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 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.

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.

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