N ational S urvey of S tudent E ngagement F aculty S urvey (NSSE) & (FSSE) 2006

1. NationalSurveyofStudentEngagementFacultySurvey(NSSE) & (FSSE) 2006 Wayne State University

2. Overview • A Short Intro to NSSE & FSSE • WSU 2006 Sample Findings • Ways to Stimulate Change by Use of NSSE • Discussion

3. 21st Century Students and the College Experience • College-going stakes higher today than at any point in history • 25% students in 4yr-colleges depart during their first year, WSU slightly higher, at ~30%. • Enrollment & persistence rates of historically underserved students are lagging • 49% of high school grads do not have the reading skills necessary for college; 25% of students in 4-yr colleges need 1 yr of remedial coursework

4. What Really Matters in College Student Engagement The research is unequivocal: students who are actively involved in both academic and out-of-class activities gain more from the college experience than those who are not as involved. Pascarella & Terenzini. (1991). How college affects students.

5. What is NSSE?Student Survey of Student Engagement Evaluates the extent to which first-year and senior students engage in educational practices associated with high levels of learning and development

6. What does NSSE Cover? (The College Student Report) Student Behaviors in College (engage in effective educational practices) Student Learning & Development Institutional Actions And Requirements (perception of educational environment) • Student Reactions to College (estimate of educational & personal growth) Student Background Information (demographic & academic)

7. NSSE Reports

8. NSSE Reports (continued)

9. NSSE Benchmarks

10. Benchmark Report andExecutive Summary

11. Benchmark Report

12. Where can I find WSU’s NSSE Results? • WSU’s 2006 NSSE results, along with this presentation, can be found on the OIR website: • http://www.oir.wayne.edu/

13. WSU 2006 Sample Results:What Do We Know AboutCollege Student Engagement? % of students doingcommunity service or volunteer work: WSU, other Urban Univ.,DRE Univ. First-Year Senior 29% 31% 39% 49% 48% 63%

14. How Does NSSE Inform What We Know about Student Engagement? % of students spending 26+ hours per week preparing for class: WSU, other Urban Univ.,DRE Univ. First-Year Senior More than7 % More than 11% More than 13% More than7 % More than 6 % More than 11 %

15. NSSE 2006WSU’sResults • Thinking about your overall experience at this institution, how would you rate the quality of relationships with faculty and administrative personnel and offices?

16. NSSE 2006 Peer Group Benchmarking • Discuss ideas from your readings or classes with faculty members outside of class. • WSU is more similar to its urban counterparts than to its DRE peers.

17. NSSE Participation • Almost 1,100 different colleges and universities • 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada • Data from more than 1,225,000 students • Institutions include Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges, and same gender colleges • National WSU Comparison groups: Urban Universities, and Carnegie Type, i.e., Doctoral Research Extensive (DRE)

18. What is FSSE? Faculty Survey of Student Engagement • To date more than 34,000 faculty members at 276 four-year institutions The FSSE parallels NSSE's survey of undergraduate students focusing on: • Faculty perceptions of how often their students engage in different activities • The importance faculty place on various areas of learning and development • The nature and frequency of interactions faculty have with students • How faculty members organize class time. • Results intended as catalyst for discussions about quality of students' educational experience

19. How Does FSSE Inform What We Know about Student Engagement? • One-third (33%) of faculty expect students to spend greater than 6 hours preparing for each class in a week • Less than one-tenth (8%) actually think that students spend this amount of time • While slightly over one-tenth (11%) of students actually spend this amount of time

20. How Does FSSE Inform Student Engagement vis-à-vis NSSE?

21. NSSE / FSSE Gap Analysis

22. 3. Enhance Faculty Development NSSE / FSSE Gap Matrix Miss Hit Miss Hit

23. Sustaining a Changed Campus Environment through NSSE

24. Making Sustainable Institutional Changes from the NSSE Data Instituting Sustainable Change A Key To Student Success The path to institutional improvement is littered with failed and faltering interventions, often because too little thought is given to where the resources or energy will come from to sustain the efforts beyond a first or second cycle.

