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GGC and Student Engagement. NSSE 2011 . Response Rates. NSSE Overall: 27% (down 5%) First Year: 25% (down 5%) Seniors: 28% (down 5%) GGC Overall: 35% (up 7%) First Year: 33% (900) (up 5%) Seniors: 49% (198) (up 11%). Population and Sample Characteristics. Level of Academic Challenge.
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GGC and Student Engagement NSSE 2011
Response Rates • NSSE • Overall: 27% (down 5%) • First Year: 25% (down 5%) • Seniors: 28% (down 5%) • GGC • Overall: 35% (up 7%) • First Year: 33% (900) (up 5%) • Seniors: 49% (198) (up 11%)
Level of Academic Challenge • “Colleges and universities promote high levels of student achievement by emphasizing the importance of academic effort and setting high expectations for student performance.” • Benchmark is computed from items assessing hours spent in academic work, quantity of reading and writing, coursework and campus emphasis
Level of Academic Challenge (LAC) Top 50% and 10% --- 2011 First-Year Senior
Top 50% and 10% --- Four Year First Year Students Seniors
Active and Collaborative Learning • “Students learn more when they are intensely involved in their education and asked to think about what they are learning in different settings. Collaborating with others in solving problems or mastering difficult material prepares students for the messy, unscripted problems they will encounter daily during and after college.” • Benchmark is computed from items assessing frequency of engagement in activities focused on academic material that require interaction with classmates and others both in and out of class.
Top 50% and 10% --- 2011 Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL)
Top 50% and 10% --- Four Year First Year Students Seniors
Student-Faculty Interaction • “Students learn firsthand how experts think about and solve practical problems by interacting with faculty members inside and outside the classroom. As a result, their teachers become role models, mentors, and guides for continuous, life-long learning.” • Benchmark is computed from items assessing the frequency of one-on-one interactions with faculty both in and out of class
Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI) Top 50% and 10% --- 2011 First-Year Senior
Top 50% and 10% --- Four Year First Year Students Seniors
Enriching Educational Experiences • “Complementary learning opportunities enhance academic programs. Diversity experiences teach students valuable things about themselves and others. Technology facilitates collaboration between peers and instructors. Internships, community service, and senior capstone courses provide opportunities to integrate and apply knowledge.” • Benchmark is computed from items assessing frequency of engagement in a variety of co-curricular and experiential development opportunities.
Top 50% and 10% --- 2011 Enriching Educational Experiences (EEE)
Top 50% and 10% --- Four Year First Year Students Seniors
Supportive Campus Environment • “Students perform better and are more satisfied at colleges that are committed to their success and cultivate positive working and social relations among different groups on campus.” • Benchmark is computed from items assessing perceived campus support and quality of relationships.
Supportive Campus Environment (SCE) Top 50% and 10% --- 2011 First-Year Senior
Top 50% and 10% --- Four Year First Year Students Seniors
Take Home Points • Most benchmark scores have stabilized this year • Level of Academic Challenge scores are, for this year equivalent to our Carnegie peers • We continue to receive scores higher than average and higher than peers in • Active and Collaborative Learning (FY and SR) • Student –Faculty Interaction(FY and SR) • Supportive Campus Environment (SR)
Take Home Points • Across all benchmarks except EEE, the GGC mean lies within the middle 50% of means for the top 50% of schools in the NSSE sample • Across many benchmarks, the GGC mean falls within the middle 50% of means for the top 10% of schools in the NSSE sample • LAC – SR • ACL – FY and SR • SFI – FY and SR • SCE – FY and SR