2019

Engagement Insights: Survey Findings on the Quality of Undergraduate Education

Welcome to the 2019 edition of Engagement Insights, NSSE’s annual dissemination of selected research findings and institutional stories that have broad relevance to the improvement of undergraduate education.

The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality inundergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational practices associated with high levels of learning and development.

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Engagement Insights Digest

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME, AND QUALITY BEATS QUANTITY IN ACADEMIC ADVISING, NATIONAL SURVEY FINDS

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Did You Know?

79%of students trust the leadership at their college or university.

82%of students trust people from another religion.

1 in 4students have confidence in social media companies to do the right thing.

Survey Findings

Throughout the survey findings you’ll find brief examples on how institutions put NSSE data to use. Many more examples are documented in our series Lessons from the Field.

Celebrating NSSE’s 20th!

We are thrilled to commemorate twenty years of NSSE! Since its first national administration in 2000, more than 1,600 bachelor’s degree-granting institutions

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How Has Engagement Changed Over Time?

Anniversaries are an opportunity to reflect. As NSSE enters its third decade surveying hundreds of thousands of college students each year, we can take a long look back to examine progress and identify any trends

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New Findings About Academic Advising

The advising needs of new students differ from the emphasis on graduation and post-college planning for seniors, but interactions with advisors and the quality of the advising experience are important for all students.

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First-Year Students Who Engage Are Likely to Persist

Because colleges and universities can stem the tide of student attrition by emphasizing aspects of the student experience that matter to retention, we examined the relationship between engagement in the first year and a student’s likelihood of returning to campus the following fall term.

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A Closer Look at High-Impact Practices

Are Students Meeting the HIP Challenge?

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Engagement Indicators and High-Impact Practices

To represent the multiple dimensions of student engagement, NSSE reports scores for 10 Engagement Indicators calculated from 47 questions and grouped within four themes. Additionally, NSSE provides results on six High-Impact Practices, aptly named for their positive associations with student learning and retention.

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The NSSE survey focuses on the processes that produce the outcomes. That means each campus can really do something with the information it gets.”
RUSSELL EDGERTON, DIRECTOR, PEW FORUM ON UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING

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2019

Engagement Insights: Survey Findings on the Quality of Undergraduate Education

Engagement Insights Digest

Did You Know?

Survey Findings

Celebrating NSSE’s 20th!

How Has Engagement Changed Over Time?

New Findings About Academic Advising

First-Year Students Who Engage Are Likely to Persist

A Closer Look at High-Impact Practices

Engagement Indicators and High-Impact Practices

Read Past Annual Reports

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