Notes to Users  This sample presentation is designed to serve as a customizable template to present NSSE, BCSSE, or FSSE results on your campus. The presentation is divided into the following topical sections to help you quickly select the slides most appropriate for a particular audience:  NSSE and the Concept of Student Engagement  NSSE 2013 & Selected [Institution] Results  BCSSE 2012, BCSSE 2012-NSSE 2013, and Selected [Institution] Results  FSSE 2013 & Selected [Institution] Results  What is the NSSE Institute?  Using Your NSSE-BCSSE-FSSE Data  Questions & Discussion  Contact Information  Replace the cover slide and the red text throughout this presentation with the name of your school and your own data.  Use slides from the “selected [Institution] results” sections for ideas on how to present your campus results.  View the notes section of each slide for additional information or relevant talking points (in the PowerPoint tool bar select “view” then “notes page”)

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Presentation Overview  NSSE and the Concept of Student Engagement  NSSE 2013 & Selected [Institution] Results  BCSSE 2012, BCSSE 2012-NSSE 2013, and Selected [Institution] Results  FSSE 2013 & Selected [Institution] Results  User Resources  Using Your NSSE-BCSSE-FSSE Data  Questions & Discussion  Contact Information

NSSE and the Concept of Student Engagement

What is Student Engagement?  What students do -- time and energy devoted to studies and other educationally purposeful activities  What institutions do -- using resources and effective educational practices to induce students to do the right things  Educationally effective institutions channel student energy toward the right activities

Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education Student-faculty contact Active learning Prompt feedback Time on task High expectations Experiences with diversity Cooperation among students Chickering, A. W. & Gamson, Z. F. (1987). Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education. AAHE: Bulletin, 39 (7), 3-7.

Other Supporting Literature After reviewing approximately 2,500 studies on college students from the 1990s, in addition to the more than 2,600 studies from 1970 to 1990, Ernest Pascarella and Patrick Terenzini concluded student engagement is a central component of student learning. Pascarella, E. & Terenzini, P (2005). How college affects students: A third decade of research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Presents institutional policies, programs, and practices that promote student success. Provides practical guidance on implementation of effective institutional practice in a variety of contexts. Kuh, G. D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J. H., Whitt, E.J., & Associates (2005). Student success in college: Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

NSSE Background YearInstitutions  Launched with grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts in 1999, supported by institutional participation fees since  More than 1,500 baccalaureate- granting colleges and universities in the US and Canada have participated to date.  Institution types, sizes, and locations represented in NSSE are largely representative of U.S. baccalaureate institutions.

Goals of NSSE Project  Focus conversations on undergraduate quality  Enhance institutional practice and improvement initiatives  Foster comparative and consortium activity  Provide systematic national data on “good educational practices”

NSSE Updated in 2013!  What we’ve learned… connect engagement data to indicators of success; student behaviors; institutional improvement is possible  Updating NSSE… same focus; new & refined measures; updated terminology  Emerging areas of interest – HIPs, quantitative reasoning, effective teaching, deep approaches, topical modules Read the Change magazine article May/June 2013

NSSE Survey Content Engagement in meaningful academic experiences Engagement in meaningful academic experiences Engagement in High Impact Practices Engagement in High Impact Practices Student Reactions to College Student Reactions to College Student Background Information Student Background Information Student Learning & Development

NSSE Engagement Indicators Student – Faculty Interaction Learning Strategies Quantitative Reasoning Reflective & Integrative Learning Higher-Order Learning Theme: Academic Challenge Academic Challenge Experiences with Faculty Learning with Peers Campus Environment Meaningful Academic Engagement Themes Engagement Indicators

Survey Administration  Census-administered or randomly sampled first- year & senior students  Spring administration  Multiple follow-ups to increase response rates  Additional Modules provide option to delve deeper into the student experience  Consortium participation enables addition of custom questions

A Commitment to Data Quality NSSE’s Psychometric Portfolio presents evidence of validity, reliability, and other indicators of data quality. It serves higher education leaders, researchers, and professionals who use NSSE. See the Psychometric Portfolio nsse.iub.edu/links/psychometric_portfolio

