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Learning beyond the classroom
The Comment Bridgewater State College's student newspaper discusses student engagement and Bridgewater's participation in the NSSE. | 5/1/2008 |
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A Different Way to Fight Student Disengagement
Inside Higher Ed In a discussion of "disengagement," NSSE is highlighted as a step in the right direction (albeit an incomplete step). | April/2008 |
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FSSEC report recommends URI improve faculty-student relations
The Good 5 Cent Cigar The student newspaper at the University of Rhode Island reports that URI's Faculty-Staff-Student Engagement Committee "recommended that students and staff at the University of Rhode Island pursue activities beyond classroom education to enhance faculty-student relationships." NSSE results were included in and informed the report. | April/2008 |
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More colleges make consumer information public
USA Today USA Today updates the total number of institutions participating in the NSSE-USA Today Initiative to 332. In addition to discussing reactions to the initiative, the article also briefly discusses other voluntary accountability efforts. | April/2008 |
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Communication and Comfort Across Ethnic Lines
Inside Higher Ed NSSE data are referenced and NSSE Director Alex McCormick quoted in an article discussing student diversity in higher education. | March/2008 |
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Colleges Encouraged to Improve the Student Experience By Using Identified Best Practices
Diverse Issues In Higher Education Diverse Issues in Higher Education discusses some of the latest findings of and releases from the Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students (BEAMS) project. | March/2008 |
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Harsh Realities About Virtual Ones
Inside Higher Ed Michael Bugeja, author of "Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age," discusses engagement in relation to technology use by today's students. He specifically discusses the NSSE and a few of the questions asked on the NSSE. | March/2008 |
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2008 STUDENT SURVEYS: Complete results
MacLean's Canadian magazine MacLean's publishes a listing of the 2007 NSSE Benchmarks for most of the Canadian institutions that participated. | February/2008 |
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Students grade their schools
MacLean's Canadian magazine MacLean's publishes and discusses NSSE results in relation to their own college and university rankings and evaluations. | February/2008 |
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Study: Colleges shouldn't fret over hands-on parents
USA Today Research conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA confirms earlier findings by NSSE regarding the positive impact of parental involvement. | January/2008 |
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Academic Leaders Offer Thoughts on Reforming Higher Education at AACU Meeting
Chronicle of Higher Education For the closing session of its annual meeting on Saturday, the Association of American Colleges and Universities brought together three prominent academic leaders to discuss how educators might make some of the organization’s lofty ideas for improving undergraduate education a reality... | January/2008 |
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Professors help students virtually
USA Today Jillian Kinzie, Associate Director at the Center for Postsecondary Research, is quoted in an article discussing professors' virtual office hours. | January/2008 |
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MSU wants students engaged in campus life
Minot Daily News George Kuh, IU Chancellor's Professer and Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research, recently spoke at Minot State University. Topics Kuh discussed during his keynote included lessons Minot State should learn from the DEEP project and Minot State's NSSE results. | January/2008 |
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Are 'helicopter' parents a bad influence on students?
AFT Speak Out George Kuh and Donald Pollock discuss the pros and cons of parental influence on their children's education. | January/2008 | |
