The following pages highlight these results. A complete listing of all questionnaire responses is provided at the end of this report. Due to the importance of the first few questions, which were borrowed from Ohio University's Student Involvement Study, they are repeated below in their entirety. First year student respondents report that they spend most weekends on campus and that they spend a substantial amount of time studying. Most are not employed.
Respondents spend a substantial amount of time going out with friends.
The majority felt they made the right choice in attending BGSU and plan to return next fall. The remainder of the questionnaire items dealing with academic and social integration consisted of a series of scales entitled Experiences in Class, Experiences with Faculty and Staff, Experiences with Writing and Learning Resources, Conversations with Other Students, Experiences with Other Students, and Experiences with Student Organizations. Responses spanned all given categories from once or twice a week to never. The range of possible scores for each of these scales along with the mean for the respondents is given below. Students of color, on average, reported greater involvement with faculty, other students, student organizations, and in conversations with other students.