Project Director, Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, United States
Session Abstract: October is a critical time for college students, particularly for first-year students who are adjusting to the academic and personal demands of higher education. Often, IR offices are tasked with deploying and reporting results of midsemester "pulse" surveys during this period. However, many institutions also have preenrollment survey data on these same students. This session will present research results using a preenrollment and pulse survey from a large national sample addressing two major concerns that impact student success: mental health and finances. The results show that the relationship between preenrollment survey data and midsemester pulse survey data is not perfectly linear, however it does successfully identify many students who later in the semester express concerns about mental health and finances. The session will also include discussion regarding the role of IR offices and midsemester pulse and preenrollment surveys.
