2001 National
Survey of Student Engagement
The College
Student Report
The Project…
• A data collection initiative
•
Supported by a grant from the Pew Charitable
Trusts
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Cosponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching and The Pew Forum on Undergraduate Learning
Instrument: College Student Report
•
Administered
by NSSE Director George Kuh at Indiana University Center for Postsecondary
Research and Planning
•
Survey
design team chaired by Peter Ewell (National Center for Higher Education
Management Systems)
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Given
to students at four-year public and private colleges/universities
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Many
questions derived from other student questionnaires
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CSEQ
College Student Experiences Questionnaire
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CIRP
Cooperative Institutional Research Program Freshman Survey
Objectives…
• Obtain annual, nationwide data about student
participation in programs/activities provided for learning and personal
development
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Estimate how undergraduates spend their
time, what they gain, how they actually use resources for learning that school
provides
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Capture sampling of students at two points
in their academic careers: first year and
senior year (also, must be on campus at least two terms)
National Benchmarks…
Effective Institutional Practices:
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Level of Academic Challenge
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Active and Collaborative Learning
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Student-Faculty Interaction
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Enriching Educational Experiences
•
Supportive Campus Environment
Brief History…
Administered via traditional paper questionnaire or World Wide Web
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Conceived in 1998 nationally to gather
information about collegiate quality
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1999 Pilot Project: 75 institutions
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2000 Survey: 276 participants
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2001 Survey: 321 four-year participants
Usefulness…
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Identify how to
improve the undergraduate experience
•
Foster comparative
studies
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Discover patterns
of student-faculty interactions
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Public
accountability: prospective students, parents, college counselors, faculty,
staff, and external stakeholders (accrediting agencies)
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Link student’s
responses with own institutional data base for further study
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Compare results
among peer institutions to identify best practices
The Report…
• Mean summary report comparing responses to
similar colleges and national database
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Frequency distributions summarizing
number/percentage of first-year and senior students’ responses
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Comparative data for similar colleges
(Carnegie Classification, Master’s I)
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NSSE SPSS data file of students’ responses
for further analysis
The Categories…
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Student behavior: how students spend time inside and outside
of class
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Institutional requirements—curriculum and faculty: how much
reading and writing have you done; have you worked with faculty on a research
project
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Student reactions to college—students’ perceptions about
quality of their own experiences; self-reported gains in skills as a result of
attending college
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How factors affect student learning and development
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Demographics/background information
2001 Response Rate…
Purdue Calumet: 39% response rate
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Random sample of first year and senior
students
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700 invited to participate
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269 respondents
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39% First-year students (N=105)
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61% Senior-level students (N=164)
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PUC: 94% paper responses; compared to NSSE: 64% paper
Nationwide Response Rates…
• Overall NSSE response rate: 42%
177,103 students invited to participate
·
321 institutions
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Equal number of first year and senior year
students sent survey
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Sample size determined by number of
undergraduate students enrolled
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Comparative data
source is 1998-99 IPEDS database
2001 Demographics
Purdue Calumet Sample Profile…
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66%
Female; 34% Male (same as overall NSSE sample)
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39%
First-year; 61% Senior-year (PUC sample slightly higher for seniors)
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65%
Full-time; 35% Part-time (PUC sample slightly higher for part-time)
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76%
Caucasian/White
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14%
Hispanic (PUC sample slightly higher for Hispanic)
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12%
African American/Black (PUC sample slightly higher for African
American/Black)
•
Other ethnic group percents smaller
2001 Purdue University Calumet Total Fall Enrollment
Undergraduate Enrollment…
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49.7% Female (PUC sample slightly higher
for female); 39.1% Male
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40.7% Full-time (PUC sample slightly
higher for full-time); 48.5% Part-time
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69.1% Caucasian/White (PUC sample
slightly higher for Caucasian)
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14.1% Hispanic
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12.0% African American/Black
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Other ethnic group percents smaller
