1. 2007 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)
Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
January 2008

2. Brief History of CCSSE
Established in 2001 – project of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas in Austin
Supported by major grants
Houston Endowment
Lumina Foundation for Education
MetLife Foundation
Pew Charitable Trusts
Works in partnership with NSSE

3. First Five Years Over 700,000 students 548 different colleges
48 states
25 states use CCSSE statewide

4. What is Engagement and Who is Responsible?
Students
AND?
Institutions – JJC
Focus on student behaviors and institutional practices that promote student engagement

5. Why Focus on Student Engagement?
The research says so!
The more actively involved students are with:
Faculty
Staff
Other Students
Subject matter being learned
We are not measuring learning, but there is a direct correlation between engagement and learning.
The more likely to persist – Success!!!

6. CCSSE: A Tool for Improvement and Accountability
CCSSE helps us:
Assess quality in our college
Identify and learn from good educational practice – those which promote high levels of student learning and retention
Identify areas in which we can improve – both programs and services for students

7. Five Lessons Already Learned
Be intentional

8. Five Lessons Already Learned
Engagement matters for all students but matters more for some than others

9. Five Lessons Already Learned
Part-time students and faculty are the reality of community colleges – and typically are not adequately addressed in improvement efforts

10. Five Lessons Already Learned
Data are our friends Or
Data is our friend

11. Five Lessons Already Learned
Look behind the numbers

12. Questions to Think About
What can you do to improve student engagement/learning your area of responsibility?
(Or across departments/divisions)
What one question would/should you/we ask a student in regard to their responses to CCSSE?
Strategies?

13. Readings
Involvement in Learning (1984) report sponsored by the National Institute of Education
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education (1987), Chickering and Gamson
How College Affects Students (1991), Pascarella and Terenzini
Leaving College (1993), Tinto

14. Questions?