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NSSE in the News (2008)
 
ARTICLE
DATE
PUBLICATION
Benefits of Diverse Student Body Seen
The Advertiser.com

UL administered the National Survey of Student Engagement last year, and one set of findings pointed to a interesting - and important - benefit of expanding opportunities for students to interact on campus.
8/26/2008
Congress Flunks in Higher Education Act
The Christian Science Monitor

This article focuses on the need for better measures of ranking colleges and universities. The article points out that the National Survey of Student Engagement could serve as the industry’s answer for ranking.
8/25/2008
More Students Enter Workplace While Still in College
NewsDay.com

This article looks at students desire to work while attending college full time. In 2007, the number of college seniors who reported working for pay off-campus rose to 66 percent, compared with 59 percent in 2006, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement.
8/24/2008
Brainstorm: Book Readings for Class
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Mark Bauerlein looks at the NSSE question “Number of books read on your own (not assigned) for personal enjoyment or academic enrichment”. The article brings up some of the statistics from the Annual Report. He concludes that we need more data on whether teachers are adding shorter readings that make up for the loss of longer ones.
8/21/2008
Send Off: Taking Kids to College is a Bittersweet Experience
The Free Lance Star

The article focuses on students’ dependence on their parents and the impact of student/parent relationships. The article quotes NSSE annual report by stating, National Survey of Student Engagement found that 86 percent of first-year students are in ‘frequent’ contact with their mothers, while 71 percent remain connected with their dads.
8/21/2008
Where’s the Data?
Inside Higher Ed

This article questions the impact class size and faculty appointment have on student learning. Kevin Carey points out weak and non-existent literature around self-evaluation of teaching and learning, and argues that there is a significant amount of work that needs to be done in measuring student learning. He mentions how the NSSE survey indicates a desire for self-study, but concludes institutions needs to explore the diversity of teaching pedagogy at their institution.
8/8/2008
Private Colleges, Serious About Assessment
Inside Higher Ed

A meeting of the Council of Independent Colleges’ Collegiate Learning Assessment Consortium prompts Inside Higher Ed to write that many private colleges are serious about assessment. The meeting focused on the use of the CLA with some discussion focused on issues common to most assessment instruments and efforts, including the NSSE (cost, student motivation, faculty acceptance, etc.).
8/4/2008
Sex Ed: Study Reinforces Case for Women’s Colleges
MBC News

A news article from Mary Baldwin College discusses a report commissioned by the Women’s College Coalition (WCC) that appears to support and complement data in the 2006 NSSE. The findings seem to support the importance and effectiveness of women's colleges.
June/2008
Researchers Worry About Inflated Measures of Student Engagement
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Researchers at Cornell University presented a paper at the annual conference of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) arguing that "surveys of student engagement had low response rates—and that most respondents were women with good grades."
May/2008
Learning beyond the classroom
The Comment

Bridgewater State College's student newspaper discusses student engagement and Bridgewater's participation in the NSSE.
May/2008
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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