Initial Findings for Content Analysis

Content analysis
USI
Based on the headlines within the last month of the USI newspaper "The Shield"
Findings about USI so far. (work in progress)

The dominant issues: Sports, USI’s high executives (president), safety
The Dominant groups: Student Government Association (SGA), Student Ambassador Organization, Sports teams
Dominant values: Order, security, student concerns
Dominant political beliefs: Need more evidence
Under represented issues: Campus dinning, other USI sports groups. There are many groups and organizations at USI that are not well represented (groups that people don’t know about)

Initial data collected on USI from collegeboard.com
(work in progress)

Type of School
§ Public
§ Liberal Arts College
§ University
§ Four-year
§ Coed

Percent applicants admitted: 88%
§ Regionally Accredited
§ North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:
§ Associate
§ Bachelor's
§ Master's
§ Doctoral

Other characteristics: Credit courses offered at various off-campus sites in Evansville and surrounding areas.

Setting
§ Suburban setting
§ Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
§ Commuter campus

Size
§ Total undergrads: 9,320
§ First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 2,104
§ Degree-seeking undergrads: 9,137
§ Graduate enrollment: 806

1st-year students:
§ 93% In-state students
§ 7% Out-of-state students
§ 2% Part-time students
§ 60% Women
§ 40% Men
§ 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
§ 1% Asian/Pacific Islander
§ 7% Black/Non-Hispanic
§ 2% Hispanic
§ 87% White/Non-Hispanic
§ 1% Non-Resident Alien
§ 1% Race/ethnicity unreported
§ 9% in top 10th of graduating class
§ 27% in top quarter of graduating class
§ 60% in top half of graduating class
§ 12% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
§ 10% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
§ 11% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
§ 16% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
§ 30% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
§ 16% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
§ 5% had h.s. GPA between 1.0 and 1.99

I also found a lot of information on Evansville at www.infoplease.com
I felt that the information would be too much to put on this blog.
I am having trouble understanding fully what Dr. Micer means about "making a claim about evansville?" I am not sure of what kind of information I'am looking for when sorting out the vast info on Evansville