1. Results from The College at Brockport 2014 NSSE Survey Presentation to President’s Advisory Council– 3/4/15

2. Presentation Overview 1.NSSE and the Concept of Student Engagement 2.Selected NSSE Results for Brockport 3.Using Our NSSE Data 4.Questions & Discussion

3. 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

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

5. NSSE Engagement Indicators Student – Faculty Interaction Academic Challenge Experiences with Faculty Learning with Peers Campus Environment Meaningful Academic Engagement Themes Engagement Indicators

6. Survey Administration  Census-administered to first-year & seniors  Spring administration  Multiple follow-ups to increase response rates  Topical Modules provide option to delve deeper into the student experience  Academic Advising  Development of Transferable Skills

7. Brockport’s Response Rate compared to NSSE 2014 Brockport’s response rate = 26% All NSSE 2014 institutions = 32% NSSE 2014 U.S. Average Institutional Response Rates by Enrollment: Undergraduate Enrollment Number of Institutions Avg. Institutional Response Rate 2,500 or fewer27139% 2,501 to 4,99913630% 5,000 to 9,99911124% 10,000 or more10422% All institutions62232%

8. NSSE 2014 Respondents Compared to Population Selected Sample Parameters First-year Students Seniors Resp %Pop %Resp %Pop % African American/Black 10957 Hispanic 3444 White 73758179 Female 64576856

9. Selected NSSE Results for The College at Brockport 9

10. Using NSSE Data  General Barometer – How are we doing?  Monitoring strategic plan progress  Survey results as conversation starters  More in-depth planning aids

11. Key to next 2 slides

12. Engagement Indicators: Brockport and Comparison Groups-FY Students

13. Engagement Indicators: Brockport and Comparison Groups-SR Students

14. Highest and lowest performing items among FY students compared to SUNY Comprehensives.

15. Highest and lowest performing items among SR students compared to SUNY Comprehensives

16. Monitoring Strategic Plan Progress Using NSSE Data (all items are mean scores)

17. Progress with HIPs

18. Progress with HIPs, cont.

19. Data Exercise with NSSE: More HIPs Respondent Group High Impact Practice Participation Prediction Participation Preference Actual Participation Looking w/in [subpop] Faculty Value SeniorsResearch w/faculty “Actual Participation”=% of students saying “done” or “in progress” by the time they graduate “Faculty value”=% of faculty who taught an upper-division course in spring ‘14 saying that they think it is “important” or “very important” that students work with a faculty member on a research project Subpopulations (Gender—M, F; Race/ethnicity—white, nonwhite as “Maj” and “Min”) 25% M F 27% 25% Min Maj 37% 25% 62%

20. Do HIPs Matter? – Yes!  Not a cure-all but our HIPs index has small to moderate stat. sig. associations with a variety of other measures of student achievement, development, and satisfaction (all students). OutcomesCorrelation Self-reported grades.22 “Global” satisfaction measures.12 &.17 Institution’s contribution to students’ knowledge, skills, and personal development in variety of areas Corr coefficients ranging from.11 to.26 depending on specific item Quality of Interactions w/Faculty.26

21. Pay-off for minority students: HIPs correlation with self-reported institutional contributions to personal development in the following areas: ItemWhiteNonwhiteComparison Writing.25.35 ↑ Speaking.22.30 ↑ Critical thinking.24.30 ↑ Job-related.23.26 ↑ Working w/others.22.32 ↑ Personal code.23.28 ↑ Informed citizen.15.23 ↑

22. Questions & Discussion 22