Transcript Faculty Engagement with HIPs

Measuring the value of HIP –
Impact on faculty
Preliminary FSSE data as presented by
Thomas F. Nelson Laird at AAC&U’s
2012 Institute on HIP & Student
Success –
Thomas F. Nelson Laird is the Project
Manager for the Faculty Survey of
Student Engagement (FSSE)
Valuing HIP: National FSSE Data
How important is it to you that
undergraduates at your institution do the
following?
“Important” or
“Very Important”
Practicum, internship, field experience...
82% (CWU: 82.5%)
Community service or volunteer work
Participation in a learning community...
Work on a research project with a faculty
member...
Study abroad
Culminating senior experience
61% (CWU: 62.5%)
46% (CWU: 45%)
53% (CWU: 56%)
46% (CWU: 44.5%)
84% (CWU: 76.5%)
Predicting value placed on HIP
Faculty Characteristics
Women
Faculty of color (all groups)
Non-US citizen
Doctorate
PT Lecturers/instructors
+
+++
+
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Course Characteristics
Life fields
Lower division courses
Small courses
General education requirement
++
+
+
HIPs and faculty
• Faculty of color and women faculty, in
particular, rate HIPs as important or very
important.
• Would increasing the emphasis on HIPs – or
offering resources to help faculty deliver
HIPs more effectively or efficiently –
improve recruitment and retention among
faculty committed to HIPs?