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Reports, Presentations, & Background Papers

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The SERU Project has devoted much of its early work on developing the UCUES survey and initial analysis. The following offers access to recent and pending reports, and to presentations and analysis developed by SERU Project associates.

SERU/UCUES Reports & Papers

The Immigrant University: Assessing the Dynamics of Race, Major and Socioeconomic Characteristics at the University of California. John Aubrey Douglass, Heinke Roebken, and Gregg Thomson. CSHE.19.07 (November 2007)

From Diversity to Educational Equity: A Discussion of Academic Integration and Issues Facing Underprepared UCSC Students. Holly Gritsch de Cordova and Charis Herzon. CSHE.16.07 (November 2007)

Different Patterns of Student-Faculty Interaction In Research Universities: An Analysis by Student Gender, Race, SES, and First-Generation Status. Young K. Kim and Linda J. Sax. CSHE.10.07 (August 2007)

"A New Generation: Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Immigration and the Undergraduate Experience at the University of California." Steve Brint, John Aubrey Douglass, Richard Flacks, Gregg Thomson and Steve Chatman. CSHE.14.07 (September 2007)

Institutional Versus Academic Discipline Measures of Student Experience: A Matter of Relative Validity. Steve Chatman. CSHE.8.07. (May 2007).

Multiple Goals, Satisfaction, and Achievement in University Undergraduate Education: A Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Project Research Paper. Heinke Roebken. CSHE.2.07. (February 2007).

"A Common Factor Solution for UCUES 2006 Upper Division Core Items." Steve Chatman, SERU/UCUES Project Director.

"Overview of UCUES Response Rates and Bias Issues." Steve Chatman, SERU/UCUES Project Director.

Promoting Civic Engagement at the University of California: Recommendations from the Strategy Group on Civic and Academic Engagement. Jodi Anderson, John Aubrey Douglass, et al. CSHE.2.06. December 2005.

Civic and Academic Engagement in the Multiversity: Institutional Trends and Initiatives at the University of California. Proceedings of a University of California Symposium held June 10, 2005. CSHE.2.06. December 2005.

Report: Learning And Academic Engagement In The Multiversity-Results Of The First University Of California Undergraduate Experience Survey. Richard Flacks, Gregg Thompson, John Douglass, and Kyra Caspary. CSHE.3.04. June 2004.

Forthcoming Reports

Technical Report on 2003-2004 UCUES Implementation.

Advice from Students on Improving Their Undergraduate Experience at the University of California.

UC Undergraduates and the Public Sphere: Some Findings from UCUES.

Evaluating University of California Admissions.

Background Papers

"Undergraduate Student Computer Use: A Literature Review of Current Research." Kristine Spratt, University of California, Santa Barbara

"New Opportunities in Student Research: Going Beyond the Conversion of Paper Survey Forms to Web Surveys." Steve Chatman, Director, Student Affairs Research and Information - UC Davis.

Campus Presentations/Analysis

Coming soon.

UC Office of the President Presentations/Analysis

Coming soon.