NSSE 2013 & Selected [Institution] Results

NSSE 2013 Institutions by Carnegie Classification

NSSE 2012 Respondents by Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality NSSE 2013 Respondents U.S. Bachelor’s- Granting Population African American/Black 10%13% Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native 1% Asian 3%6% Native Hawaiian/other PI <1% Caucasian/White 70%62% Hispanic/Latino 10%12% Multiracial/Ethnic 2% Foreign/nonresident alien 3% Totals may not sum to 100% due to rounding. U.S. percentages are unweighted and based on data from the 2011 IPEDS Institutional Characteristics and Enrollment File. IPEDS and NSSE categories for race and ethnicity differ. Percentages exclude students whose ethnicity was unknown or not provided.

NSSE 2013 Survey Population and Respondents  More than 1.5 million students were invited to participate in NSSE 2013, with 364,193 responding  x [Institution] students were invited to participate, with x responding

NSSE 2013 U.S. Institution Response Rates [Your institution’s] response rate = x% NSSE 2013 U.S. Institutional Response Rates All NSSE 2013 institutions = 30% Undergraduate Enrollment Number of Institutions Avg. Institutional Response Rate 2,500 or fewer25537% 2,501 to 4, % 5,000 to 9, % 10,000 or more10421% All institutions56830%

NSSE 2013 Results Sample Slides The following five slides are examples of how your institution might share selected NSSE results with various institutional constituencies. Expand this section to highlight items of interest to your audience.

NSSE 2013 [Institution] Results Overall results compared to peer group for each Engagement Indicator.

NSSE 2013 [Institution] Results Highest and lowest performing items compared to peer group.

NSSE 2013 [Institution] Results Highest and lowest performing items compared to peer group.

NSSE 2013 [Institution] Results Engagement Indicator: Quality of Interactions  Indicate the quality of your interactions with the following people at your institution.

NSSE 2103 [Institution] Results Engagement Indicator: Discussions with Diverse Others  During the current school year, about how often have you had discussions with people from the following groups?

Selected Peer Comparison with [Institution] Results High ‐ Impact Practices  Which of the following have you done or do you plan to do before you graduate?  Learning community

Selected Peer Comparison with [Institution] Results Engagement Indicators: Learning Strategies and Collaborative Learning  First Year Student scores compared to Selected Peers

Selected Peer Comparison with [Institution] Results High ‐ Impact Practices  Which of the following have you done or do you plan to do before you graduate? Complete a culminating senior experience (capstone course, senior thesis or project, comprehensive exam, portfolio, etc)?

Selected Peer Comparison with [Institution] Results Engagement Indicators: Higher Order Thinking and Student-Faculty Interaction

NSSE 2013 [Institution] Findings Class[Institution]Selected Peers First-YearMore than x% SeniorMore than x% What percentage of our students (in comparison to selected peers) spent 11 or more hours per week preparing for class?

NSSE 2013 [Institution] Findings Class[Institution]Selected Peers First-YearMore than x% SeniorMore than x% What percentage of [Institution] students spent more than 5 hours per week participating in co- curricular activities?

BCSSE 2012, BCSSE 2012-NSSE 2013, & Selected [Institution] Results

BCSSE Purpose BCSSE measures entering first-year students’ pre-college academic and co-curricular experiences as well as their expectations and attitudes for participating in educationally purposeful activities during the first college year.

BCSSE Survey Content There are 3 sections to the BCSSE survey  High school experiences  Expectations and beliefs regarding the first-year of college  Background characteristics

Administration Modes Paper, Web, or Mixed Modes  Paper group administration Orientation, Welcome Week, etc.  Web group administration While students are in computer lab, etc.  Web administration Web link ed to students

High School Experiences Survey Content

First-Year Expectations Survey Content

Many of these questions are designed to be matched with NSSE data. NSSE BCSSE

Survey Content BCSSE NSSE

BCSSE Scales High School Academic Engagement Engagement in educationally relevant behaviors during the last year of high school. Expected Academic Engagement Expected engagement in educationally relevant behaviors during the first year of college. Expected Academic Perseverance Student certainty that they will persist in the face of academic adversity. Expected Academic Difficulty Expected academic difficulty during the first year of college. Perceived Academic Preparation Student perception of their academic preparation. Importance of Campus Environment Student-rated importance that the institution provides a challenging and supportive environment.

