The Cooperative
Institutional Research Program (CIRP) is a national longitudinal
study of the American higher education system. Established in 1966,
the CIRP is the nation's largest and oldest empirical study of higher
education, involving data on some 1,800 institutions and over 11
million students. It is regarded as the most comprehensive source
of information on college students. The annual report of the CIRP
Freshman Survey provides normative data on each year's entering
college students.
Mount Holyoke College has participated in the CIRP Freshman Survey
annually since 1971. This survey is currently administered in paper
format either during Orientation in early September or during the
first week of classes.
In Fall 2004, Mount Holyoke also participated in the College Students'
Beliefs and Values Survey as a supplement to the annual CIRP Survey.
These surveys were presented together in the same format to the
students although the results of both sections were tabulated separately.
In Fall 2006, the CIRP Survey was administered via the web (in
coordination with COFHE)
for the first time.
Individual-level data for Mount Holyoke students from 1971-2003
are archived at the Office of Institutional Research and may be
available for research projects. Anyone interested in these data
should contact Alison Donta.
Survey
Data
The following reports are available to Mount Holyoke College faculty
and staff who have recieved a password from the Office of Institutional
Research. Anyone else who wishes to access this information, please
conact Alison Donta.
CIRP Survey data
College Students' Beliefs and Values Survey data
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