1. Based on the CIRP 2001 Freshman Survey, this brief report summarizes students’ reasons for choosing UCLA and sources of advice in college selection, and provides a historical view (1991-2001) of the top five reasons ranked as “Very Important” for choosing UCLA.

1. Based on data from the CIRP Freshman Survey, the UCUES, and the Ashe Center Student Survey, this report provides a portrait of UCLA students’ mental health. The focus is on two primary questions: 1) What is the state of students’ mental health as they enter UCLA? and 2) Do different groups of students show different patterns of mental health concerns and behaviors?

1. This briefing provides a general overview of the stress experienced by incoming first-year students, undergraduates, and graduate students. Key questions addressed include: What produces the greatest stress? Are levels and types of stress different for women and men and for members of different racial/ethnic groups? Data is drawn from the CIRP Freshman Survey, the Your First College Year (YFCY) Survey, the Ashe Student Health Survey, and the UCLA Student "Fishbowl" discussions.

1. This presentation provides data tables for UCLA and national norms for primary residence during the first year of college and first-year social interactions, patterns of first-year involvement, academic integration, and students' feelings of satisfaction and self-concept, by place of residence.  This data is based on the 2001 pilot administration of Your First College Year (YFCY) Study.

Relations Between Disadvantage Level and UCLA Experience: Evidence from UCUES 2003

1. This report explores how the disadvantage level (defined by parents’ education, parents’ income, parents’ occupation, social class, membership in an underrepresented racial/ethnic group, parents not born in the U.S., and first language learned) of UCLA respondents to the 2003 University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) relates to their experiences at UCLA and their satisfaction with student service utilization.

Special Issues in Student Development (for Student Affairs Leadership Forum, Oct. 2005)

1. This Powerpoint presentation provides a summary of students’ religious and spiritual beliefs.  It focuses on defining the characteristics of the religious & spiritual commitment of incoming UCLA students, understanding how UCLA students’ religion and spirituality are associated with their world view, and determining how undergrads characterize the campus climate and their own religious/spiritual involvement at UCLA.  Data is based on the College Students Values and Beliefs study and the CIRP Freshman Survey.

Spirituality of Entering UCLA Students: Evidence from CIRP Trends Data (Student Affairs’ Briefing, April 2004)

1. This briefing provides a summary of overall trends of spirituality, gender differences in spirituality, and racial/ethnic differences in spirituality, based on CIRP Freshman Survey data.

Influences on Incoming Students’ Anticipated Time to Degree (NOv. 2002) |Report| & |Presentation|

1. This report and presentation summarize students' expectations of time to degree and the associated factors that students bring with them to their college careers based on data from the CIRP Freshman Survey.  The following the following questions are addressed: “How many years do incoming first-year students anticipate taking to complete their undergraduate degree?” and “What factors and perceptions of students are most strongly related to their anticipation in regard to time to degree?”