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NSSE researchers will showcase findings at this year's AERA Annual Meeting, which will be held in San Antonio, TX, from April 27 - May 1. Presentations, listed below, will cover topics ranging from the role of religion and spirituality in shaping campus cultures to social desirability bias among FSSE respondents, and more. Make these engaging conversations part of your AERA experience, and find them in […]
NSSE Associate Director Jillian Kinzie will facilitate a discussion on effective use of NSSE data at the 2017 WASC Academic Resource Conference, April 19 - 21, in San Diego, CA. Join other NSSE users in a conversation on how to transform survey results into meaningful insights and address a variety of issues institutions face. This discussion will occur Thursday, April 20 from 8 - 9 […]
Instructor Race and Gender Matter to Experiences with Faculty
Allison BrckaLorenz and Bridget Yuhas - As part of the 2016 Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE), more than 14,500 instructional staff from 119 bachelor's degree-granting institutions responded to questions about their engagement in effective teaching practices and aspects of their interactions with students. While only one in five instructional staff identified as faculty of color, we found that racial/ethnic and gender identifications were related […]
Bob Gonyea, Associate Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research, Amy Ribera, NSSE Research Analyst, and John Zilvinskis, NSSE Institute Project Associate, recently hosted the no-cost webinar titled, "Ask Me Anything - NSSE Research Analysts." The town hall-style webinar answered questions about NSSE data, reports, and resources. The presenters briefly reviewed resources on topics such as common data recodes, sample analyses, the NSSE Report Builder, […]
A Commitment to Quality: NSSE’s Psychometric Portfolio
Angie Miller — Ever wondered about the psychometric properties of NSSE? If you are interested in learning more about our research exploring the reliability, validity, and other indicators of data quality for the survey, check out the NSSE Psychometric Portfolio. The portfolio features many studies that assess the quality of our survey and the resulting data. Each study is described in a short technical report […]
NSSE researchers will present findings on religion and spirituality, living environments and student engagement, student understanding of campus sexual assault policies, and student demands for more inclusive campuses at the Association of College Personnel Convention in Columbus, OH from Mar. 26 to 29. Look for the abstracts and session information on the convention's curriculum page. The abstracts can also be found below.
2017 Association of College and Research Libraries Conference Presentation
NSSE analyst Kevin Fosnacht will discuss the conceptual underpinnings and utility of the Information Literacy NSSE module at the upcoming ACRL Conference, At the Helm: Leading Transformation, in Baltimore, MD. The session will take place on Friday, March 24 at 8:30 a.m. in Room 310. Read the abstract below, or find it as well as presentation times and other information about the conference on the […]
2017 AAC&U Diversity, Learning, and Student Success Conference Presentations
Attendees at the upcoming AAC&U Diversity, Learning, and Student Success conference in Jacksonville, FL, from March 16 - 18, may anticipate several strategic planning sessions and research presentations by NSSE analysts that highlight challenges facing marginalized subgroups on campus and approaches to addressing these issues. Further information and presentation abstracts may be found in the preliminary program; session information may be found below as well. […]
Join us at the 2017 NASPA conference in San Antonio March 11 - 15 for two presentations featuring Center for Postsecondary Research analysts and graduate assistants: "The Role of Social Trust in the Construction of Borrowing Perceptions and Financial Stress," and ""It's Not Me, It's You": An Analysis of Factors that Influence the Departure of First-year Students of Color." Presentation details are as follows: The […]
Creative Thinking – It’s NOT One-Size-Fits-All!
Angie Miller and Amber Dumford - A recently published study used NSSE data to explore whether or not students in higher education settings used creative cognitive processes, how these processes were related to deep approaches to learning, and in what types of settings and students these processes were most prevalent. Data from a subsample of students at 17 institutions suggested that first-year and senior students […]