First-Year Research

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Vision

In March 2000, the Jesuit Community at Loyola College in Maryland established a special endowment to support research and special programmatic initiatives to ensure excellence in the College’s first-year academic programs. The first phase of the endowment was used in April of 2002 to establish a research operation to support the planning and development of the College’s first-year programs.   Under the supervision of the Director of Institutional Research, the Coordinator of First-Year Research conducts annual studies to assess the impact of first-year programs.

Mission

The Coordinator of First-Year Research develops, coordinates, administers, and analyzes appropriate assessment initiatives in order to evaluate the impact of first-year programs on students and to measure program success. These assessments help the College determine how well the academic goals of the first-year programs are being met and the extent to which the development needs of incoming students are being served. Assessment data are used to determine whether significant outcomes differences exist among the various programs so that accurate information is available to support first-year program planning and decision making.