BCSSE Reports Four reports were provided:  BCSSE Report (Summer/Fall 2012)  BCSSE Advising Report (Summer/Fall 2012)  Grand Frequencies and Means (Fall 2012) Overall Institution types  BCSSE/NSSE Combined Report (Summer 2013)

BCSSE 2012 [Institution] Results  During your last year of high school, about how many hours did you spend in a typical 7-day week doing each of the following?  Preparing for class (studying, doing homework, rehearsing, etc.)

BCSSE 2012 [Institution] Results  During the coming school year, how difficult do you expect the following to be?  Learning course material

BCSSE 2012-NSSE 2013 [Institution] Results  How often did you do or expect to do each of the following?  Ask questions in class or contributed to class discussions.

FSSE 2013 & Selected [Institution] Results

Faculty Survey of Student Engagement College faculty survey that measures faculty members’ perceptions and expectations of students engagement in educational practices that are empirically linked with high level of learning and development (FSSE is pronounced “fessie”)

FSSE Survey Content  Faculty perceptions of how often their students engage in different activities  The importance faculty place on various areas of learning and development  The nature and frequency of interactions faculty have with students  How faculty members organize their time

FSSE 2013 Project Scope  In 2013, more than 18,000 faculty members from 146 institutions responded to the survey.  In 2013, 43% of the faculty contacted responded to the survey.  Response rates at individual institutions ranged from 11% to 88%.  The average institutional response rate was 49%.

FSSE Administration  Third-party administration in the spring- Institutions choose faculty to be surveyed  Faculty responses are kept anonymous  Administered online as a Web-only survey  The 2013 FSSE administration was the first year that institutions were able to add topical modules and consortium items to the end of the core FSSE instrument.

Average Weekly Hours Spent on Professorial Activities by Discipline Teaching Activities Advising Students Research, Creative, or Scholarly Activities Service Activities Area of Academic Appointment [Institution] FSSE13 [Institution] FSSE13 [Institution] FSSE13 [Institution] FSSE13 Arts & Humanities Biological Sciences, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Physical Sciences, Mathematics, & Computer Science Social Sciences Business Communications, Media, & Public Relations Education Engineering Health Professions Social Service Professions Other disciplines Total

Faculty Values and Student Participation in High-Impact Practices Faculty % Very Important or Important First-Year Student % Participation Senior Student % Participation High-Impact Practice[Institution]FSSE[Institution]NSSE[Institution]NSSE Internship 83.6%8.1% 47.6% Learning Community 47.6%15.0% 23.7% Study Abroad 37.4%3.3% 12.7% Research with Faculty 57.0%5.3% 22.7% Culminating Senior Experience 85.2%2.8% 44.5% Service-Learning 60.2%51.9% 60.3% Faculty responses are to how important it is to them that undergraduates at their institution do the following before they graduate. Student responses are to whether or not they have participated in the listed activities. Student responses to Service-Learning indicate that at least some of their courses included a Service-Learning experience. Student percentages are weighted by gender, enrollment, and institution size.

User Resources: Overview of NSSE Institute Activities

User Resources and the NSSE Institute for Effective Educational Practice  The Institute develops user resources, collects and disseminates research on promising practices and assists schools in using data for institutional improvement and student success initiatives.  Resources:  NSSE Users Workshops  System and Consortium Workshops  Free Webinars  Accreditation Toolkits  Guides to Data Use: Moving from Data to Action and Using NSSE to Assess and Improve Undergraduate Education: Lessons from the Field  NSSE Degree Qualifications Profile Toolkit  Pocket Guide to Choosing a College  Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) nsse.iub.edu/institute

A Pocket Guide to Choosing a College*  For Students and Families: NSSE’s A Pocket Guide to Choosing a College helps students ask questions during a campus visit that help them know how they might learn and develop at a given institution.  For NSSE Institutions: A data report, NSSE 2013 Answers from Students, provides NSSE schools with a consistent template for sharing results with admission officers, orientation staff, prospective students and their families, and for presenting student engagement results on institutional Web sites. * Also available in Spanish

