For NSSE Participating Institutions
Apply now for the Summer Institute for Improving Undergraduate Education!
After a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, we are pleased to encourage NSSE participating institutions to send a team to The Evergreen State College's beautiful campus for the Washington Center's 23rd annual National Summer Institute for Improving Undergraduate Education, July 11-14, 2022.
The summer institute offers thought-provoking plenary sessions, including by NSSE National Advisory Board member Peter Felten, concurrent workshops, and ample team work sessions. Participating campus teams will develop evidence-based, equity-focused, action plans aimed at improving effective instructional practices, student engagement, and student learning and success.
Benefits of the Summer Institute
How can campuses use evidence of students’ educational experiences to improve learning and success? Putting NSSE data to use to respond to this question was a key theme of the Teaching and Learning National Institute (TLNI), hosted by The Evergreen State College (renamed the National Summer Institute for Improving Undergraduate Education in 2020).
Teams of faculty, student affairs professionals, institutional researchers, and administrators from more than 50 two-year and four-year institutions focused on using evidence to identify areas of the student experience that could be strengthened and then—building on what is known about successful practices—to shape more effective approaches both in and outside the classroom.
The teams' uses of NSSE results were diverse, informing campuses’ plans to:
- align curriculum and co-curriculum
- strengthen a particular student learning outcome
- design faculty development programs tied to student learning goals
- reshape general education
Work by the campus teams was scaffolded with sessions that informed their action plans on topics such as shaping an effective professional development program, understanding the role of faculty in change initiatives, and creating an equity mindset. Cohorts of teams addressing similar topics worked with resource faculty who facilitated their processes and provided feedback on draft plans.
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