2007

Late May

• Registration opens for NSSE and FSSE 2008

July - September

• Registration remains open until 9/20 for both NSSE and FSSE
• Institutions begin to submit and upload materials for NSSE and FSSE

• For all NSSE institutions:  customized recruitment messages, institution image
• For paper administration institutions: letterhead, electronic signature file

October

• Institutions continue to submit and upload materials for NSSE and FSSE
• Consortia membership must be confirmed by 10/4
• Consortia questions must be finalized by 10/18  

November – December

• Student letters/e-mail messages must be completed by 11/1
• Population file submission and oversample instruction deadline is 11/1
• Annual reports sent to 2007 institutions (early-mid November)
• Institutions finalize any changes needed for NSSE and FSSE materials
• 12/15 deadline to resolve questions about NSSE population files
• Populations sampled in mid-December (NSSE billing is based on December samples)

2008

January

• NSSE contacts can view all sampled students and mailing schedules on the Institution Interface
• First wave of NSSE surveys are sent out in late January
• 1/17 deadline to upload lists of ineligible students in time to receive a replacement sample

February - March

• First wave of NSSE surveys continues
• Special local administration surveys are sent by NSSE staff
• 2/29 is the deadline for all schools to provide NSSE with a list of ineligible students in their population file

•  NSSE contacts can view response rates on the Interface

March - April

• Web administration of FSSE begins
• NSSE/FSSE staff and institutions continue survey administrations:
• NSSE/FSSE-administered follow-up messages
• Institution efforts to raise awareness of the surveys using campus publicity
• Posters, word of mouth, proper incentives to respond to the survey
• Institutions should not send anything directly to students about the survey

May

• NSSE/FSSE administrations continue as described above
• NSSE & FSSE 2009 registration opens

June - July

• NSSE/FSSE web and paper administration closes 6/2
• Analysis of NSSE & FSSE 2008 data
• Preparation of NSSE & FSSE 2008 Institutional Reports

August

• NSSE & FSSE 2008 Institutional Reports sent