NSSE 2013

How to Use Results(or “Why you should care about

NSSE”)

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What is NSSE?National Survey of Student Engagement Administered to first-year and senior students

in the spring > 1,400 US/Canada institutions have

participated

Used at CU Denver: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2013Assesses engagement (NOT satisfaction) in / exposure to educational practices that promote student engagement

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How to use NSSE data&

what the NSSE data include

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Integrate with other survey dataCombine with student detail dataEvaluate strategic goal progressEvidence for accreditation, program review, marketing, reportingAssess specific activitiesMeasure frequency of behaviorsAssess students’ perceptions of qualityInitiate change

NSSE Topical Modules:Academic Advising

Development of Transferable Skills

Used at CU Denver in 2013

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Use NSSE to take action!

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What can OIRE do for you?Provide school/college-specific reports and meet with leadership to discuss and interpret the findings Identify areas of strength, opportunity

Meet with your unit to discuss how NSSE data might enhance your strategic planningRecommend NSSE data/analyses that inform your curriculum committees

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TimelineSummer: OIRE explains/promotes NSSEEarly fall: NSSE distributes standard reports and raw dataFall: OIRE develops school/college-specific reports that parallel NSSE’s standard reports, shares with academic/ business unitsWinter-ongoing: OIRE performs multivariate, other analyses

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Data teaser…

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2013 NSSE response rates

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CAM BUS CLAS CEAS SPA TOTAL0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

29

.8%

17

.7%

29

.6%

29

.9%

25

.0%

28

.4%

26

.0%

14

.6% 2

4.5

%

22

.4%

18

.8%

23

.5%

28

.7%

34

.1%

37

.5%

33

.2%

56

.5%

35

.6%

24

.0%

28

.6%

31

.7%

29

.9%

43

.5%

30

.2%

39

17

20

9

20

4 28

9

34

14

17

3

15

3 23

9

79

12

5

51

3

81

13

81

1

66

10

5

43

4

73

10

68

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2013 NSSE Response Rates by School/College

First-Year Students Including Partial and Completed

First-Year Students Including Complete Only

Senior Students Including Partial and Completed

Senior Students Including Complete Only

Denver Campus School/CollegeNotes: Numbers in the base of each bar reflect the number of students who RESPONDED (NOT the total number surveyed).Denominator for response rate calculations includes: Complete + Implicit Refusal + Nothing Returned + Partial + Refusal.

Questions?

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