FSSE Administration Overview
We invite all institutions that are eligible for NSSE to participate in the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement.
- FSSE is administered each spring at participating bachelor's-granting colleges and universities.
- Each institution provides the names and e-mail addresses of its selected sample of instructional staff. We recommend institutions sample all instructional staff (faculty, instructors, and/or graduate students who teach) who will teach at least one undergraduate course in the academic year of administration.
- Faculty/instructor responses are confidential to their institution.
- Customization options include a selection of topical modules, the addition of FSSE consortium questions that parallel NSSE consortium or system questions, options for delivery of recruitment and reminder emails, and a selection of administration schedules.
- Participating institutions will receive access to interactive Tableau dashboardsand reports and a raw data file of instructional staff responses.
- See terms of participation.
General Timeline of Administration Events
Summer: Register and Plan Ahead
- Participating schools register online for the upcoming survey cycle
- View webinars to prepare for survey administration
- Begin planning promotional activities
- Institutional Reports from the previous survey cycle are delivered to last year's FSSE participants
Fall/Winter: Survey Preparations
- Survey customization options, Topical Modules or consortium questions, are chosen
- Participating institutions choose whether to have FSSE staff send recruitment messages or to send recruitment messages themselves
- Administration schedule is selected
- Population files are submitted to FSSE staff
- Finalize and implement promotional strategy
- Technical considerations relating to third party Web-survey administration are discussed with campus IT contacts, if applicable
- Annual Results from the previous survey cycle are sent to last year's FSSE participants
Early Spring
- FSSE administrations begin in early March (depending on previously created schedule)
- Response rate is monitored by participating institutions and FSSE staff
- Reminder messages sent to non-respondents
Late Spring
- FSSE closes
- FSSE data are available to institutions immediately
