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Douglass, John Aubrey; Thomson, Gregg – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2008
A number of national studies point to a trend in which highly selective and elite private and public universities are becoming less accessible to lower-income students. At the same time there have been surprisingly few studies of the actual characteristics and academic experiences of low-income students or comparisons of their undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, State Universities
Brint, Steve; Douglass, John Aubrey; Flacks, Richard; Thomson, Gregg; Chatman, Steve – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2007
The Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Project is a collaborative effort of academic scholars, IR staff, and academic and administrative leaders at each of the UC (University of California) undergraduate campuses and at UCOP (University of California Office of the President). The objective is to develop new types of data and…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Student Experience, Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity
Flacks, Richard; Thomson, Gregg; Douglass, John; Caspary, Kyra – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2004
During the spring of 2002 and 2003, a team of faculty and institutional researchers conducted an innovative web-based survey on the undergraduate experience at all eight undergraduate campuses of the University of California. This report provides the first formal presentation of preliminary findings from that survey and discusses potential areas…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Research Universities, Student Experience, Learning Experience