UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT NATIONAL SURVEY OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT RESULTS & ANALYSIS

REPORT ORGANIZATION INTRODUCTION RESULTS WHAT ARE OUR STRENGTHS? WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? ANALYSIS & COMMENTS

NSSE INTRODUCTION NSSE UWP N ATIONAL S URVEY OF S TUDENT E NGAGEMENT (NSSE) ADMINISTERED ONLINE TO 1,745 UWP FRESHMEN & SENIORS IN FEBRUARY & MARCH 2004 PARTICIPANTS SELF- SELECTED

NSSE INTRODUCTION UWP UWP : 41% RESPONSE RATE UWP PARTICIPANTS’ GENDER DISTRIBUTION MATCHED UWP SENIOR POPULATION. HIGHLY RELIABLE RESULTS UWP UW SYSTEM ABLE TO COMPARE UWP WITH UW SYSTEM SCHOOLS, “MASTER’S CLUSTER” & NATIONAL DATA

NSSE INTRODUCTION NSSE DATA ARE “NOMINAL,” I.E., CATEGORICAL. AVERAGES ARE “LESS MEANINGFUL.” STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE ASKS, “WHAT’S THE POSSIBILITY THIS AVERAGE WAS CAUSED BY ‘RANDOM CHANCE’ ALONE?”

NSSE RESULTS UWP WHAT IS UWP “GOOD AT?” WHAT ARE OUR HIGHEST AVERAGES? UW SYSTEM WHAT ARE OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER UW SYSTEM SCHOOLS? WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR STRENGTHS?

UWP NSSE UWP STRENGTHS UWPUWP STUDENTS WORK WELL WITH COMPUTERS & INFO TECHNOLOGIES. UW SYSTEMHIGHEST AVERAGE … STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AT.001 LEVEL, COMPARED TO UW SYSTEM SCHOOLS STRENGTH OF ENGINEERING, MATH & SCIENCE PROGRAMS

UWP NSSE UWP STRENGTHS UWPUWP STUDENTS WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS. TEAM WORKEMPHASIS ON TEAM WORK WILL SERVE OUR GRADS WELL IN ‘THE REAL WORLD.’ CRITICAL IN PROGRAMS LIKE ENGINEERING, BUSINESS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ETC.

UWP NSSE UWP STRENGTHS UWPUWP STUDENTS ARE GOOD AT APPLYING THEORIES OR CONCEPTS TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OR IN NEW SITUATIONS … AND GOOD AT CRITICAL THINKING & ANALYSIS. UWSWHILE OTHER UWS SCHOOLS SEEM TO STRESS MORE ROTE MEMORIZING OF FACTS, IDEAS AND METHODS.

UWP NSSE UWP STRENGTHS UWPUWP STUDENTS ARE GOOD AT IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF BASIC ELEMENTS OF AN IDEA, EXPERIENCE, OR THEORY … AND THEN INTEGRATING IDEAS OR INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES INTO PAPERS & PROJECTS.

UWP NSSE UWP STRENGTHS UWP UWSUWP STUDENTS ARE MORE ENGAGED THAN ARE OTHER UWS STUDENTS … IN PREPARING FOR CLASS (STUDYING, READING, DOING HOMEWORK OR LAB WORK, WRITING, ANALYZING DATA, REHEARSING, AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ACADEMICS). STATISTICALLY

UWP NSSE UWP STRENGTHS UWP UWSUWP STUDENTS ARE MORE ENGAGED THAN ARE OTHER UWS STUDENTS … IN PARTICIPATING IN CO- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (ORGANIZATIONS, STUDENT GOVERNMENT, SPORTS, CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS, ETC). STATISTICALLY

WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? NSSE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? UWPUWP STUDENTS DON’T WRITE AS MUCH AS WE’D LIKE (ALTHOUGH NOT SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN DO STUDENTS AT OTHER SCHOOLS). UWPUWP STUDENTS DON’T ATTEND AS MANY THEATRE PERFORMANCES, DANCES, PLAYS, OR ART EXHIBITS AS WE’D LIKE.

WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? NSSE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? UWPUWP STUDENTS DON’T HAVE AS MUCH EXPOSURE TO ETHNIC & RACIAL DIVERSITY AS WE’D LIKE. FEWER CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS OF OTHER RACES OR ETHNICITIES LESS CONTACT, LESS APPRECIATION & LESS UNDERSTANDING

WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? NSSE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? UWPUWP STUDENTS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ‘PROMPT FEEDBACK’ ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FROM FACULTY … AS PROMPTLY AS THEY’D LIKE (SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION). MAY BE A FUNCTION OF THIS GENERATION’S NEED FOR INSTANT GRATIFICATION

WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? NSSE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? UWPUWP STUDENTS HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN MANY COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS AS PART OF A REGULAR COURSE. UWS“VERY LITTLE” TO “SOME” IS IDENTICAL TO UWS, BUT LOWER THAN NAT’L AVERAGE (BUT NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT) … C-U-PUWPDESPITE ON-GOING EFFORTS OF C-U-P AND UWP FACULTY.

WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? NSSE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? UWPUWP STUDENTS DON’T SEEM TO APPRECIATE OUR GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AS MUCH AS WE’D HOPED. UWSSTATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT AT.001 LEVEL BELOW UWS SCHOOLS, BUT … UWPBOTH FRESHMEN & SENIORS SAY THEIR UWP EXPERIENCE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A BROAD GENERAL EDUCATION “QUITE A BIT” (3 ON A SCALE OF 1-4).

WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? NSSE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION? UWP ACTRECENT UWP ALUMS (2001~03) PARTICIPATED IN ACT STUDY ASSESSING QUALITY OF COLLEGE EXPERIENCE PERHAPS TOO RECENT TO APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF GENERAL EDUCATION NSSESOME CONSISTENCIES WITH NSSE RESULTS …

ACT ACT STRENGTHS EFFECTIVE VERBAL SKILLS EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS DEFINING & SOLVING PROBLEMS WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH OTHERS IN GROUPS EFFECTIVE WRITTEN SKILLS

ACT ACT WEAKNESSES UNDERSTANDING & APPRECIATING ART, MUSIC, LITERATURE … AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AMONG PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ISSUES UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS & THE ENVIRONMENT APPRECIATING / EXERCISING RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES & PRIVILEGES AS A CITIZEN

ANALYSIS & COMMENTS NSSE ANALYSIS & COMMENTS STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME AS REALITY. NSSENSSE ’S NOMINAL DATA STRUCTURES MAKE COMPARISONS OF MEANS SOMEWHAT AWKWARD … AND “STAT’L SIGNIFICANCE” MAY BE LESS VALUABLE.

ANALYSIS & COMMENTS NSSE ANALYSIS & COMMENTS EXAMPLE SECT. 4: READING & WRITING … ITEMS C, D & E ASK ABOUT WRITING C: 20 PAGES OR MORE … D: 5~19 PAGES … E: FEWER THAN 5 PAGES IN OTHER WORDS, A 5-PAGE PAPER IS MORE LIKE A 19-PAGE PAPER THAN LIKE A 4-PAGE PAPER.

ANALYSIS & COMMENTS NSSE ANALYSIS & COMMENTS WE ARE “LOCKED INTO” SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN … LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS … FOR ETHNIC EXPERIENCES & CULTURAL DIVERSITY … FOR THEATRE, MUSIC, DANCE, ART, AND OTHER CULTURAL EXPERIENCES.

ANALYSIS & COMMENTS NSSE ANALYSIS & COMMENTS UWPUWP DOES PRETTY WELL, CONSIDERING GEOGRAPHIC & CULTURAL CONSTRAINTS. STUDY ABROAD EXCHANGE PROGRAMS C-U-PON-GOING EFFORTS LIKE STUDY ABROAD & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, C-U-P & FINE ARTS’ PERFORMANCES MAKE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.

ANALYSIS & COMMENTS NSSE ANALYSIS & COMMENTS UWPUWP ACADEMIC INITIATIVES LIKE “WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM” & GENERAL EDUCATION REVISIONS ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PREPARATION … EVEN IF STUDENTS MAY NOT APPRECIATE IT AT THE TIME.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT NATIONAL SURVEY OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT RESULTS & ANALYSIS

QUESTIONS NSSE 1.SHOULD WE “REFERENCE” SPECIFIC NSSE ITEMS? 2.SHOULD WE “TAILOR” THIS CONTENT FOR SPECIFIC AUDIENCES (E.G., DEANS, STUDENT AFFAIRS, ETC.)? 3.SHOULD WRITTEN SUMMARIES BE PREPARED FOR SUCH AUDIENCES? HLC 4.WHAT ROLE FOR HLC ?