Title: Higher Education Research Institute. Administrative files.

Identifier/Call Number: University Archives Record Series 774

Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 18.0 linear ft. (18 cartons)

Date: 1965-2003

Abstract: Record Series 774 contains the administrative files of the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), formerly known as the Higher Education Laboratory. These files include: correspondence, data runs, reports, selected survey instruments, and documents on the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP).

creator: Higher Education Research Institute. 1974 -

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[Identification of item], Higher Education Research Institute. Administrative files (University Archives Record Series 774). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives.

ACE/UCLA Relationship: HERI has been working with the American Council on Education (ACE) on the Freshman Survey since it transfered to UCLA in 1973. ACE website has a link to their archives though it looks like it is under construction. http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=ACEArchives

Alexander Astin Notes: Worked with ACE until 1973 at which time he moved to UCLA.

Grants Notes: Grant funded research projects or coding for grants found in files dated 1985 included, CIRP/FUSS (Federal Department of Education), FIPSE (Value-Added), Ford, Exxon, Higher Education Specialization, NIE Project and DEC.

CIRP - Cooperative Institutional Research Program founding director is Dr. Alexander Astin and is the largest ongoing national study of college students in the United States. Survey started in 1966 by the American Council on Education (ACE) and then transferred to UCLA in 1973. Once transferred to UCLA, survey has been sponsored by ACE. The major focus of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program is to obtain descriptive information about the entering freshman students and to study the impact of college on those students. {MLS: ACE 1971, brochure.)

Many of the survey questions remain the same from year to year providing comparative data which can be used to discover national trends. In addition to the repeated questions, as new issues promiment in higher education develop, those are also added to the questionnaire. Follow up surveys of students are also conducted. (MLS: UCLA Educator, Winter 74.)

Uses of CIRP Data:

The freshman survey data has been used for a variety of purposes including curriculum and program evaluation, impact studies, information for the public, institutional research and for normative comparisons. (MLS: from CIRP booklet.) (MLS: from UCLA Educator, Winter 1974: Five major categories in which CIRP data may be used include impact studies, descriptive and normative studies, studies of collect environment, methodolgical studies and theoretical studies.)

HERI HISTORY:

HERI (the Higher Education Research Institute (pronounced as the name 'Harry')was first established in 1973. At that time it was called the Laboratory for Research on Higher Education. HERI was established to serve as an "interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in higher education." [MLS: from CIRP booklet.)

1977 pamphlet: Address in 1977: 924 Westwood Blvd. Suite 850. Los Angeles, CA 90024. Says institute was established in 1973 to "carry out empirical research in all sectors of postsecondary education: two- and four-year coleges, universitites, proprietary institutions, and adult education." "The research program of the Institute encompasses four broad areas: academic administration and institutional management, federal and state financial aid programs, use of postsecondary education in careers, and educational equity for women."

Record Series 774 contains the administrative files of the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), formerly known as the Higher Education Laboratory. These files include: correspondence, data runs, reports, selected survey instruments, and documents on the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP).

CIRP is the largest ongoing national study of college students in the United States. The first CIRP survey was taken in 1966 and sponsored by the American Council on Education (ACE); in 1973 the CIRP survey was relocated to UCLA with the transfer of Alexander W. Astin from ACE to UCLA. Astin served as the first Director of HERI (1973 to 20--).

Abbreviations found in material include:

ACE = American Council on Education

ACT = American College Testing Program

CAEL = ?

CIP = Curriculum Integration Project

CIRP = Cooperative Institutional Research Program

CSBV = College Students' Beliefs and Values

CSS = College Student Survey

FIPSE = Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education

HEGIS = Higher Education General Information Surveys

HERI = Higher Education Research Institute

HSGPA = High school grade point average

IRB = Institutional Review Board

PSAT = Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test

SAT = Scholastic Aptitude Test

SISFAP = Study of the Impact of Student Financial Aid Programs

SPP = Student Potential Program

Names of people/places noted during processing:

Alexander Astin (Also Alexander W. Astin; Sandy Astin)

John A. Creager

Office of Research – American Council on Education (ACE)

Robert F. Boruch

Alan E. Bayer

David E. Drew

Engin I. Holmstrom

Jeannie T. Royer

Richard M. Webb

Elaine H. El-Khawas

Ann S. Bisconti

Lindholm

Inoue

Clark Kerr (Chairman, Carnegie Commission on Higher Education)

Carnegie Commission on Higher Education (conducted joint survey with ACE – forms available)

Laboratory for Research on Higher Education (former name of HERI?)

Robert Pace (1978, Director of Laboratory for Research on Higher Education)

Helen S. Astin (in 1976, Vice-President of HERI)

Michele Harway

Patricia McNamara

Daryl E. Carlson

Bakke (?Case in 1978? On preferential use of race in admitting students to selective academic programs)

Exxon Education Foundation's Resource Allocation Management Program

Value Added: New Approach to Institutional Excellence (grant funded by FIPSE) 86-?Box 15 does not exist.

This is an active Record Series; additional University records are expected to be added.

The collection is organized into the following series: