In the summer of 2003, ORAP surveyed Adelphi alumni who graduated in the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 academic years to determine what happens to Adelphi graduates, especially in terms of employment, further education, and personal and professional achievements.The Recent Graduate Survey 2000-2002 (PDF 2.50 MB) is available for download.

During the fall of 2004 and spring of 2005, the Office of Research, Assessment and Planning surveyed Adelphi students who graduated during the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 academic years. The Recent Graduate Survey 2002-2004 (PDF 350 KB) is available for download.

In the summer 2006, the Office of Research, Assessment and Planning surveyed Adelphi students who graduated during the 2004-2005 academic years. The Recent Graduate Survey 2004-2005 (PDF 456 KB) is available for download.

Survey of "Leavers"
In October 2002, matriculated undergraduate students in good academic standing who had enrolled at Adelphi in Spring 2002 but did not register for the Fall 2002 semester by the 21st day were called for a telephone interview to determine why they left Adelphi and what could be done to increase retention. The Survey of "Leavers" 2002 (PDF 98 KB) is available for download.

This report explores new freshmen who entered Adelphi in Fall 2003 and left before the Fall 2004 semester. It further investigates leavers who transferred to other institutions, as well as those who left and did not transfer. Parallel comparisons are made among students still enrolled, leavers and transfers. The Survey of "Leavers" 2004 (PDF 159 KB) is available for download.

Childcare Needs at Adelphi
In Fall 2002, students, faculty, and staff at Adelphi were surveyed in an attempt to assess the childcare needs of the Adelphi community. The Survey of Childcare Needs 2002 (PDF 95 KB) is available for download.

HERI Faculty Survey
Adelphi participated in the Higher Education Research Institution's survey of faculty in 2001 and in 2004. All Adelphi respondents and full-time undergraduate faculty from Adelphi are compared to full-time undergraduate faculty from private universities and from all four-year institutions that participated in the survey. The HERI Faculty Survey 2001 (PDF 201 KB), and 2004 (PDF 398 KB) are available for download.

Student Experience Surveys (SES)
In the fall of 2000, ORAP surveyed graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in Adelphi in November of 2000. The Undergraduate Student Experience Survey 2000 (PDF 158 KB) and the Graduate Student Experience Survey 2000 (PDF 109 KB) are available for download.

In the fall of 2003, ORAP surveyed graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in Adelphi in 2003. The Student Experience Surveys 2003 (PDF 1.1 MB) is available for download.

IT Survey
In Fall 2001, ORAP surveyed faculty members at Adelphi about their use of technology in professional work and in the classroom. The goal was to improve the delivery of information technology to the faculty. The IT Survey 2001 (PDF 520 KB) is available for download.

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Distributed and analyzed by the Center for Postsecondary Research & Planning at Indiana University, NSSE is designed to help institutions assess their educational practices. Adelphi has participated in the survey each year since 2000. The 2000 National Survey of Student Engagement (PDF 82 KB), the comparison of 2000 and 2001 NSSE results (PDF 1.1 MB), the comparisons of results from 2000 to 2002 (PDF 1.2 MB), the comparisons of results from 2000 to 2003 (PDF 640 KB), the results from the Spring 2004 NSSE/FSSE (PDF 722 KB), the 2005 NSSE results report (303 KB), and the 2007 NSSE results report (336 KB) are available for download.

Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Survey
CIRP is an ongoing survey of entering freshmen, administered by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. This survey provides a detailed profile of the entering freshman class. The 1998 CIRP Survey (PDF 123 KB), the 1999 CIRP Survey (PDF 98 KB), the 2000 CIRP Survey (PDF 258 KB), the 2001 CIRP Survey (PDF 137 KB), the 2002 CIRP Survey (PDF 156 KB), the 2003 CIRP Survey (PDF 512 KB), the 2004 CIRP Survey (PDF 433 KB), 2005 CIRP Survey (PDF 1.13 MB), and the 2006 CIRP Survey (PDF 360 KB) are available for download.

Your First College Year (YFCY) Survey
Your First College Year is a HERI's survey designed to assess the academic and personal development of first-year college students. Entering fall 2005 freshmen were surveyed in spring 2006 about their college experience. The 2006 YFCY results report (PDF 379 KB) is available for download.

Alumni Survey
At the beginning of the Spring 2000 semester, ORAP surveyed undergraduate and graduate students who had graduated between 1985 and the spring of 1999. The Alumni Survey 1985-99 (PDF 1.5 MB) is available for download.

During the spring and summer of 2007, ORAP surveyed Adelphi students who graduated during the 1996-1997 to 2000- 2001 academic years. The Alumni Survey Results of 1996-2001 alumni is available for download.

ACT Satisfaction Survey
A survey of student satisfaction conducted in 1998 using an ACT questionnaire. The ACT Satisfaction Survey 1998 (PDF 258 KB) is available for download.

Other Studies and Analytical Reports

In addition to the larger reports based on surveys, ORAP has worked on several other reports.

In November 2006, ORAP presented a paper entitled "Considering Leaving before They’ve Even Started: An Examination of Freshmen at Risk for Transfer" (PDF 81.6 KB) at the "Northeast Association for Institutional Research" annual conference. Most retention studies compare students who remain at an institution with those who leave. This paper extends the analysis by focusing on freshmen who leave in order to transfer to another institution. Our results suggest that even when students are not certain about the college they ultimately attend - to the point of contemplating transfer prior to the start of classes - if they are well prepared and the university provides financial assistance, they are more likely to stay than to transfer to another institution.

At the 2005 Northeast Association for Institutional Research conference, ORAP presented a paper entitled "NSSE's Benchmarks--One Size Fits All?" (PDF 53 KB). The paper's purpose is to show that assessment of educational quality cannot be separated from students' expectations and goals, demonstrated using the NSSE student engagement survey. ORAP also presented "Misleading At Best: The Impact of FSSE Data Presentation on Analysis and Interpretation of Findings" (PDF 152 KB) at a poster session. This research points out the urgent need for institutional researchers to review survey results from national organizations, such as those found in the FSSE faculty survey, before assuming the information is correct.

ORAP presented a paper in November 2003 at the Northeast Association for Institutional Research meeting. "NSSE and Retention: Does integration affect the probability of leaving?" (PDF 126 KB) examines whether students who are more socially and academically integrated in Adelphi are less likely to drop out. We find that while both have an effect, students who are socially integrated are more likely to remain in Adelphi, even when controlling for high school GPA.

In November 2002, ORAP presented the paper "NSSE: Applicable to All?" (PDF 646 KB) at the 2002 Northeast Association for Institutional Research meeting in Annapolis Maryland. The paper argues that the questions in NSSE are largely aimed at traditional college students and are less reflective of the experience of older and commuting students. According to this view, these non-traditional students will need less attention from the institution and will participate less in campus events. If so, then institutions dominated by non-traditional students will score lower on NSSE than institutions composed mainly of traditional students.

"The Retention of Adult Students" (PDF 89 KB) is a statistical analysis that examines the factors that influence the retention of University College students (students who have been out of school awhile but are returning to college) and of adult students in all schools over the age of 25.

"Relationship of Enrollment to the Economy" (PDF 342 KB) looks at the effect the state of the economy has on undergraduate and graduate enrollment at Adelphi. Generally, no relationship was found at the undergraduate level but a weak relationship between unemployment and enrollment was found at the graduate level.

"Comparative Institutional Data" compares Adelphi to other New York institutions and comparable national institutions on a variety of indicators, including student, academic, and faculty characteristics.