Administering NSSE
NSSE surveys and reports on all first-year and senior bachelor’s degree-seeking students, consistent with our belief that higher education assessment should include all students, not just those fitting the traditional age, full-time student profile. Although individual institutions decide who to include in their reports, applying these criteria across all participating institutions helps ensure the integrity of aggregate NSSE results for benchmarking and group comparison.
Administering NSSE involves active collaboration between NSSE staff and participating campuses for about a 12-month time span. NSSE participants will collaborate with the Campus Liaison upon registration approval, who will provide assistance with every aspect of preparing and administering NSSE.
NSSE also provides a secure web portal - the Institution Interface - for uploading files and managing survey administration details from start to finish.
The timeline below approximates significant dates throughout the NSSE survey cycle.