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Reports, Surveys & Studies
To make the best use of our research findings, they should be disseminated widely, and coordinated. To help facilitate that, this page will serve as a repository for survey results and other research about our University that may be useful to the campus community. Some of these studies will be produced by IRAP staff. Others involve the labor of faculty and staff in various areas. Where that is the case, their authorship is noted.
- A Comparison Of First Generation And Continuing Generation Students At Fresno State

- Fresno State Students Enrolled in Multiple Higher
Education Institutions
by Dmitri Rogulkin, IRAP Research Analyst - Does Service Learning Help Students Succeed?

by Christina Leimer, Hongtao Yue, and Dmitri Rogulkin - Honors Program Assessment Summary Report
and Appendix
by Hongtao Yue, IRAP Research Analyst - Post-Graduate Education of Fresno State Graduates by Dmitri Rogulkin, IRAP Research Analyst
- Post-Baccalaureate Enrollment of Fresno State Graduates by Dmitri Rogulkin, IRAP Research Analyst
- Upper Division Writing Requirement by Dmitri Rogulkin, IRAP Research Analyst
In this project we analyzed how students meet the Upper-Division Writing Requirement. We compared the pass rates and identified differences in characteristics of students who take the Upper-Division Writing Examination (UDWE) and those who enroll in an upper-division writing course (W-Course) in the period between fall 2002 and fall 2007. - First-Year Student Retention and Attrition
This report is based on multiple studies of first-year student retention conducted by IRAP and others in 2007-08 for the Retention Oversight Group. Appendices include the specific research projects. - Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA)
This national test of critical thinking, analytical reasoning, writing and problem-solving was administered in 2007-08 as part of the CSU's participation in the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA).
Test Respondent Characteristics - What Do Fresno State Students Learn? A Multi-Year Comparison of NSSE Results by Hongtao Yue, Research Analyst, IRAP
- National
Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) 2007 Results
2007 Respondent Characteristics
, Means
, and Frequencies 
- Are Fresno State Seniors Academically Challenged Enough? by ChrisTina Leimer, Director, IRAP
What Classes Are Seniors Taking?
See a copy of the NSSE survey instrument
See a copy of the FSSE survey instrument
You Tube: A Vision of Students Today (video clip) - First Generation Faculty and Staff Stories Project
- ACT CAAP Writing Test Results by Xia Liu, Research Analyst, IRAP ***
- Multiculturalism, Diversity and Gender Issues by ChrisTina Leimer, Director, IRAP
See a copy of the survey instrument - Educational Goals: What Does the Faculty Find Most Important?
by ChrisTina Leimer, Director, IRAP
See a copy of the survey instrument - Stasis and Change: Faculty Satisfaction, Stress and
University Priorities by ChrisTina Leimer, Director, IRAP
See a copy of the survey instrument - ACT CAAP Reading Test Results - General Education Area 1C Courses - April 2005 - by Priscilla Chaffe-Stengel, Professor, ISDS and Faculty Fellow, IRAP
- National
Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Results (Powerpoint presentation
in pdf format)
2005 Respondent Characteristics
, Means
, and Frequencies 
- College
Student Expectations Survey (CSXQ) - Spring 2005(William Stock,
Ph.D. and Dennis Nef, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, authors).
A longer version of the survey by William Stock, Ph.D. is also available at
this link (23 pages, 1 mb) .

- Academic
Information Technology Surveys
Faculty, staff and student technology surveys conducted by Dr. Ed Nelson, Director, Social Research Laboratory, College of Social Sciences, Social Science 106, (559) 278-2275.
