Transcript Mark Lee - Loyola University Maryland

Mark Lee
Summer Orientation II
Survey data collected 6/19/14
• New Student Survey / New Parent Survey
• Student surveys returned = 244
• Parent surveys returned = 208
What do you (as parents) believe excites
your students most about coming to
Loyola?
Being on their own
Getting to know other people
Taking classes
Getting involved in activities on campus
Your students say that this excites
them most about coming to Loyola:
Being on their own
Getting to know other people
Taking classes
Getting involved in activities on campus
Top 3 resources you say your student would
be most likely to turn to if experiencing
some adjustment difficulties:
1. A parent / family member: 77.4%
2. A friend/roommate: 66.8%
3. An RA or Evergreen: 33.7%
Top 3 resources your students say they
would be most likely to turn to if
experiencing some adjustment difficulties:
1. A friend/roommate: 83.2%
2. A parent / family member: 70.1%
3. An RA or Evergreen: 33.2%
Expected a healthy lifestyle to be
“somewhat” to “a great deal” of challenge
in college:
Student Response
Parent Response
Expected finances to be “somewhat” to “a
great deal” of challenge in college:
Student Response
Parent Response
Expected academic rigor to be “somewhat”
to “a great deal” of challenge in college:
Student Response
Parent Response
Expected getting to know faculty /
administrators to be “somewhat” to “a
great deal” of challenge in college:
Student Response
Parent Response
Expected making friends to be “somewhat”
to “a great deal” of challenge in college:
Student Response
Parent Response
Expected to be “somewhat” to “a great
deal” of challenge in college:
Incoming Students
Parent Perceptions
54%
49%
33%
49%
36%
33% 32%
29%
24%
Healthy
lifestyle
Finances
Academic
rigor
Getting to
know faculty
21%
Making
Friends
Pre college substance use:
Student did not drink during past year
Student Response
Parent Response
Pre college substance use:
Student usually drinks 4+ drinks
Student Response
Parent Response
Pre college substance use:
Student has experienced a blackout as a
consequence
Student Response
Parent Response
Pre college substance use:
Student used marijuana in the past year
Student Response
Parent Response
Parents of incoming students
underestimate pre-college substance
use behaviors:
Incoming student behavior
Parent perception of incoming student behavior
51%
36%
32%
29%
21%
14%
5%
Did not drink
Usually drinks 4+
drinks
6%
Blacked out
Used marijuana
Incoming
students
overestimate
substance use
behaviors of
Loyola students
Most incoming
students believe
the typical Loyola
student:
Loyola student
behavior:
Drinks 2 times per
week or more
Half of LUM
students either
don’t drink or drink
1 time per week or
less
Uses marijuana
6 out of 10 LUM
students have never
used marijuana
Conversations about college alcohol use
Research indicates that pre-matriculation discussions between
parents and students correlate with healthier student
drinking patterns.1
49% of Session II students have a family history of addiction.
1Turrisi
R., Mallett K.A., Cleveland M.J., Varvil-Weld L., Abar C., Scaglione N., Hultgren B. (2013). Evaluation of
timing and dosage of a parent-based intervention to minimize college students' alcohol consumption.. Journal of
Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 74(1), 30-40.
Student and parent have talked extensively
about alcohol use in college
Student Response
Parent Response
Student and parent have talked briefly
about alcohol use in college
Student Response
Parent Response
Incoming
students
overestimate
the sexual
activity of
Loyola students
Incoming student beliefs
about typical LUM student
behavior
(past school year)
LUM 1st year student
behaviors
(past 3 months)
7% believe the typical
Loyola female has had
0 sex partners
42% of females
report having 0 sex
partners
3% believe the typical
Loyola male has had 0
sex partners
37% of males report
having 0 sex
partners
37% believe the
typical Loyola female
has had 3+ sex
partners
8% of females report
having 3+ sex
partners
72% believe the
typical Loyola male
has had 3+ sex
partners
13% of males report
having 3+ sex
partners
Student sexual behaviors remain relatively
consistent pre- and post-matriculation
Loyola 1st Year
Students - Spring
semester
All Incoming Students
* Source: Think About It 2013-2014
0 Partners
40%
47%
1 Partners
40%
29%
2+ Partners
20%
24%
Loyola 1st Year Student Norms
60%
do extra-curricular
activities
90%
attend athletic events
90%
do community service
85%
socialize off-campus
and don’t drink
90%
engage with faculty
outside the classroom
60%
attend
programs/events of an
intellectual nature
Summer Orientation II