NSSENSSENSSE
Read about Optimism & Weariness
View select results from—NSSE Pulse—and a list of participating institutions.
More details about NSSE Pulse are available here
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is a trusted and widely used instrument for assessing the quality of undergraduate education—providing institutions diagnostic, actionable information that fosters and catalyzes evidence-based improvement efforts.
Register for NSSE & FSSE 2022 now!
Visit the NSSE survey posted online to review updates, including the sense of belonging items and new measures of effective teaching.
NSSE 2021 Institutional Report Released!
Results for 353 colleges and universities participating in NSSE 2021 were released in early September! Read the NSSE Overview for a picture of results from 211,667 first-year students and seniors. Nearly 3 of 4 students said faculty and staff had done a good job helping them adapt to pandemic-induced changes. We'll share more in Annual Results 2021 released later this year.
Annual Results 2020
In March 2021, NSSE released the fifth data-informed story in Engagement Insights—Survey Findings on the Quality of Undergraduate Education, an annual series detailing important and timely NSSE findings. We review what NSSE has accomplished and learned over two decades, including the project’s success as a diagnostic tool for actionable results and evidence of improvement. We also identify several future directions, keeping in mind higher education trends and what will be important to assessment and improvement in undergraduate education over the coming years.
NSSE's Third Decade!
Read more about NSSE’s future and view the webinar recorded on April 14, to learn more about NSSE’s growing agenda!
22% of seniors worked with a faculty member on a research project
CSUSB has used its NSSE results to examine the relationship of students' various living environments with Engagement Indicators and participation in High-Impact Practices to determine which housing and residential practices have most impact on student learning and success.
California State University, San Bernardino
Read about how 23 institutions used their NSSE results in Lessons from the Field–Volume 4: Digging Deeper to Focus and Extend Data Use.
Lessons from the Field
NSSE Sightings keeps you up-to-date on our initiatives. Good engagement research should not be hard to find!
Evidence-Based Improvement in Higher Education
Center for Postsecondary Research
Indiana University School of Education
201 N. Rose Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-1006
Phone: 812.856.5824
Email: nsse@indiana.edu
