FSSE Classic Survey Instruments

The Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) was designed to complement the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which is administered to undergraduate students. Prior to 2026, FSSE's classic core survey instrument measured instructional staff (faculty, instructors, graduate students who teach, etc.) expectations for student engagement in educational practices that are empirically linked with student learning and development. FSSE classic focused on:

• How often instructional staff use effective teaching strategies;
• How much instructional staff encourage students to collaborate;
• The nature and frequency of student interactions with instructional staff;
• Opportunities for students to engage diverse perspectives;
• The importance instructional staff place on increasing institutional support for students;
• The importance instructional staff place on various areas of learning and development; and
• How instructional staff organize their time, both in and out of the classroom.

Institutions were able to append additional item sets, Topical Modules and consortium questions to their core survey administration.

For information about licensing FSSE items, send a message to cpritems@iu.edu. Use of the copyrighted FSSE survey without permission is prohibited.