Research Reports and Presentations

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness regularly completes research and analyses on a variety of topics related to student success and other other university performance metrics. Each report is assigned a unique number, starting with the year and then with a sequence number (e.g., 2012-01, 2012-02, 2012-03).

Reports are presented in descending order with the most recent reports at the top in each category.

Archived Reports by Category

Student Success, Retention and Graduation

Report 2024-01: Is Taking UF 100 or ENGL 101 Related to Retention
Report 2023-04: Intersectionality Among SERP Populations: Transfer PT Cohorts (BSU login required)
Report 2023-03: Intersectionality Among SERP Populations: Transfer FT Cohorts (BSU login required)
Report 2023-02: Intersectionality Among SERP Populations: FTFT Cohorts (BSU login required)
Report 2018-01: Multi-year scholarship and retention: A three-year follow-up
Report 2017-01: Bottleneck Courses and Departments, 2010-11 to 2015-16
Report 2016-01: Bottleneck Courses and Departments, 2010-11 to 2014-15
Report 2015-01: Are students who are low-income/and/or first-generation-in-college less likely to experience academic success at Boise State?
Report 2014-07: Multi-year scholarships and retention: A two-year follow-up
Report 2014-06: What happened to the Fall 2013 cohort?
Report 2014-05: Modeling Retention and Graduation in the Major: Poster Presentation at the 2014 Association for Institutional Research Conference
Report 2014-04: Analyzing Changes in Retention and Graduation: Presentation to the President’s Council
Report 2014-03: What is related to student retention in STEM for STEM majors?
Report 2014-02: Multi-year Scholarships and Retention
Report 2014-01: Follow-up on Fall 2012 Students Who Did Not Return to Boise State in Fall 2013
Report 2013-04: Six-year Graduation Rates
Report 2013-03: Addressing the pattern of changes in retention and graduation
Report 2013-02: Predicting Retention Using Ten Years of Cohorts and Retention Data
Report 2013-01: Do full-time students taking fewer credits their first semester have greater success at Boise State?

Survey Analysis

Advising Survey

Report 2017-01: Results of the 2017 Academic Advising Survey
Report 2014-01: Results of the 2014 Academic Advising Survey

Campus Climate Survey

Report 2014-03: Campus Workplace Survey: Results for Communication and Work Life
Report 2014-02: Workplace Climate: A report on Satisfaction with Work Climate
Report 2014-01: Respect on Campus: Results from the Workplace Climate Survey

Graduating Student Survey

Report 2018-01: Results from the 2016-17 Graduating Student Survey
Report 2017-01: Results from 2015-16 Graduating Student Survey
Report 2016-01: Results from 2014-15 Graduating Student Survey to the Department Chairs
Report 2015-03: Graduating Student Assessment of Programs and Boise State
Report 2015-02: Perceived growth in academic and personal skills
Report 2015-01: Graduating Student Assessment of Faculty and Curricula
Report 2014-01: What are graduates saying about their experiences at Boise State?

NSSE Survey

Report 2022-01: NSSE 2022 Analysis of Comments
Report 2019-02: What does NSSE tell us About High Impact Practice(s) and Engagement? (2018 NSSE)
Report 2019-01: What does NSSE tell us About How Our Students Spend Time? (2018 NSSE)
Report 2016-02: What does NSSE tell us About High Impact Practice(s) and Engagement? (2015 NSSE)
Report 2016-01: What does NSSE tell us About How Our Students Spend Time? (2015 NSSE)

Alumni Outcomes

Report 2023-01: Alumni Career Insights & First Destination Dashboards

Other Surveys

Report 2024-01: Tuition Waiver Benefit Survey
Report 2006-01: What New Freshman Want from the Ideal College and What they Got at Boise State University