1. 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Report Institutional Research & Information November 18, 2009

2. Points to Cover Response Rates What is NSSE? Benchmarks UVU’s strengths & weaknesses Comparison of NSSE with FSSE (Faculty Survey of Student Engagement Comparison of NSSE with FSSE (Faculty Survey of Student Engagement Comparisons between UVU colleges

3. Response Rate 2009 – First Year Students – 32% (812) 2008 response rate – 18% (200) Peer response rates ranged from 20% - 26% – Seniors – 47% (1,180) 2008 response rate – 31% (569) Peer response rates ranged from 29% - 37%

4. UVU Colleges School of the Arts (ART) Woodbury School of Business (BUS) School of Education (EDU) College of Humanities and Social Science (HSS) College of Science and Health (SCI) College of Technology and Computing (TCH) University College (UNI)

5. Responders by College First Year /Freshman StudentsSeniors % of Responders% of UVU% of Responders% of UVU ART6.5%7.3%5.6%5.5% BUS12.8%10.0%18.4%23.1% EDU3.8%6.3%4.6%7.7% HSS12.3%13.7%17.9%18.3% SCI6.9%7.4%17.4%16.7% TCH23.5%20.0%32.1%27.1% UNI34.1%35.5%4.0%1.5% Total100.0% Based on Spring enrollment, 2008. Freshman are equated with First Year students.

6. What is NSSE? National Survey of Student Engagement – Collects information annually from samples of first-year and senior students about the nature and quality of their undergraduate experience. – Introduced in 1999, nearly 1400 baccalaureate- granting colleges & universities in the U.S. and Canada have participated, including 8 in Utah.

7. Data Groups UVU 2008 UVU 2009 UVU Peers – Selected Peers for 2009 Carnegie-Engaged – Selected Carnegie-Engaged institutions for 2009 Bacc/Assoc College – Selected Bacc/Assoc institutions for 2009 NSSE 2009 Median

8. NSSE Benchmark Categories Level of Academic Challenge (LAC) Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL) Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI) Enriching Educational Experiences (EEE) Supportive Campus Environment (SCE)

9. First Year Students NSSE Benchmark Scores

10. Seniors NSSE Benchmark Scores

11. First Year Students Student Faculty Interaction

12. Seniors Student Faculty Interaction

13. FSSE Scores For These Items Percentage of Instructors who said that half or more of their students did the following:

14. FSSE, NSSE and Research 56% of Lower Division instructors and 67% of Upper Division instructors indicated that having students work on research projects with faculty outside of class is ‘Important’ or ‘Very Important’. Compare to 13% of Seniors and 5% of First Year students who have done research with faculty outside of class.

15. First Year Students Course Work Emphasizes

16. Seniors Course Work Emphasizes

17. First Year Students % that were assigned 5 or more written papers or reports

18. Seniors % that were assigned 5 or more written papers or reports

19. First Year Students % that were assigned 3 or more problem sets in a class

20. Seniors % that were assigned 3 or more problem sets in a class

21. First Year Students To what extent did the examinations challenge you to do your best work? VERY LITTLEVERY MUCH

22. Seniors To what extent did the examinations challenge you to do your best work? VERY LITTLEVERY MUCH

23. First Year Students Student Satisfaction

24. Seniors Student Satisfaction

25. Internal Comparison (2009 Only) School of the Arts (ART Woodbury School of Business (BUS) School of Education (EDU) College of Humanities and Social Science (HSS) College of Science and Health (SCI) College of Technology and Computing (TCH) University College (UNI) UVU (ALL)

26. Respondent Counts by College CollegeFirst YearSeniorsTotal ART5965124 BUS81273354 EDU5191142 HSS111216327 SCI60197257 TCH162320482 UNI28818306 ALL81211801992

27. Full Time vs Part Time Students

28. First Year vs Seniors

29. Benchmark Scores by Sex

30. Responders by College First Year /Freshman StudentsSeniors % of Responders% of UVU% of Responders% of UVU ART6.5%7.3%5.6%5.5% BUS12.8%10.0%18.4%23.1% EDU3.8%6.3%4.6%7.7% HSS12.3%13.7%17.9%18.3% SCI6.9%7.4%17.4%16.7% TCH23.5%20.0%32.1%27.1% UNI34.1%35.5%4.0%1.5% Total100.0% Based on Spring enrollment, 2008. Freshman are equated with First Year students.

31. NSSE Benchmarks – First Year

32. NSSE Benchmarks - Seniors

33. Course Work Emphasis – First Year % answering that their coursework emphasizes this aspect ‘Quite a bit’ or ‘Very Much’.

34. Course Work Emphasis – Seniors % answering that their coursework emphasizes this aspect ‘Quite a bit’ or ‘Very Much’.

35. Inclusiveness– First Year % answering that their coursework emphasizes this aspect ‘Quite a bit’ or ‘Very Much’. % answering in agreement

36. Inclusiveness– Seniors % answering that their coursework emphasizes this aspect ‘Quite a bit’ or ‘Very Much’. % answering in agreement

37. Overall Satisfaction – First Year Good or Excellent Probably/Definitely

38. Overall Satisfaction – Seniors Good or Excellent Probably/Definitely

39. Questions, Comments