Five-year Follow-up of the Class of 1993: Alumni Satisfaction

A summary of findings from alumni surveys focusing on satisfaction with WWU one- and five-years after graduation

Ability, Interest and Effort: Understanding Outcomes of Math Coursework for Western Washington Univeristy Freshmen

Summary and analysis of surveys of freshmen and transfers regarding issues of attitudes and abilities in mathematics courses

Perceptions of Subtle Gender Discrimination, Hostility, and Sexual Harassment among Senior Women Faculty at Western Washington University

A web survey of senior women faculty looking into perceptions of subtle gender discrimination, hostility and sexual harassment

Western Educational Longitudinal Study: Baseline of Freshmen entering Fall, 2003

Baseline report with data from WWU\u27s first WELS survey on first-time, in-coming freshmen. Includes frequencies, figures, WELS goals and objectives, survey administration procedures, data quality, and analysis of qualitative findings from WELS freshmen focus group

Western Alumni, Class of 2003 - Spring 2004 Survey Findings

During Spring Quarter of 2004, a random sample of recent graduates of Western Washington University were mailed a survey asking about their current work and educational pursuits, expectations, and their experiences at Western. The survey replicated items from previous surveys conducted on a biennial basis. This report provides the distribution of their responses on each of the survey items. In all, 527 alumni responded to the survey out of 1340 for a 39% response rate. (Respondents were sent a pre-survey notification letter, followed by the survey, a reminder and a second survey if they’d not yet responded.) Respondents tended to have earned better grades at WWU (3.24 vs. 3.12 for non-responders), be Caucasian (82% versus 72% of non-responders) and be female (66% vs. 50% of non-responders)

Five-year Follow-up of the Class of 1993: Advanced Education

A summary of findings from alumni surveys focusing on post-bach education one- and five-years after graduation

Perceptions of Subtle Gender Discrimination, Hostility, and Sexual Harassment among Senior Women Faculty at Western Washington University

In 1999, the Faculty Senate approved Western\u27s participation in a national survey of faculty conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI). Western\u27s preliminary analysis of the data revealed that Westerns full-time female faculty reported experiencing sexual harassment at a higher percentage than did full-time female faculty at peer institutions--with each cohort made up approximately 62% tenured faculty and 38% non-tenured faculty. It was also noted that Western\u27s female faculty were more likely to report feeling subtle discrimination than female faculty at peer institutions and less likely to agree that women faculty are treated fairly. Limited by the survey data at hand, the only other finding researchers could note was that sexual harassment was more likely to be reported by tenured female faculty than by non-tenured female faculty (34% of senior female faculty versus 8% of junior female faculty). While the data provided by the survey was obviously noteworthy, so too was the scarcity of data. Indeed, key problems with the national survey data included that: no time frame was given; therefore it was unclear if the problems were long past or recent: and no definitions were given. In particular, were respondents interpreting sexual harassment as gender harassment (the former defined for this study as sexually intimidating or hostile behavior and the latter as poor treatment due to one\u27s gender)? At the request of the Provost, a committee of faculty and expert researchers were formed in Winter 2001 to advise and plan a follow-up to the finding. This survey is the result of that committee\u27s efforts

Employer Perspectives on Western Graduates

This report describes the performance of Western graduates in employment around Washington State. In addition, it describes the quality of the job market Western graduates have entered in recent years, and employer perspectives on employment opportunities and problems in Washington State

Western Educational Longitudinal Study (WELS): Fall 2003 Freshmen Transitions Survey

This survey is the follow-up to the WELS Baseline survey. By exploring prior high school and early college experiences of new freshmen, patterns in student characteristics and behavior may shed light on the problem of first-quarter transition

Departmental Academic Advising study at Western Washington University

A survey of current departmental academic advising practices and policie