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NSSE 2021 Institutional Results Released
Results for 353 colleges and universities participating in NSSE 2021 are now available. Participating institutions are encouraged to Register for "Your NSSE Institutional Report 2021: Step-by-Step" to learn more about their reports.
New Students are Mentally Exhausted but Eager for College: BCSSE Results 2021
New Students are Mentally Exhausted but Eager for College: BCSSE Results 2021 & Webinar
NSSE Data Highlight Positive Impact of Residential Campus Experience
In the most comprehensive study of student housing experience in decades, students who participated in a residential college experience were more likely to persist year-over-year than those who did not. “The Case for Campus Housing” was sponsored by the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I) and is the result of a multi-year NSSE study.
Registration for NSSE 2022 Now Open!
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 now for NSSE 2022!
NSSE at AIR Forum May 25-28, 2021
NSSE staff will present and be available in the virtual exhibit hall at the AIR Forum, May 25-28, 2021. We look forward to talking with NSSE users and friends about plans for NSSE and FSSE 2022 and report customization for institutions participating in NSSE 2021. #AIRForum
NSSE Pulse, a short survey of students’ experience in a pandemic disrupted fall semester, are now available. Learn more about the conditions for online learning, students concerns about study spaces, and ratings about quality of interaction.
Happy 20th, NSSE! Entering NSSE’s Third Decade: Retrospective and Prospective
NSSE Annual Results 2020 releases the fifth and final data-informed story in Engagement Insights—Survey Findings on the Quality of Undergraduate Education, reflecting on NSSE’s beginnings and future directions.
Lessons from the Field Dispatch #2 Showcases NSSE Use at Four Institutions
See how four colleges and universities – Marian University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, University of Rhode Island, and Indiana University Northwest – effectively use student comments, create readable reports, use data to understand a unique student population, and implement a “sandbox” for faculty and staff to learn more about NSSE and student assessment.
Annual Results Release: The Trust Gap Among College Students
NSSE is pleased to release the fourth of five data-informed stories in Engagement Insights—Survey Findings on the Quality of Undergraduate Education, an annual series detailing important and timely NSSE findings. The Trust Gap Among College Students examines a special data collection on notions of trust—a fundamental factor that permeates student life and decision-making.
Annual Results 2020 Release: High-Impact Practices: Interrogating Quality and Equity
The third installment in Annual Results 2020 examines rates of participation in six HIPs—and includes an exploration of the quality of HIPs, results from the faculty survey, and examples from colleges and universities demonstrating their continued assessment and improvement of HIPs.
NSSE results featured in Inside Higher Education article
NSSE results featured in Inside Higher Education article: Advising in the Time of COVID
NSSE results featured in Diverse Magazine article on Advising
NSSE results featured in Diverse Magazine article: NSSE Survey Addresses Crucial Elements of Undergraduate Advising
Annual Results 2020 Release: The LRCs of Academic Advising
NSSE is pleased to release the second of five data-informed stories in Engagement Insights—Survey Findings on the Quality of Undergraduate Education, featuring results from the Academic Advising Topical Module to examine the extent to which advisors actively listen, respect identity and culture, and care about students’ well-being.
NSSE session recordings from Assessment Institute 2020 available for viewing
The Assessment Institute, hosted by IUPUI, was held virtually in October 2020. Session recordings including those delivered by NSSE staff, and NSSE-related presented by others, are now available.
Annual Results 2020 Release: Building a Sense of Community for All
NSSE is pleased to release the first of five data-informed stories, in Engagement Insights—Survey Findings on the Quality of Undergraduate Education, an annual series detailing important and timely NSSE findings.
NSSE 2020 Major Field Report, FSSE Report, available
NSSE and FSSE 2020 participating institutions may now download the NSSE Major Field Report and the FSSE Disciplinary Area Report from the Institution Interface.
Early results from the special fall administration of NSSE Pulse show lower student ratings of the quality of their interactions with faculty and with peers in remote or hybrid courses compared to mostly in-person classes. See the Washington Post report, “College students are weary of ‘Zoom U.’ But they’re also trying to make the best of it”.
Pat Hutchings, Past Chair NSSE Advisory Board, receives 2020 Trudy Banta Lifetime Achievement Award
Watch the congratulatory videos from her colleagues over the years
NSSE Pulse, a short, no-cost, fall 2020 survey, has Launched
NSSE Remembers Scholar Arthur W. Chickering (1927-2020)
NSSE Remembers Scholar Arthur W. Chickering (1927-2020)
NSSE & FSSE Changes 2021; and new NSSE Pulse
Register for 2021. And learn more about the new, free survey – NSSE Pulse.
NSSE and Strada to Partner on Career Preparation
NSSE and Strada Education Network announce award to examine student perspectives on work and career preparation.
Special issue of Assessment Update marks NSSE's 20th anniversary
Read about NSSE's origin, achievements, and lesson learned in helping institutions collect and use student engagement data for improvements in undergraduate education.
COVID-19 Has minimal impact on NSSE results
Analyses showed minimal or no impact on responses and response rates in the 2020 NSSE administration.
We are thrilled to commemorate twenty years of NSSE. Help us plan for our third decade - record your feedback.
Topical Module Local Administration Option available
Administer Topical Modules during your NSSE "off-year." Learn more about this new option for more tailored assessment and improvement activities.
New release in Lessons From the Field
Read how Mizzou improved its reponse rate and Eastern Connecticut State used results to inform strategic decisions in Lessons from the Field - Dispatch 1.
FSSE Racial Justice Research Grant
FSSE grant to highlight challenges and successes of Black women in higher education
Assessing Quality and Equity in High-Impact Practices Study
NSSE expands its role in assessing HIPs and supporting colleges and universities to improve quality and equity.
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