2001 Results…
w Important
note: key difference between Purdue Calumet's
sample and nationwide comparison groups:
-
Purdue Calumet’s respondents: 100% reside off-campus
- NSSE
sample has 45% living on campus
- Other
Master's I respondents include 39% residing on
campus
Also important to note…
Purdue Calumet breakdown:
·
Full-time: 65%; Part-time: 35%
NSSE breakdown:
·
Full-time: 88%; Part-time: 12%
Master’s I breakdown:
·
Full-time: 86%; Part-time: 14%
Topics covered in survey…
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Academic, Intellectual, Social Experiences
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Mental Activities
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Reading and Writing
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Challenge of Examinations
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Quality of Advising
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Enriching Educational Experiences
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Time Usage
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Educational and Personal Growth
Opinions about your school…
• Institutional Emphases
•
Quality of Relationships
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Satisfaction
The Results…Projects in class
• Worked often/very often with other
students on projects in class:
62% First
year
52% Senior
year
The Results…Reading assignments
• Often/very often came to class without
completing readings or assignments:
11%
First year
21% Senior
year
The Results…Community-based project
• Participated often/very often in
community-based project as part of regular course:
4%
First year
4%
Senior year
*When “sometimes” category added:
5% First year; 28% Senior year
The Results…Research project with faculty
• Worked often/very often with faculty on
research project:
14%
First year
19% Senior
year
The Results…Community service
• Participated in community service/volunteer:
40%
First year
40%
Senior year
The Results…Practicum work
• Planned to have/did have practicum,
internship, field, co-op or clinical:
72%
First year
60%
Senior year
The Results…Academic Advising
• Overall, how would you evaluate quality
of academic advising received:
“Good or
Excellent”
67%
First year
62% Senior
year
The Results…On-campus employment
• How many hours per week work do you work for
pay on campus:
95%
First year – 0%
87%
Senior year – 0%
The Results…Co-curricular activities
• How many hours per week do you
participate in co-curricular activities:
78%
First year – 0 hours
67%
Senior Year – 0 hours
The Results…Caring for dependents
• How many hours per week do you Provide care
for dependents living with you:
15%
First year - 30+hrs.
17%
Senior Year - 30+hrs.
The Results…Support to succeed
• Very Much/Quite a Bit felt you were provided
support needed to succeed academically:
66%
First year
60%
Senior year
The Results…Overall educational experience
• Would evaluate entire educational experience
as Excellent or Good:
84%
First year
89% Senior
Note: Same answers of “yes” when asked “if you had
it to do all over again…”
Affirmative Results…
·
When Purdue Calumet's sample responses
are compared to the Carnegie 2000 Classification and NSSE 2001 national samples,
the following are areas in which the campus is slightly ahead.
The Results…Projects during class
·
Worked with other students on projects
during class
First Year Students:
+.49 effect size
(Note:
Effect size indicates the practical significance of magnitude of difference)
(.2 is small, .5 is
moderate, .8 large)
The Results…Providing care for dependents
·
Providing care for dependents living with
you (parents, children, spouse, etc.)
First Year
Students:
+1.05 effect size
Seniors:
+ .42 effect size
The Results…Off-campus employment
·
Working for pay
off campus
First Year Students: +1.49
effect size
Seniors:
+ .72 effect size
The Results…Where
scores are behind…
When Purdue Calumet's sample responses are compared to the Carnegie 2000
Classification and NSSE 2001 national samples, the following are areas in which
the campus lags behind.
*Out of 62 question items, Purdue Calumet scores are behind NSSE overall
results on 17 items; however, only on 8 items are Purdue Calumet scores behind
for both first year and senior year
The Results…Working with faculty outside of coursework
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Worked with faculty members on activities other than
coursework (committees, orientation, student life activities, etc.)
First Year: -.40
Seniors:
-.36
The Results…Community-based projects
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Participated in a community-based
project as a part of a regular course
First
Year: -.38
Seniors:
-.29
The Results…Co-curricular activities
·
Participating in
co-curricular activities
First Year:
-.58
Seniors:
-.44
The Results…Welfare of community
·
Contributing to
the welfare of your community
First Year: -.40
Seniors: -.37
Peer Institutions…
Four of the participating institutions are our “Peer Institutions”
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Kean University
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University of Central Oklahoma
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University of N. Carolina (Greensboro)
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University of N. Carolina (Wilmington)
2001 NSSE…Follow-up
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Later this Fall, Purdue Calumet to receive
national and sector benchmarks for student engagement based on aggregated
results from the last two years
2001 NSSE…Our Strategic Plan
Goals:
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Provide student access leading to
student success
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Promote faculty and staff excellence
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Create a high performance learning
environment
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Expand partnerships for regional
growth
Our Strategic
Response
Retain and graduate more of our students
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Improve new freshman retention rates from 62% to 72%
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Improve six year graduation rates from 22% to 32%
GOAL 1: Student
Access--Student Success
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Key Strategy:
Student Success Center
Learning community cohorts
Discipline-based freshman experience courses
On-campus employment program
Community-based learning
Undergraduate research program
Accountability…
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Purdue Calumet will use the North Central
Association Academic Quality
Improvement Project (AQIP) accreditation process
to assess progress on our major goals.