Public Dissemination of IU Kokomo’s NSSE Data

Transcript Public Dissemination of IU Kokomo’s NSSE Data

Disseminating Results of IU Kokomo’s Assessment of Student Engagement

Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA SM ) NSSE/USA Today Initiative

Sharon K. Calhoon Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Assessment

  2006 Report of the Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education—4 concerns • • • Access Affordability Quality of instruction •

Accountability

US News & World Report rankings • • Focuses on measures (e.g., resources, reputation) NOT shown to be related to student learning Institutions who (rightfully) criticize these rankings are viewed as being

unwilling to be accountable

Two New National Projects • Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) • National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)/USA Today initiative

    Institutions

voluntarily

publish assessment/accountability data Institutions are NOT ranked Changes focus from institutional “prestige” to institutional mission and student learning IU Kokomo is participating in both projects

  A response to the Spellings commission concerns A joint project of: • • American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC)

Goals • “Demonstrate accountability and stewardship to [the] public” • “Measure educational outcomes to identify effective educational practices” • “Assemble information that is accessible, understandable, and comparable” • “Improve public understanding of how public colleges and universities operate” • “Affirm the significance of the many diverse missions of U.S. higher education” http://www.voluntarysystem.org/

  Features a web template, the College Portrait, for reporting data College Portrait has a section on Student

Experiences and Perceptions

• • Institution reports data from one of four national student engagement surveys We will report our National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) scores

Goals

• “to educate the public about the link between student engagement and a high quality undergraduate experience” • “provide information…about aspects of collegiate quality not [readily] available”

http://tinyurl.com/ywxc2a

  See “VSA College Portrait for IU Kokomo” (last page of handout) Colleges choosing to participate in VSA may choose which survey to give, but they must report their scores on these items, using this format

 Shows our scores on five “Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice” and average scores of our peer group  Links to our NSSE page, which gives more detail and highlights our strengths: www.iuk.edu/nsse

     Administered by IU Center for Postsecondary Research More than 500 institutions nationwide participate each year Survey of first year and senior students Designed to measure “Student Engagement” We’ve participated 5 times since 2000

Two Components of Student Engagement • What students do—time and energy spent devoted to educationally purposeful activities • What institutions do—using effective educational practices to induce students to do the right things

  Student engagement is one measure of the quality of the institution Research shows that students who are engaged • • • Learn more Move further along in their development Are more likely to persist to complete their degree

Respondents

Benchmarks

Difference Scores

Overall Satisfaction

 How they spend their time compared to peers: • • • • Less time working for pay on campus More time working for pay off campus Less time in co-curricular activities (except 2006) About the same amount of time preparing for class • • • About the same amount of time relaxing & socializing More time caring for dependents living with them (except 2006 FY) About the same amount of time commuting to class

Level of Academic Challenge Active and Collaborative Learning Student Faculty Interaction Enriching Educational Experiences Supportive Campus Environment

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 2004 Kokomo Bac-Gen 2005 2006 Selected Peers SENIOR STUDENTS 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 2004 Kokomo Bac-Gen 2005 2006 Selected Peers

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 2004 Kokomo 2005 Peers 2006 Bac-Gen SENIOR STUDENTS 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 2004 Kokomo 2005 Peers 2006 Bac-Gen

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS 60 50 40 30 20 2004 Kokomo Bac-Gen 2005 2006 Selected Peers SENIOR STUDENTS 60 50 40 30 20 2004 Kokomo Bac-Gen 2005 2006 Selected Peers

8 6 4 -4 -6 -8 2 0 -2 LAC ** * ACL * p < .05 ** p < .01 *** p < .001

SFI EEE SCE * *** * FY 2005 FY 2006 Sr 2005 Sr 2006

8 6 4 -4 -6 -8 2 0 -2 Level of Academic Challenge LAC ** * ACL * p < .05 ** p < .01 *** p < .001

SFI EEE Supportive Campus Environment SCE FY 2005 FY 2006 Sr 2005 Sr 2006 * *** *

Overall, how would you evaluate the quality of academic advising you have received at your institution?

How would you evaluate your entire educational experience at this institution?

If you could start over again, would you go to the same institution you are now attending?

Overall, how would you evaluate the quality of academic advising you have received at your institution?

1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Good 4 = Excellent 4 3,5 3 2,5 2 1,5 1 2004 FY 2004 Sr 2005 FY KO 2005 Sr 2006 FY Peer 2006 Sr

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 2004 2005 2006 Excellent Good Fair Poor SENIOR STUDENTS 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 2004 2005 2006 Excellent Good Fair Poor

How would you evaluate your entire educational experience at this institution?