Briefs, Case Studies, & Reports
Research briefs, case studies, papers, reports written by IR staff, Chico State faculty, and IR Faculty Fellows.
Campus Roles - Reports of Interest
These pages are intended to simplify finding data across multiple campus reporting systems by providing one-stop access based on your role/interest.
Advancing Equity
President Hutchinson charged the GI Advisory Team Co-Chairs with leading an intensive campus-wide effort to close the equity gaps in Chico State’s graduation rates for underrepresented minority, low income, and first-generation students. The following papers are a result of data being reviewed for this initiative.
2021
Sept-24 - Institutional Research, High-Level Targets to Improve Two and Four-Year Graduation Rates for Pell-Receiving and URM Transfer Students (PDF).
Sept-08 - Institutional Research, High-Level Targets to Improve Six-Year Graduation Rates for Pell and URM First-Time Freshmen.
General Inquiry
2021
Oct - Institutional Research, Major Switching Across Colleges and Effects on Six-Year Graduation Rates.June - Institutional Research, Assessing Student Academic Progress Before and After Executive Order 1110.
April - J. Bell, Covid Effects on Freshmen Success (2-page report).
April - J. Bell, Effect of Covid-related Changes on Student Success for Fall 2020.
Feb - Institutional Research, Tribal Relations (2-page report).
2020
Oct - Institutional Research, Exploring the Role of Memorization in Higher Education Using NSSE and FSSE Survey Data (2-page report).
Oct - Institutional Research, BCSSE 2019 Historical NSSE Comparison.
Feb - Wilking, Roll & Kornbluh, Assessing Homelessness & Housing Insecurity at Chico State - Post Camp Fire. (PDF)
Jan - Institutional Research, Using the BCSSE and NSSE Surveys to Compare Student Expectations and Experiences (2-page report).
2019
Jan - J. Bell, Analysis of dismissal and dropout rates for the 2009-2011 first time freshmen cohorts (PDF).
Jan - J. Bell, Analysis of DFW rates for Fall 2013 - Spring 2017 CSU Chico classes (PDF).
2017
Dec - J. Bell, Analysis of dismissals and dropouts: 2009-2011 cohorts (PDF) (slides).
Dec - J. Bell, Analysis of DFW rates: 2013-2017 semesters (PDF) (slides).
2016
Dec - J. Bell, Four-year graduation rate analysis (PDF).