National Survey of Student Engagement

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National Survey of Student Engagement

• 2007 Results for Traditional Students

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What is the NSSE?

• Launched in 2000, the National Survey of Student
  Engagement has been used by over 1,100 colleges
  since its inception
• Students report participation in empirically
  confirmed behaviors that are positively
  correlated with retention and student success

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2007 Surveys

• Tusculum gave the NSSE to students in both
  traditional and GPS programs
• Primary participants were first-year students and
  seniors
• Oversampling of sophomores and juniors helped
  verify responses but is not included in the
  report
• Overall report is divided into two sections to
  allow better data interpretation

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2007 Response Rates
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Active and Collaborative Learning

• Students learn more when they are intensely
  involved in their education and asked to think
  about what they are learning in different
  settings
• Collaborating with others in solving problems or
  mastering difficult material prepares students
  for the messy, unscripted problems they will
  encounter daily during and after college

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Active and Collaborative Learning
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Active and Collaborative Learning
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Level of Academic Challenge

• Challenging intellectual and creative work is
  central to student learning and collegiate
  quality
• Colleges and universities promote high levels of
  student achievement by emphasizing the importance
  of academic effort and setting high expectations
  for student performance

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Level of Academic Challenge
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Level of Academic Challenge
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Enriching Educational Experiences

• Complementary learning opportunities enhance
  academic programs
• Diversity experiences teach students valuable
  things about themselves and others
• Technology facilitates collaboration between
  peers and instructors
• Internships, community service, and senior
  capstone courses provide opportunities to
  integrate and apply knowledge

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Enriching Educational Experiences
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Enriching Educational Experiences
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Student and Faculty Interaction

• Students learn firsthand how experts think about
  and solve problems by interacting with faculty
  members inside and outside the classroom
• As a result, their teachers become role models,
  mentors, and guides for continuous, lifelong
  learning

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Student and Faculty Interaction
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Student and Faculty Interaction
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Supportive Campus Environment

• Students perform better and are more satisfied at
  colleges that are committed to their success and
  cultivate positive working and social relations
  among different groups on campus

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Supportive Campus Environment
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Supportive Campus Environment
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Academic and Intellectual Experiences

• In your experience at your institution during
  the current school year, about how often have you
  done each of the following?
• 1never 2sometimes 3often 4very often

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Ask questions in class or contributed to class
discussions
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Made a class presentation
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Come to class without completing readings or
assignments
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Worked with other students on projects during
class
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Participated in a community-based project as part
of a regular course
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Reading and Writing

• During your current school year,about how much
  reading and writing have you done?
• 1none 2one to four 3five to ten 4eleven
  to twenty 5more than twenty

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Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages
or more
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Number of written papers or reports between 5 and
19 pages
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Number of written papers or reports fewer than 5
pages
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Additional Collegiate Experiences

• During the current school year,about how often
  have you done each of the following?
• 1never 2sometimes 3often 4very often

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Attended an art exhibit, play, dance, music,
theatre or other performance
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Participated in activities to enhance your
spirituality (worship, meditation, prayer, etc.)
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Enriching Educational Experiences

• Which of the following have you done ordo you
  plan to do before you graduate from your
  institution?
• 0have not done 1done

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Practicum, internship, field experience, co-op
experience, or clinical assignment
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Community service or volunteer work
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Foreign language coursework
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Study abroad
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Culminating senior experience (capstone course,
senior project or thesis, comprehensive exam,
etc.)
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Time Usage

• About how many hours do you spend in atypical
  seven-day week doing each of the following?
• Hours per week 10 21-5 36-10
  411-15516-20 621-25 726-30 830

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Working for pay on campus
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Working for pay off campus
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Participating in co-curricular activities
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Relaxing and socializing
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Institutional Environment

• To what extent does your institution emphasize
  each of the following?
• 1very little 2some 3quite a bit 4very
  much

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Spending significant amounts of time studying and
on academic work
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Providing the support you need to help you
succeed academically
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Helping you cope with yournon-academic
responsibilities
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Providing the support you needto thrive socially
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Education andPersonal Growth

• To what extent has your experience at this
  institution contributed to your knowledge,
  skills, and personal development in the following
  areas?
• 1very little 2some 3quite a bit 4very
  much

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Acquiring a broad general education
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Acquiring job or work-related knowledge and skills
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Thinking critically and analytically
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Analyzing quantitative problems
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Learning effectively on your own
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Overall Satisfaction

• 1poor 2fair 3good 4excellent

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Overall, how would you evaluate the quality of
academic advising you have received at your
institution?
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How would you evaluate your entire educational
experience at this institution?
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If you could start over again, would you go to
the same institution you are now attending?
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What is the FSSE?

• Launched in 2004, the Faculty Survey of Student
  Engagement measures faculty expectations of
  student behaviors
• Gaps between FSSE and NSSE data can indicate
  disconnects between faculty expectations and
  actual student behaviors
• Traditional program faculty took the FSSE in 2007
  and GPS faculty will take it in 2008

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2007 Response Rates
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Practicum, internship, field experience, co-op
experience, or clinical assignment
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Community Service or Volunteer Work
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Work on a research project with a faculty member
outside a course or program requirements
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Foreign language coursework
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Culminating senior experience (capstone course,
senior project or thesis, comprehensive exam,
etc.)
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Spending significant amounts of time studying and
on academic work
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Providing the support you need to help you
succeed academically
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Helping you cope with yournon-academic
responsibilities
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Attending campus eventsand activities
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Using computers inacademic work
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Positive relationships withother students
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Positive relationships withfaculty members
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Positive relationships withadministrative staff
and offices
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How is Tusculum Responding?

• Increasing admissions standards
• Hire of a full-time counselor
• Greater collaboration across departments on
  retention and support initiatives
• PERSIST
• Red-Shirt Program
• CARE
• Extracurricular activities

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