NSSE: National Survey of Student Engagement

BCSSE and NSSE results have helped guide our thinking and planning over the past two years as the campus engaged in a broad-based strategic planning process.

Marianne D. Kennedy, Professor and Coordinator of Assessment and Planning, Southern Connecticut State University

NSSE 2006 Timeline

2005

Late May

Registration opens for NSSE and FSSE 2006

July - September

Registration remains open until 9/23 for both NSSE and FSSE
Institutions begin to submit and upload materials for NSSE and FSSE

October

Institutions continue to submit and upload materials for NSSE and FSSE
Consortia membership must be confirmed by 10/7
Consortia questions must be finalized by 10/21
Student letters/e-mail messages must be completed by 10/28
Population file submission and oversample instruction deadline is 10/28

November - December

Annual report and benchmark reports sent to 2005 institutions (early-mid November)
Institutions finalize any changes needed for NSSE and FSSE materials

2006

January

Paper mode schools have until 1/20 to noitify NSSE of ineligible students in their population file if they want NSSE to pull a replacement oversample for these students. There is no replacement sampling for We-Only or Web+ schools
- For Paper schools with a 5% or greater ineligible rate only, NSSE will pull a random oversample from the remaining population to bring their sample up to the full norms size

February - March

First wave of NSSE surveys are sent out
Special local administration surveys are sent by NSSE staff
3/1 is the deadline for all school to provide NSSE with a list of ineligible students in their population file
- Paper schools who sent an update for the 1/20 replacement sample deadline may send another update by March 1, but students identified as ineligible after 1/20 will not be replaced

March - April

Web administration of FSSE begins
NSSE/FSSE, CSR, and institutions conduct aggressive follow-up activities including letters and emails