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2006 Freshman Survey
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LOCAL QUESTION CODING

40A. Do you give your school permission to release your name, student ID, address and birthday on file to the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) for their research analysis? Please note that your responses will be used for research purposes only and will be strictly confidential. Any information that is obtained in connection with this study and that can be identified with you will remain confidential and will be disclosed only with your permission or as required by law.
PERMITHERI=2 Yes
PERMITHERI=1 No

40B. Do you give the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) permission to include your ID number (with your survey responses) should your college request the data for additional research analyses? HERI maintains strict standards of confidentiality and would require your college to sign a pledge of confidentiality.
PERMIT06=2 Yes
PERMIT06=1 No

Questions from Brown University

Items 41 - 56 concern your reasons for choosing to attend Brown.
Use the following scale in responding to items 41 - 56:
A. Essential
B. Very Important
C. Important
D. Somewhat Important
E. Not Important

  Essential Very Important Important Somewhat Important Not Important
41. Cultural diversity of the student body. OPTQ0601=1 OPTQ0601=2 OPTQ0601=3 OPTQ0601=4 OPTQ0601=5
42. Availability of faculty advisors. OPTQ0602=1 OPTQ0602=2 OPTQ0602=3 OPTQ0602=4 OPTQ0602=5
43. The opportunity to design my own academic program. OPTQ0603=1 OPTQ0603=2 OPTQ0603=3 OPTQ0603=4 OPTQ0603=5
44. The opportunity to develop new insights into my own values. OPTQ0604=1 OPTQ0604=2 OPTQ0604=3 OPTQ0604=4 OPTQ0604=5
45. The opportunity to develop new insights into other people’s values. OPTQ0605=1 OPTQ0605=2 OPTQ0605=3 OPTQ0605=4 OPTQ0605=5
46. Availability of foreign study. OPTQ0606=1 OPTQ0606=2 OPTQ0606=3 OPTQ0606=4 OPTQ0606=5
47. Attending an Ivy League institution. OPTQ0607=1 OPTQ0607=2 OPTQ0607=3 OPTQ0607=4 OPTQ0607=5
48. The opportunity to gain familiarity with scientific and technological issues. OPTQ0608=1 OPTQ0608=2 OPTQ0608=3 OPTQ0608=4 OPTQ0608=5
  Essential Very Important Important Somewhat Important Not Important
49. The opportunity for faculty interaction. OPTQ0609=1 OPTQ0609=2 OPTQ0609=3 OPTQ0609=4 OPTQ0609=5
50. The open curriculum of Brown. OPTQ0610=1 OPTQ0610=2 OPTQ0610=3 OPTQ0610=4 OPTQ0610=5
51. The opportunity to attend small classes. OPTQ0611=1 OPTQ0611=2 OPTQ0611=3 OPTQ0611=4 OPTQ0611=5
52. A welcoming LGBT environment. OPTQ0612=1 OPTQ0612=2 OPTQ0612=3 OPTQ0612=4 OPTQ0612=5
53. No work-study requirement for first-year students receiving financial aid. OPTQ0613=1 OPTQ0613=2 OPTQ0613=3 OPTQ0613=4 OPTQ0613=5
54. Faculty commitment to teaching undergraduates. OPTQ0614=1 OPTQ0614=2 OPTQ0614=3 OPTQ0614=4 OPTQ0614=5
55. The opportunity to learn to relate to people of different races, nations, and religions. OPTQ0615=1 OPTQ0615=2 OPTQ0615=3 OPTQ0615=4 OPTQ0615=5
56. The surrounding community. OPTQ0616=1 OPTQ0616=2 OPTQ0616=3 OPTQ0616=4 OPTQ0616=5

57. I feel that my high school prepared me well for Brown.
OPTQ0617=1 Strongly agree
OPTQ0617=2 Agree
OPTQ0617=3 Disagree
OPTQ0617=4 Strongly disagree

58. My parents/guardians were influential in my choice of courses for this semester.
OPTQ0618=1 Strongly agree
OPTQ0618=2 Agree
OPTQ0618=3 Disagree
OPTQ0618=4 Strongly disagree


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