Table 1. Administration details for The Freshman Survey by BUILD institution and year.
| The HERI Freshman Survey (TFS) administration year | |||||
| BUILD Institution | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| California State University, Long Beach | Institution-wide, paper at orientation with cohort sampling from follow-up | Institution-wide, web at orientation with cohort sampling from follow-up | Sampled cohort, web after classes began | Institution-wide, web after classes began with cohort sampling from follow-up | Institution-wide, web after classes began with cohort sampling from follow-up |
| California State University, Northridge | Institution-wide, paper and web with cohort sampling from follow-up | Institution-wide, web after classes began with cohort sampling from follow-up | Institution-wide, web after classes began with cohort sampling from follow-up | Sampled cohort, web after classes began | Sampled cohort, web after classes began |
| Morgan State University | Institution-wide, paper and web after classes began and with targeted classes | Institution-wide, web after classes began and with targeted classes | Institution-wide, web after classes began and with targeted classes | Institution-wide, paper after classes began and with targeted classes | Institution-wide, paper after classes began and with targeted classes |
| Portland State University | Convenience sample with targeted classes, web after classes began | Institution-wide, web prior to classes began | Institution-wide, web prior to classes began | Institution-wide, web prior to classes began | Institution-wide, web prior to classes began |
| San Francisco State University | Institution-wide, web after classes began | Institution-wide, web after classes began | Institution-wide with limit to responses, web after classes began | Institution-wide with limit to responses, web after classes began | Institution-wide with limit to responses, web after classes began |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | Institution-wide, paper during orientation | Institution-wide, web after classes began | Institution-wide, web after classes began | Institution-wide, web after classes began | Institution-wide, web after classes began |
| University of Detroit-Mercy | Institution-wide, paper during orientation | Institution-wide, paper during orientation | Institution-wide, paper during orientation | Institution-wide, paper during orientation | Institution-wide, paper during orientation |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Institution-wide, paper and web after classes began and with targeted classes | Institution-wide, web during orientation | Institution-wide, web during orientation | Institution-wide, web during orientation | Institution-wide, web during orientation |
| University of Texas at El Paso | Institution-wide, paper and web after classes began and with targeted classes | Sampled cohort, web after classes began | Sampled cohort, web after classes began | Sampled cohort, web after classes began | Sampled cohort, web after classes began |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | Institution-wide, paper only during orientation | Institution-wide, paper and web during orientation | Institution-wide, web only after classes began | Institution-wide, web only after classes began | Institution-wide, web only after classes began |
Note. Survey administration methods varied by institution and year based on institutional interest in surveying all incoming students and conducting the survey as part of new student orientation or after the academic term began. The survey is a central element of HERI’s the Cooperative Institutional Research Program.
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