We draw on NSSE data when reporting to the Kentucky Council for Post-Secondary Education about student engagement in learning and preparing our students for life and work and civic involvement.
Rodney B. Piercey, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Eastern Kentucky University
NSSE & FSSE 2009 Survey Administration Timeline
2009
Early June
- Registration opens for NSSE and FSSE 2010 (deadline is 9/17/09)
July
- Consultation begins with institutions about how to prepare for NSSE & FSSE 2010
August
- Registration reviewed for approval by NSSE Client Services teams
- Consortia for NSSE 2010 begin to form
- Survey recruitment messages for NSSE: Institutions begin the process to customize messages sent to students
September
- Consortia registration for institutions begins 9/5
- Registration deadline for NSSE and FSSE 2010 is 9/17
- Survey recruitment messages for NSSE due by 9/28 for most institutions
October
- Survey recruitment messages for FSSE: Institutions begin the process to customize messages sent to faculty
- Consortium questions due to NSSE Consortium Manager by 10/1
- NSSE population file submission and oversample instruction deadline is 10/29
- Deadline for NSSE institutions to finalize survey materials is 10/29:
- For all institutions: customized recruitment messages
- For all NSSE institutions: Academic Calendars
- For all NSSE institutions: image to display on Web survey
- For paper mode administrations: letterhead, electronic signature
November
- Consortium membership must be confirmed by 11/3
- NSSE population file review sampling begins and continues for approved population files through mid-December
December
- FSSE recruiting message customization, survey choice, and sample uploads due by 12/5
- NSSE samples drawn from approved populations by mid-December
- NSSE population file questions must be resolved by 12/17
2010
January
- Ineligible student list uploads due by 1/15 in order to receive a replacement sample
- Test messages are sent to NSSE institutions to test spam filters, etc.
- NSSE survey administration starts in late January for some institutions
February
- NSSE survey invitation messages for most institutions are sent by early February
- Special local administration surveys are sent to institutions in mid-February
- FSSE materials processing concludes by late February
- Test messages are sent to FSSE institutions to test spam filters, etc.
March-April
- Ineligible student list uploads due by 3/4 (without replacement sample)
- Web administration of FSSE begins in mid-March
- Final NSSE survey reminders are sent to most students by the end of April
May
- Final FSSE survey reminders are sent to faculty by the end of May
June - July
- NSSE and FSSE survey administration closes 6/1
- Analysis of NSSE & FSSE 2010 data
- Preparation of NSSE & FSSE Institutional Report 2010
August
- Institutional Report 2010 sent to institutions