The Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) measures faculty expectations for student engagement in educational practices that are known to be empirically linked with high levels of learning and development. The first national administration of FSSE, including FAU, was conducted in The FSSE was designed to parallel the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) FAU last administered the NSSE in 2001

132 four-year colleges and universities participated in FSSE in FAU faculty members were surveyed, 265 responded (33% response rate) The average institutional response rate was 46%

FSSE Discipline Arts and Humanities Biological Science Business Education Engineering Physical Science Professional (Nursing, Urban and Regional Planning and Architecture) Social Science Other (Communication, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Public Administration) FAU FSSE 20% 3% 16% 9% 6% 10% 6% 17% 13% _____ 100%

1=Not important, 4=Very important

1=Very little, 4=Very much

Percent “Very often” or “Often” Faculty Students Ask questions in class or contribute to class discussions31% 58% Come to class without reading assignments26% 20% Worked harder than usual to meet standards39% 51% Discuss grades or assignments with instructor 31% 52% Received prompt feedback from instructor on academic performance92% 49%

Percent “Very Much” Faculty Students Evaluations of performance challenge students to do their best work 28% 19% Coursework emphasized memorizing 29% 71%

Faculty Students View quality of student relationships with other students as “Friendly, supportive, sense of belonging” (High end of the scale)13% 25% View quality of student relationships with faculty as “Available, helpful, sympathetic” (High end of the scale) 13% 13%

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