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Your
Invitation to Participate in NSSE 2003
| "As
an educator, I think it's an embarrassment
that we can tell people almost anything
about education except how well students
are learning."
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Patrick M. Callan,
National Center for Public Policy
and Higher Education |
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We
invite you to participate in the National Survey of
Student Engagement (NSSE) next spring. Now in its fourth
year, the NSSE (pronounced "nessie") survey
has been used by more
than 600 different colleges and universities. The
results of the survey will give you useful information
about the quality of undergraduate learning and contribute
to national benchmarks of effective educational practice.
The
NSSE survey instrument, The
College Student Report, is short, reliable,
and easy for students to complete. The survey asks undergraduates
about how they spend their time, what they feel they've
gained from classes, their assessment of the quality
of their interactions with faculty and friends, and
other important activities.
What
is NSSE?
| "NSSE
is a major step forward in the ongoing quest
for effective ways to assess learning outcomes,
academic quality, and institutional effectiveness."
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Thomas C. Longin, Vice President,
Association of Governing Boards of
Universities and Colleges |
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- An
alternative view of collegiate quality that focuses
on learning.
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A versatile research-based tool that provides usable
information for institutional improvement.
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Reliable, credible information about the quality
of the undergraduate experience that can be used
by accreditors, prospective students, and others.
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An annual assessment of how institutions are performing
on effective teaching and learning activities.
National
Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice
NSSE
Survey Administration
| "NSSE
is an invaluable tool for us in responding
to the revised WASC accreditation guidelines
and reconceptualizing the objectives for
our entire educational program - curricular
and co-curricular programs, pedagogy, and
the campus culture…"
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Pamela Jolicoeur, Provost,
California Lutheran University |
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- The
survey is administered each spring to random samples
of first-year and senior students at four-year colleges
and universities. Two-year colleges may use the
Community College
Survey of Student Engagement.
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The survey questions can be answered via a paper
questionnaire or on the Web.
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Random sampling ensures that the results are comparable,
meaningful, and credible.
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Institutions provide a student data file and customized
invitation letters to NSSE. All other aspects of
survey
administration are handled by NSSE (drawing
random samples, mailing surveys, follow-up with
non-respondents, data collection, and analysis).
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Sample sizes are determined by the number of undergraduates
and the survey administration mode.
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Oversampling and local administration options are
available to increase the number of respondents
and to reduce sampling error.
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Students who completed the survey as first-year
students in NSSE 2000 may be included in the 2003
sample as seniors for follow-up purposes.
Getting
Your Results
| "If
one believes, as I do, that engagement or
involvement is a good predictor of learning,
then the NSSE survey not only gives us feedback
about how well we are doing, it also helps
us diagnose weaknesses and to strategize
how we can become the learning university
we want to be."
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Robert Glidden, President,
Ohio University |
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NSSE
schools receive a detailed analysis that includes:
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Institutional
report - a data file, means summary report,
and frequency distribution along with comparative
means and frequency data.
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National
report - summary narrative discussing the benchmarks
of effective practice.
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Benchmark
report - a comparison of your institution with the
national benchmarks.
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Institutional
engagement index - a comparison of actual results
to predicted results.
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PowerPoint
presentation - a customizable presentation to help
you share your data.
Using
NSSE Data
| "NSSE
is a great way to stimulate reflection and
debate about what we do more and less well,
and why. It's proving an exciting and enlivening
tool for self-reflection and self-improvement."
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Michael McPherson, President,
Macalester College |
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NSSE
provides campuses with information that they can use
almost immediately to improve various aspects of their
performance and help students get the most out of their
college experience. Schools are using their NSSE survey
results in many ways, including:
- Assessment
and improvement
- Benchmarking
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Accountability
- Institutional
research
- Accreditation
- Retention
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- Reform
activities
- Alumni
outreach
- Grant
writing
- Recruitment
and promotion
- Self-studies
- State
system comparison
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A number of state
and university systems have participated in NSSE
to help gauge performance in areas such as institutional
effectiveness, general education, and student satisfaction.
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| Registration
- Please
register online for NSSE 2003 at http://www.iub.edu/~nsse/html/registration.cfm.
- Register
early as space is limited. The deadline for registration
is September 20, 2002.
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To register you need to:
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Provide information about your institutional
contact (name, address, e-mail, phone, fax).
- Electronically
sign the NSSE 2003 Institutional Participant
Agreement.
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Select your mode of survey administration and
corresponding sample size.
- Indicate
if you want to participate in oversampling local
administration, longitudinal follow-up of seniors
who completed the survey in 2000, or a consortium
or state system.
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Institutional
Participant Agreement
By
registering and participating in NSSE 2003, institutions
agree to the following:
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NSSE
staff will use the data in the aggregate for national
and sector reporting purposes and other undergraduate
improvement initiatives.
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Your
institutions can use your own NSSE data for institutional
purposes.
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NSSE
results specific to each institution and identified
as such will not be made public except by agreement
between the NSSE and the institution.
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Costs
Institutional
Participation Fee (required): $300
(non-refundable)
Survey
Administration Mode
(required):
Paper.
Students receive a paper invitation to participate,
a hard copy of The Report, and the option of
completing a Web version of The Report.
Web-only.
Students receive a paper announcement, subsequent correspondence
by e-mail, and complete the Web version of The Report.
Require accurate student e-mail addresses.
Sampling
Fee (required):
| Undergraduate
Enrollment |
Sample
Size
Paper/Web-only |
Fee |
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Less than 4,000 |
450*/900 |
$2,700 |
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4,000 to 15,000 |
700/1,400 |
$4,200 |
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More than 15,000 |
1,000/2,000 |
$6,000 |
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Institutions that do not meet the minimum sample size
should contact NSSE
to discuss cost.
Oversampling
fee (optional):
NSSE
Oversampling -NSSE handles all aspects of data collection.
| Paper
Mode |
$6
each |
Web-Only
Mode
First 1,000 students
Additional students over
1,000 |
$2 each
$1.50 each |
Local
Oversampling -requires the institution to distribute
and collect surveys and return completed instruments
to NSSE for analysis and reporting..
| Local
Oversampling |
$1.50
each |
Longitudinal Follow-up of Seniors (optional):
NSSE
2000 institutions can use a combination of random and
targeted oversampling to make certain that students
who completed the survey as first-year students in 2000
are included in the 2003 sample as seniors.
Consortium
and State or University Systems (optional):
A
consortium is a group of 8 or more participating NSSE
colleges or universities that intends to share comparative,
aggregated data within their group. State or university
systems can also utilize this option. For a fee, consortium
and system schools may ask up to 20 additional questions
developed and agreed upon by member institutions.
| Undergraduate
Enrollment |
Fee
(per institution) |
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Less than 4,000 |
$150 |
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4,000 to 15,000 |
$300 |
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More than 15,000 |
$450 |
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Want
More Information?
Contact
us at http://www.iub.edu/~nsse
National
Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Indiana University
Center for Postsecondary Research
1900 East Tenth Street
Eigenmann Hall, Suite 419
Bloomington, IN 47406-7512
Phone:
812.856.5824
Fax: 812.856.5150
E-mail: nsse@indiana.edu
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