Survey and Study Reports
Organized By Campus Groups
Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP)
Berea College first-year and transfer students are asked to complete the CIRP Entering Survey every other year beginning in Fall 2002. The survey assesses basic demographic characteristics, expectations of the college experience, secondary school experiences, degree goals and career plans, college finances, attitudes, values, and life goals, and reasons for attending college. (Go to Archived Reports.)
- Berea Only (Items that use a Rating scale)
- Berea Compared to Non-Sectarian Institutions
- Historical Trends from 1966 to 2014
Berea-Specific Entering Students’ Survey
Berea College first-year and transfer students are asked to complete a comprehensive questionnaire that assesses basic demographics, educational goals and needs, reasons for attending the College, and ratings of core values.
Organized by Topical Area
- Academic Advising
- Academics
- Admissions
- Alumni Programs
- Appalachian Studies
- Athletics
- Career Planning, Internships, Graduate School and Employment after Graduation
- Convocations
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Faculty Instruction
- Financial Aid and Support
- Labor Program
- Leadership
- Library
- Life Choices
- Life Skills
- Lifelong Learning, Broadening Experiences
- Public Safety
- Relationships With Others
- Residential Life
- Satisfaction with Courses, Majors, Programs, Services, and College in General
- Service, Volunteerism, Civic Engagement
- Sexual Issues (Concerns, harassment, assault, etc.)
- Spiritual and Religious Related
- Sustainability and Environmental Studies
- Technology Related
- Wellness, Health, and Fitness
Survey Instruments (Questions)
The following is a list of the surveys that the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) has administered. Each link contains the actual blank survey instrument (questions).