NSSE & FSSE 2023: Allocate current year unspent funds to participate
Institutions wishing to use unspent funds from the current fiscal year towards a 2023 administration may request an early invoice - email nsse@indiana.edu for more information.
NSSE News
Apply to the Summer Institute for Improving Undergraduate Education, July 11-14, 2022
NSSE participating institutions are encouraged to consider sending a team to The Evergreen State University, July 11-14, 2022, for the 23rd Annual Summer Institute for Improving Undergraduate Education.
Blog—Considering Critical Quantitative Research
NSSE’s postdoctoral scholar Christen Priddie and colleague Rachel Renbarger hosted a symposium at ASHE 2021
NSSE’s third release, Using NSSE Results in Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive (DEI) Assessment Practices, provides insights about how colleges and universities can use their NSSE results to intentionally consider DEI-related issues in their assessment practices and initiatives. Each section of the story conveys how institutional stakeholders can explore and use their results through equity-centered methodologies and components of the survey (using student comments and our new, disaggregated disability item).
On February 23, the NSSE 2022 survey launched at about 20 of the 474 NSSE participating institutions. FSSE 2022 survey will launch later this spring.
Annual Results 2021 Release: Teaching and Learning in A Year of Disruption
NSSE released the second Annual Results 2021 release, Flexible and Adaptable: Teaching and Learning in A Year of Disruption. This release discusses teaching and learning during the pandemic and the flexibility it demanded among faculty and students. Instructional practices and student engagement adapted to suit changing campus conditions, for which institutions provided varying levels of support.
Annual Results 2021 Release: The Pandemic and Student Engagement
NSSE released the first Annual Results 2021 release, The Pandemic and Student Engagement: Trends, Disparities, and Opportunities. It looks at how COVID-19 brought about stark changes to student engagement for the 2020-21 academic year, including unprecedented numbers of students taking courses in online and hybrid formats. Data from the “Coping with COVID” module, focusing on pandemic-related disparities in mental wellness, academic opportunities, and other life concerns across course types, and by age and gender are discussed, along with how engagement in 2021 differed from before the pandemic.
Blog– The NSSE Honors Education Consortium: How Did It Start? What Have We Learned?
The NSSE Honors Education Consortium began as a partnership with the National Collegiate Honors Council. Consortium items address motivation, academic exploration and risk-taking, tolerance of ambiguity, curiosity, personal and career goals, and physical and mental well-being, with the intention of making comparisons between honors and non-honors students at participating institutions.
NSSE Career & Workforce Preparation data featured in Strada Report
NSSE results from the new Career & Workforce Preparation Topical Module are featured in the Strada Foundation report, Understanding Undergraduates’ Career Preparation Experiences. The Strada Foundation is partnering with NSSE to support module development and new lines of research on work and career preparation. We’re grateful to the more than 90 institutions that chose this module and hope this report, the webinar recording, and our blog, Graduating During a Pandemic: Seniors’ Views About Their Career & Workforce Preparation, help advance institutional assessment activities.
NSSE announces leadership change, director search
With the nearing retirement of Dr. Alex McCormick, NSSE announces that Drs. Cindy Ann Kilgo and Jillian Kinzie will serve as Interim Co-Directors. Alex will remain as Director till his retirement date in early February. The School of Education is committed to doing a search for a tenure-track NSSE Director in the coming year.
FSSE News
FSSE Racial Justice Research Grant
FSSE grant to highlight challenges and successes of Black women in higher education
See FSSE staff at the AAC&U National Meeting
See FSSE staff talk about faculty importance and participation in high-impact practices at the AAC&U Annual Meeting
FSSE results featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Read more about FSSE results in The Chronicle of Higher Education article Teaching in the Age of Disinformation featuring findings about faculty approaches to difficult discourse in the classroom.
See three presentations from FSSE staff at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education,
See three "on demand" presentations from FSSE staff at the 45th Annual POD Network Conference.
See FSSE Staff at the Assessment Institute
See sessions on assessing difficult course situations, faculty work with HIPs, and equity in survey design.
NSSE & FSSE presentations On Demand at NACADA Virtual Conference Oct 5-8, 2020
View sessions featuring NSSE & FSSE results at NACADA's 2020 Virtual Annual Conference October 5-8, 2020
FSSE 2021 Registration is now open!
Registration for FSSE 2021 is now open.
See NSSE & FSSE staff at AIR 2020
See NSSE and FSSE staff at the 2020 AIR Virtual Forum!
BCSSE News
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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.