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Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project

The University of California, Irvine School of Education is serving as a pilot demonstration site to develop and implement a state-of-the-art measurement project to improve our understanding of the value of undergraduate educational experiences, and promote evidence-based models of undergraduate student success.

The Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project, also known as the UCI Measuring Undergraduate Success Trajectories project (UCI-MUST), is tracking for two years a random sample of more than 1,200 UCI undergraduates. Data is being collected in three different strands, each overseen by a School of Education faculty member. Everything from transcripts to online classroom behavior, living situations to student moods is being considered.
 
The project, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is designed to inform the development of a large-scale longitudinal study of colleges and universities (College and Beyond II) coordinated by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan.
Research & Information
  • ​​Project Framework (PDF)
  • "A Framework for Measuring Undergraduate Learning and Growth" - December 2021, Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning
  • Gates Foundation Postsecondary Value Commission Report: "Ensuring a More Equitable Future: Assessing Student Learning and Growth in Higher Education" - May 2021 
  • Survey of UCI undergraduates in re: COVID-19 - April 2020​​
  • Project Brochure​
  • Data Strands and Members
  • Abstract
  • ​Project Team
  • Advisory Board
  • ​Video Overview

Project Team Presents Research Findings 

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Dean Richard Arum, Distinguished Professor Jacquelynne Eccles, and Postdoc Luise von Keyserlingk presented research findings on Oct. 23, 2020 at the University of Michigan's College and Beyond II Liberal Arts and Life Colloquium Series. Watch the presentation here. Moderated by Timothy McKay, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy, Education, University of Michigan.
Media Coverage
  • The Future Trends Forum, April 2021 - "How Do We Measure Student Success?"
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2021 - "Good Grades, Stressed Students"
  • School of Education Magazine, Fall 2020 - "Understanding & Supporting Students in the Era of COVID-19"
  • PBS Newshour, July 2020 - "As the pandemic upends higher education, is residential college worth the cost?"
  • UCI School of Education, January 2020 - "Scholars from Mellon Research Forum convene for first time at UCI School of Education"
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, October 2019 - "An Author of 'Academically Adrift' Strikes Again"
  • Inside Higher Ed, September 2019 - "Assessing the Value of an Undergrad Degree"
  • Campus Technology, September 2019 - "UCI Launches 2-Year Study on Value of College Education"
  • ​UCI School of Education. September 2019 - "Project assessing student experience, value of college kicks off"
  • School of Education Magazine, Fall 2019 - "The Value of College"
  • UCI School of Education, February 2019 - "Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project advisory board convenes"
  • Los Angeles Times, December 2018 - "UCI get $1.1-million grant to pilot study on value of liberal arts education"
  • UCI Magazine, December 2018 - "Studying the Students" 
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, November 2018 - "Dean at UC-Irvine Seeks to Solve Higher Ed's Existential Crisis With Data - Lots of It"
  • Press Release
Next Generation Undergraduate Success Measurement Project, UCI, featured on PBS Newshour
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