Advisors

NSSE Advisors

Javaune Adams-Gaston, President, Norfolk State University

Peter Felten, Executive Director, Center for Engaged Learning, Elon Univesity

Dennis Groth, Interim Dean of the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, & Engineering, Indiana University

John Hayek (Chair), Vice Chancellor for Academic and Health Affairs, The Texas State University System

James T. Minor (Vice Chair), Chancellor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Amelia Parnell, Vice President for Research and Policy, NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Ellen Peters, Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Planning and Student Success, University of Puget Sound

Dan Su, Executive Director, Department of Institutional Effectiveness and Research, Texas A&M University, Commerce

Lori E. Varlotta, President, California Lutheran University

Christina Whitfield, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association

(titles at time of service on Board)

Susan A. Ambrose, Senior Vice Chancellor Educational Innovation, Professor of Education and History (Retired), Northeastern University

James A. Anderson, Former Chancellor, Fayetteville State University

Alexander Astin, Allan M. Cartter Professor and Director, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

Jo Michelle Beld (Vice Chair), Vice President for Mission, Professor of Political Science, St. Olaf College

Doug Bennett (Chair), President, Earlham College

Daniel J. Bernstein, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, The University of Kansas

Loren J. Blanchard, President, University of Houston-Downtown

Derek Bok, University Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Chris Conway, Director of Institutional Research and Planning, Queen's University

Molly Corbett Broad, President, American Council on Education

Mary Brown Bullock, President, Agnes Scott College

Nancy Cantor, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Julie Carpenter-Hubin, Assistant Vice President, Institutional Research & Planning (Retired), The Ohio State University

Rebecca S. Chopp, President, Swarthmore College

Russell Edgerton (Chair), Director, The Pew Forum on Undergraduate Learning

Thomas Ehrlich (Vice Chair), Senior Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Peter Ewell (Chair), Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)

Bobby Fong, President, Ursinus College

Mildred García, President, American Association of State Colleges & Universities

Alex Gonzalez, President, California State University–San Marcos

Karen Hanson, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Minnesota

Muriel A. Howard, President, American Association of State Colleges & Universities

Debra Humphreys, Vice President of Strategic Engagement, Lumina Foundation

Pat Hutchings (Chair), Senior Scholar, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

Stanley O. Ikenberry, Professor and Senior Scientist, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University; Regent Professor and President Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

John Immerwahr, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Villanova University

Susan Whealler Johnston, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of College and University Business Officers

Christine M. Keller, Executive Director, Association for Institutional Research

Paul E. Lingenfelter (Chair), President Emeritus, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association

Kay McClenney, Director, Center for Community College Student Engagement

Charlie Nelms, Chancellor, North Carolina Central University

Michael Nettles, Professor of Education and Public Policy, School of Education, University of Michigan

Anne-Marie Nuñez, Associate Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs, The Ohio State University

Elsa M. Núñez (Chair), President, Eastern Connecticut State University

José Luis Cruz Rivera, President, Northern Arizona University

Susana Rivera-Mills, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ball State University

Lauren K. Robel, Provost and Executive Vice President, Indiana University

Mary M. Sapp, Associate Provost, University of Miami

Peter P. Smith, Senior Vice President of Academic Strategies and Development, Kaplan Higher Education

Patrick Terenzini, Distinguished Professor and Senior Scientist, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University

Judith Torney-Purta, Professor of Human Development, University of Maryland

Bill Tyson, President, Morrison and Tyson Communications

Deborah Wadsworth, President, Public Agenda

Evelyn Waiwaiole , Executive Director, Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin

George Walker, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Indiana University

Robert Zemsky, Professor and Director, Institute for Research on Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania

Past NSSE Technical Advisory Panel members

(titles at time of service on the panel)

Trudy Banta, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Improvement and Planning, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Gary Barnes, Vice President, Program Assessment and Public Service, The University of North Carolina

Hamish Coates, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research

Emerson Elliott, Director, Program Standards Development Project, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

Peter Ewell (Chair), Senior Associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems

John Gardner, Executive Director, Policy Center on the First Year of College, Brevard College

Sylvia Hurtado, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Michigan

Sirkka Kauffman, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Marlboro College

John Kennedy, Director, Center for Survey Research, Indiana University Bloomington

Nate Marti, Manager of Consulting Services, The University of Texas, Austin

Alexander McCormick, Senior Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Rick Miller, Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness and Enrollment Management, The State University of New York at Potsdam

Gary Pike, Executive Director of Information Management & Institutional Research, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tricia Seifert, Assistant Professor, Montana State University

Robert Smallwood, Assistant to the Provost for Assessment, University of Alabama

Deborah Teeter, Director, Institutional Research and Planning, The University of Kansas

Patrick Terenzini, Professor and Senior Research Scientist, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University

Paul Umbach, Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

In Memoriam

Russell “Russ” Edgerton

(posted September 29, 2022)

Russell “Russ” Edgerton, a foundational contributor to the philosophy that comprises modern undergraduate student engagement and success, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at the age of 84. He was, as the Director of Education for the Pew Charitable Trusts in 1997, the mind behind the original idea for the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). He will be remembered widely for his leadership in undergraduate educational innovation through the span of four decades. “What does Russ Edgerton mean to the National Survey of Student Engagement?” NSSE founding director George Kuh asked. “It’s both simple and profound. Without Russ, there would be no NSSE.”

Susan Whealler Johnston

(posted August 17, 2022)

Staff of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) are deeply saddened by the passing of Susan Whealler Johnston. Susan expertly served on the NSSE National Advisory Board for two terms, from 2015-2021. The project benefited from her outsized support for strengthening student engagement and promoting educational quality. Through her efforts to enhance faculty development, reinforce Trustees’ support for academic quality enhancements, and focus college and university business officers’ attention on data to support student success, she exemplified the adage that everyone on campus is responsible for student success.

Alexander “Sandy” Astin

(posted May 23, 2022)

Dr. Alexander “Sandy” Astin, a giant in higher education research and a dedicated mentor to students and colleagues, passed away May 18, 2022. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is indebted to Dr. Astin for his research on the concept of involvement and the role of the college environment in relation to student outcomes. He rendered invaluable service to NSSE’s origins through his leadership as a member of the NSSE Design Team, a national group of assessment experts who designed the questionnaire and oversaw its field testing, and as a founding member of the NSSE National Advisory Board (2000–2004).