Data & Results Guides

NSSE is committed to providing helpful guides and resources for working with NSSE data and results. See the following for tips and recommendations for digging deeper and making the most of your NSSE administrations.

Overviews for Getting Started

Using NSSE Data

A broad, introductory guide describing approaches to using NSSE results and reports

Navigating your Institutional Report

A guide to locating items in your Institutional Report package

Attention to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Tips for More Inclusive Data Sharing and Analysis

This guide offers an approach to data sharing and analysis that embraces diversity and promotes inclusion, whether in preparing reports for internal stakeholders or conducting research to share externally.

A NSSE Data User's Guide: Sense of Belonging

In 2020, NSSE added a trio of items to the survey to assess students' sense of belonging. This guide highlights approaches to examine data, including variation by student background and demonstrates how results can inform institutional action.

Accreditation

Accreditation Toolkits

Learn how to use NSSE results in your institution’s regional and professional accreditation efforts.

Tips for Sharing NSSE Results

Sharing and Disseminating NSSE Results

View examples and advice from the collective experience of participating NSSE schools.

NSSE Data User's Guide

The NSSE Data User's Guide is a toolkit to help campus and system leaders facilitate workshops, presentations, and discussions about using NSSE results.

NSSE Campuswide Mapping

Find connections between NSSE results and the interests of campus units as well as ways to facilitate data sharing, campus wide involvement, and action on NSSE results.

PowerPoint Template for Sharing NSSE Results

This customizable template can be used to present your NSSE, BCSSE or FSSE results on your campus.

Guidelines for Display of NSSE Results

Posting standard NSSE-generated reports can be helpful. However, we encourage institutions to go a step further by displaying NSSE results in modified, accessible formats for internal and external audiences.

Qualitative Context

Using Students' Open-Ended Responses

This resource describes the four open-ended prompts institutions may choose and offers tips and examples for using student comments in assessment.

Cognitive Interviews and Focus Groups

View step-by-step guidelines for conducting cognitive interviews and focus groups that contextualize and illuminate NSSE results.

Support & Resources for
Institutional Improvement

Data & Results Guides