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Continued From... PMC’s
Innovative Educational Initiatives Draw Regional Interest
UCLA STUDY:
PMC Students Experience Transformative Growth
This national study shows that significant, positive changes occur
over the four years that students attend PMC—changes that are
substantially greater than those occurring in women who attend other
colleges across the country.
According to the results of an ongoing UCLA study, PMC graduates demonstrate
greater increases in intellectual and social self-confidence; greater
commitment to promoting racial understanding, participating in community
action programs and becoming leaders in their communities; as well
as a stronger belief that individuals can help bring about social change
than female graduates at other colleges nationally. They also show
significant, positive change when comparing their responses with those
that they made as first-year students.
Commenting on the findings, President
Nemerowicz said, “For a
number of years the College has been tracking the development of our
students by comparing their response as first-year students and as
seniors. It is gratifying to note that it is clear that our graduates
have been positively affected by their experience at the College in
ways that are consistent with the mission and values of Pine Manor
College.”
This national survey of college students, sponsored
by the American Council on Education and the Higher Education Research
Institute (HERI) at UCLA, is designed to better understand the impact
of the college experience on student learning. Data have been collected
since 1965 from more than 10 million students at over 1,700 colleges
and universities. PMC has participated in this effort for over two
decades.
PMC first
year students complete a survey designed by HERI when they first
arrive at the College and again during their senior year. Questions
for the first year students focus on previous experiences with learning,
their confidence about their abilities, their intended areas of study
in college, and their goals, values, and aspirations. The senior survey
asks students about their experiences over their four years in college,
as well as their values, hopes, and aspirations for the future.
Student Development from First Year to Senior Year (2000–2004)
|
Female Respondents |
PMC |
NS |
AP |
PMC |
NS |
AP |
PMC |
NS |
AP |
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First
Yr |
First
Yr |
First
Yr |
Senior |
Senior |
Senior |
CHG |
CHG |
CHG |
Student rated self "above
average" or "highest 10%" as compared with the
average person of his/her age in: |
|
|
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| Self-Confidence (intellectual) |
42.6 |
56.2 |
54.3 |
72.3 |
64.1 |
61.6 |
29.7 |
7.9 |
7.3 |
| Self-Confidence (social) |
45.8 |
40.8 |
42.6 |
77.1 |
52.8 |
52.7 |
31.3 |
12.0 |
10.1 |
| Self-Understanding |
47.8 |
56.2 |
53.4 |
71.7 |
69.0 |
65.4 |
23.9 |
12.8 |
12.0 |
Objectives considered to be "essential"
or "very important" |
|
|
|
| Influencing social values |
31.1 |
41.1 |
44.0 |
57.8 |
49.3 |
51.8 |
26.7 |
8.2 |
7.8 |
| Participating in a community
action program |
29.5 |
31.7 |
29.7 |
45.5 |
33.7 |
31.8 |
16.0 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
| Helping to promote racial understanding |
37.8 |
35.2 |
31.4 |
62.2 |
40.1 |
38.8 |
24.4 |
4.9 |
7.4 |
| Becoming a community leader |
31.8 |
32.3 |
32.5 |
52.3 |
34.8 |
34.2 |
20.5 |
2.5 |
1.7 |
Student agrees "strongly" or
"somewhat" |
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| Realistically,
an individual can do little to bring about changes in our society |
30.0 |
18.7 |
19.2 |
15.0 |
16.9 |
16.8 |
-15.0 |
-1.8 |
-2.4 |
(Data from UCLA Education Research Institute)
PMC - Pine Manor College • NS -
Nonsecretarian 4-year Colleges • AP - All Private
4-year Colleges •
CHG - Change
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