysis. 1990.

Box 19

Data runs Hampshire project. Hampshire college data. 1990.

 

Reports, publications and announcements. Series 3.

Scope and Contents note

Includes grant, research and study reports generated by HERI. Also includes articles, institute brochures, research announcements and other materials published by HERI.
Box 6

HERI announcements. ca. 1980; 1992.

Scope and Contents note

Includes material published by HERI announcing research projects and publications.
Box 6

HERI brochures. 1977; 1995.

Scope and Contents note

Includes brochures and printed materials explaining HERI's activities, research, workshops, etc.
Box 6

HERI publications. 1973-1996.

Extent: 2 folders
Box 6

Selected reports and publications using HERI data. 1970-1979.

Extent: 2 folders

Scope and Contents note

Includes reports from University of Delaware, United States Military Academy, Mount St. Mary's College, Catholic University, etc.
Box 6

SISFAP-Study D report entitled "Student Access to Postsecondary Education: Comparative Analysis of Federal and State Student Aid Programs." ca 1976.

Box 7

HERI press releases. 1974; 1976.

Box 7

Phase 1: Study Design and Pre-Implementation Activities for a Study of the Impact of Student Financial Aid Programs final report. 1975 Apr 15.

Box 11

Exxon Education Foundation's Resource Allocation Management Program files. 1975.

Scope and Contents note

Includes three individually bound documents: Exxon File, Summary and Documentation, and Exxon File Layout.
Box 11

Study of the Impact of Student Financial Aid Programs (SISFAP). 1975-[1977].

Extent: 2 folders

Scope and Contents note

Includes SISFAP study reports: Study A Documentation 11th - 12th Grade Longitudinal File (2 bound volumes) and SISFAP - Study A, The Impact of Student Financial Aid Programs on Student Choice Appendices (1 bound volume).