Data and Results Guides
A variety of resources are available to help institutions make good use of their NSSE results:
Multi-Year Data Analysis Guide
Recommendations on how to work with data from multiple survey administrations. Electronic files are also available to aid in common multi-year data analyses related tasks such as:
1) Tracking year-to-year variable changes
2) Merging institutional data from multiple survey administrations
Presenting NSSE Results on Campus: Facilitators Guide
A step-by-step instruction manual for institutional leaders who facilitate workshops or discussion sessions with campus stakeholders on understanding, interpreting, and taking action on NSSE data.
Accreditation Toolkits
Accreditation Toolkits provide suggestions for using NSSE results as evidence to support your institution's regional and professional accreditation efforts.
The NSSE Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) Toolkit
The Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP), created by the Lumina Foundation for Education , lays out a set of outcomes that students should be able to achieve in five primary areas of competence regardless of major or field of study. A matrix, developed by experts in higher education, provides a set of outcomes for student performance appropriate for specific degree levels through statements that indicate the incremental and cumulative nature of learning. The NSSE DQP Toolkit provides institutions an outcomes-based framework for considering NSSE results and maps NSSE survey items from 2006-2012 to the Degree Profile Matrix Criteria.Sharing NSSE Results
Examples and advice compiled from the collective experience of participating NSSE schools.
Cognitive Interviews and Focus Groups: Contextualizing Results
A step-by-step guide to using cognitive interviews and focus groups to provide a more contextualized understanding of your students' responses.
Customizing Your Institutional Report: Selecting Comparison Groups (PDF)
Points to keep in mind as you make your comparison group selections for your Institutional Report.
Contextualizing NSSE Effect Sizes (PDF)
Analysis and proposed reference values for interpreting NSSE benchmark comparison effect sizes.
Publications to Enhance Educational Practice
Through Project DEEP, the NSSE Institute documented how educationally effective colleges and universities promote student success. A variety of publications and practice briefs were produced to assist institutions concerned about using NSSE results to enhance student engagement.