Using Your NSSE-BCSSE-FSSE Data

Using NSSE-BCSSE-FSSE Data  Discovering and sharing ways student engagement results are being used is one of NSSE’s most important activities.  NSSE results are being used across all types of institutions.  The following slides illustrate how NSSE data can inform educational policy and practice and provide examples of how specific institutions have used their NSSE results in productive ways. Areas of Effective Educational Practice Areas for Institutional Improvement

Internal Campus Uses  Gauge status of campus priorities  Examine changes in student engagement between first and senior years  Assess campus progress over time  Encourage dialogue about good practice  Link with other data to test hypotheses, evaluate programs  Improve curricula, instruction, services Institutional Improvement Learning Communities 1 ST Year and Senior Experience Academic Affairs Learning Assessment Faculty Development Academic Advising Peer Comparison Student Affairs Institutional Research Enrollment Management

External Campus Uses  Assess status vis-à-vis peers, competitors  Identify, develop, market distinctive competencies  Encourage collaboration in consortia (e.g., statewide NSSE conference)  Provide evidence of accountability for good processes (while awaiting improvement in outcomes) Public Accountability Fund Raising Governing Boards Prospective Students Alumni State Policy Makers Performance Indicators Focus on Right Things Accrediting Bodies Media Parents

Supporting NSSE Use in Accreditation  NSSE Accreditation Toolkits – resource tailored to regional and program accreditors  Maps NSSE items to accreditation standards /criteria to support data use in accreditation

Example of Data Use: Increasing Academic Challenge FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY  Finding: Student reported levels of writing and time spent preparing for class were lower than institution desired.  Action: Began providing NSSE data disaggregated by major to department chairs so that areas of potential improvement could be identified in various fields of study. The institution also increased its investment in learning communities and development of capstone courses to strengthen writing across the curriculum and levels of class preparation.

Example of Data Use: Enriching the First Year Experience WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY  Finding: NSSE results indicated the campus was not meeting student expectations for collaborative learning, student-faculty interaction, and learning in community.  Action: Freshman Focus learning communities were created to provide all incoming freshmen the opportunity to engage in an extensive living-learning community system.

Example of Data Use: Student – Faculty Interaction CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - FRESNO  Finding: NSSE results showed that student-faculty interaction was lower than expected.  Action: Student success task force identified ways to improve student success. Participated in Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students (BEAMS) program to develop Mentoring Institute. Now 200+ faculty members, staff and student mentors have been trained.

Example of Data Use: Enriching Educational Experiences JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY  Finding: Student reported engagement in service-learning and other enriching experiences was not as high as institution desired.  Action: A new Office of Leadership and Service was created to coordinate service learning opportunities, promote service learning, and provide support to faculty interested in developing service learning courses.

Example of Data Use: Supportive Environment and Retention SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY  Finding: BCSSE and NSSE data from multiple years showed that non- returning students had different levels of relationships with faculty, peers, and administrative personnel than returning students.  Action: NSSE results on supportive environment and quality of interactions related to persistence helped focused institutional action on increasing support for learning and promoting quality interactions to aid retention efforts.

Example of Data Use: Faculty and Staff Development ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY  Finding: Needed to increase campus dialogue relevant to student learning among students, faculty, and student affairs personnel alike.  Action: A four-part series, focusing on manageable methods to improve the quality of student writing, was developed for faculty based on the data from the FSSE and NSSE surveys.

Example of Data Use: Foster Collaboration and Focus TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY  Finding: Initially saw lower NSSE and FSSE scores than desired on various engagement activities.  Action: Increased institutional attention and energy surrounding student engagement. Worked to increase collaborative initiatives between Academic and Student Affairs to enhance student engagement in and out of the classroom.

Additional Data Use Examples and Resources  Moving from Data to Action and Using NSSE to Assess and Improve Undergraduate Education: Lessons from the Field, Volumes 1 & 2  Searchable Database for Examples of NSSE, FSSE, & BCSSE Data Use  Making NSSE Results Public  Guidelines for Display of NSSE Results

Questions & Discussion

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