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GINA GIOTTA • DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES

USING THE CSUN PULSE SURVEY TO ASSESS ATTITUDES & MEASURE ATTITUDINAL CHANGE AMONG FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA & COMMUNICATION. GINA GIOTTA • DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES MIKE CURB COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA, AND COMMUNICATION. Guiding Questions.

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GINA GIOTTA • DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES

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  1. USING THE CSUN PULSE SURVEY TO ASSESS ATTITUDES & MEASURE ATTITUDINAL CHANGE AMONG FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA & COMMUNICATION GINA GIOTTA • DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES MIKE CURB COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA, AND COMMUNICATION

  2. GuidingQuestions • How can we increase the remarkably persistent (≈ 81%) First-Time Freshmen (FTF) one-year continuation rate among students in the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication (AMC)? • What initial attitudes, behaviors, and expectations vis-à-vis college do AMC FTF maintain at the start of their degree-seeking journey? • Do any of these attitudes, behaviors, and expectations change for better or for worse after one semester of study at CSUN?

  3. Overview of Data • Data from the CSUN Pulse Survey were used to assess attitudes, behaviors, and expectations of the 2016 and 2017 FTF AMC cohorts in the first 3-5 weeks of their first Fall semester at CSUN. • Data from the Spring Transition CSUN Pulse Survey were used to measure change in attitudes, behaviors, and expectations of the same cohorts after one semester of study at CSUN.

  4. Findings • Perceive their communication with instructors • outside of class as ‘just right’ or average • Perceive their test anxiety as moderate, even when • well-prepared • Perceive their time management skills as very good • Are very satisfied with their academic life at CSUN • Feel very strongly that they belong at CSUN • Feel very strongly that they fit in at CSUN • Feel moderately-to-very satisfied with their social life • on campus • Incoming AMC FTF have favorable affective attachments to CSUN, moderate test anxiety, and a high opinion of their academic self-efficacy. In particular, they: • AMC FTF show no statistically significant attitudinal change along any of the above indicators of persistence after one semester at CSUN.

  5. Concluding Thoughts • As incoming AMC FTF rate satisfaction with their social life on campus lower than other aspects of their academic life, and as this rating remains unchanged after their first semester at CSUN, the College may wish to explore strategies for promoting sociability among its FTF. Such strategies might include: • First-year cohort models designed explicitly to promote sociability among students in a commuter campus environment • Limiting FTF access to online and hybrid classes, which increase social isolation and limit opportunities for meaningful peer interaction and social intimacy • Reducing introductory lower division class sizes to foster greater social intimacy among students and opportunities for meaningful peer interaction

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