HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE

	Meaning and Spirituality in the Lives of College Faculty: A Study of Values, Authenticity, and Stress Alexander W. Astin and Helen S. Astin, with the assistance of Anthony L. Antonio, John Astin, and Christine M. Cress Publication Date- 1999 42 pages Cost-Free ($3 shipping and handling charge)
In 1997 the Fetzer Institute contracted with UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute to study the role of meaning and spirituality in faculty life. This report summarizes the findings from 70 personal interviews conducted with faculty from a variety of disciplines in four California colleges and universities. Filled with excerpts from the faculty interviews, Meaning and Spirituality paints a poignant picture of the struggle of faculty to find meaning and authenticity in institutional environments often at odds with individual values and with the values of liberal education. The authors provide recommendations for future research on this topic.
	The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2007 John H. Pryor, Sylvia Hurtado, Jessica Sharkness, and William S. Korn Publication Date- 2007 ISBN-978-1-878477-43-9 200 pages Cost-$25.00
This is the 41st annual report of national normative data on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen. These freshman data are weighted to provide a profile of the American freshman population for use by individuals engaged in policy analysis, human resource planning, educational research, guidance and counseling, and teaching first-year courses. The data are also useful to the general community of current and future students, parents, and college faculty.
	The American Freshman: Forty Year Trends John H. Pryor, Sylvia Hurtado, Victore B. Saenz, Jose Luis Santos, and William S. Korn. Publication Date- 2007 ISBN-978-1-878477-41-5 261 pages Cost-$30.00
Summarizes the results of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s annual surveys of first–year college students and documents an array of student changes since the survey's inception in 1966.
	Degree Attainment Rates at American Colleges and Universities: Effects of Race, Gender, and Institutional Type Alexander W. Astin and Leticia Oseguera Publication Date- 2005 ISBN-1-878477-35-8 74 pages Cost-$15.00
The purpose of this study is to make available to the higher education community national degree completion figures covering three time intervals-four years, six years, and nine years-together with separate figures broken down by institutional type, gender, and race. The data for this study were obtained from a national sample of 365 baccalaureate-granting institutions.
		First in my Family: A Profile of First-Generation College Students at Four-Year Institutions Since 1971 Victor B. Saenz, Sylvia Hurtado, Dour Barrera, De’Sha Wolf, and Fanny Yeung Publication Date- 2007 ISBN 978-1-878477-40-8 62 pages Cost- $15.00
This special CIRP Freshman Survey trends report shares new insights on entering first-generation college students at four-year institutions over the last 35 years. The key contribution of this report is in its review of CIRP Freshman Survey trends on such issues as the importance of parental encouragement, students’ reasons and motivations for going to college, students’ financial concerns and considerations while in college, the influence of home in the college choice process, students’ pre-college academic preparation, as well as students’ goals and values at college entry.