25. Framing the Question of Stimulating Change How can information about the student experience be used to stimulate change and improvement on campus?

26. Identify Problems in the Student Experience • Persistence • Under-engaged students • Fragmented General Education program • Tired pedagogical practices • Poor first-year experience • Low academic challenge • Connections to a real world • Capstone experiences

27. Get “Grass Roots” Buy-In • Examples • Ask faculty/chairs “What surprised you” • Ask deans about their concerns • Focus groups • Get students “engaged” in the improvement efforts (e.g., Illinois State, Oregon State)

28. Put Someone in Charge When everyone is responsible for something, no one is accountable for it… • Get senior leadership on board • Some individual or group must coordinate and monitor status of initiatives • Those “in charge” not solely responsible for bringing about change • Form high profile “think force” or similar group

29. A “How to” Agenda for Stimulating Change through NSSE • Link to Mission & Accreditation • Share Information Widely • Enhance Faculty Development • Benchmark (External & Internal) • Connect to Outcomes and Other Campus Data • Emphasize Effective Educational Practices

30. 3. Enhance Faculty Development Example from Texas State University, San Marcos • Creation of an “Student Engagement Mini-Grant” ($2,500 start-up resources for up to 2 years) • Help academic departments introduce students engagement initiatives • Designed to improve department’s engagement of its students during their first semester at the university • Faculty Retreats & Workshops • Scholarship of Teaching & Learning • Course Evaluations • Incentive Programs • Tip of the Week • FSSE / NSSE Gap Analysis

31. 4. Benchmark – Internal

32. 4. Benchmark – Internal

33. 4. Benchmark - External • Consortia • Current Peer Groups • Aspirant Groups • Special Analyses

34. Institutional Examples Many schools are stimulating change and improvement on campus by using student engagement data.

35. Using NSSE – University of Missouri in St. Louis • Urban public research university • NSSE Participation (begins with 2000 pilot) • From “administrative use only” in 2000 to 2003, 2004 campus-wide forums • From “denial of results” to colleges verifying, faculty discussions, and Action Plan benchmarks

36. Using NSSE - UMSL - College Activities • College efforts – sampling • Arts and Sciences appended with permission 15 NSSE items to fall semester 2002 course evaluations • College of Business Administration includes all majors in capstone course in its sample • Honors College oversamples its freshmen and seniors • College efforts – discussion and action • Presentations about NSSE invited by COE, CBA • A & S Dean’s charge to departments • Embracing undergraduate research

37. Using NSSE - North Carolina State University Created individual reports for Student Affairs programs • ORIENTATION: Identified NSSE items that could be influenced by a student’s orientation experience • Preparing for class: Making College Count • Understanding people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds: OC training • Developing personal code of values and ethics: WolfCamp • Contributing to welfare of your community: Volunteer Corps

38. Using NSSE - University of Wisconsin, Platteville The University of Wisconsin at Platteville has developed a strategic plan utilizing NSSE to formulate objectives based on areas of need. Example is Goal 4: Initiative 4.1 [6.2] Use periodic accountability surveys of students to report student opinion about campus climates and how they can be improved Action Plan: Collect information from students {majority and minority} [via NSSE] to assess their needs regarding racial and ethnic diversity

39. Using NSSE: University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point The Student Success Advisory Committee requested a “map of student success activities”. • Interviews were carried out with academic department chairs to uncover what activities they are engaged in to bolster student success. • Interviews with academic department chairswere organized around five benchmark items from the NSSE survey. This was done to learn what types of specific activities departments and units do that might affect NSSE responses and to gauge awareness of NSSE items by campus faculty and staff.

40. NSSE Web Database for Academic Departments http://iea.fau.edu/nsse/nsse.asp

42. Questions & Discussion

43. How Do I Find Out More? Paul N. Moniodis, Executive Director, Office of Institutional Research Thomas J. Wilhelm, Director, Testing, Evaluation & Research NSSE Website www.iub.edu/~nsse