2008 WMU NSSE/FSSE

1. 2008 WMU NSSE/FSSE Suzan F. Ayers, PhD Health, Physical Education & Recreation November 6, 2008

2. Defining Student Engagement “The time and energy students devote to educationally sound activities inside and outside the classroom and the policies and practices institutions use to induce students to take part in these activities.” George Kuh, Change, March/April 2003

3. National Survey of Student Engagement • Assess extent of student engagement in educational practices empirically associated with high levels of learning and development • Items reflect empirically supported practices of students and institutions associated with desired outcomes of college attendance • Validity and reliability established using first 5 administrations (1999-2003) based on nearly 300,000 participants • 5 benchmarks: LAC, ACL, SFI, EEE, SCE (100-point scale)

4. 2008 WMU Key Points: NSSE • Comparable to selected and Carnegie peers • SCE has improved notably for both FY and SR students • Advising improved from 2006 • 80%(FY)–71%(SR) would choose WMU again (up from 2006) • Multi-year trends stable/improving since 2002

5. Faculty Survey of Student Engagement • Faculty perceptions of how often students engage in different activities • The importance faculty place on various areas of learning/development • The nature and frequency of interactions faculty have with students • How faculty members organize class time

6. 2008 WMU Key Points: FSSE • UD > LD levels of student engagement • Faculty perceptions differ widely from student perceptions • Prompt feedback, value of tutoring others • Increased focus on diversity compared to 2006 • 41-55% faculty report working with students only during class • ~40% faculty spend 1-8 hrs/wk on research activities* • 1/3 faculty spend 50% class time in instructor-led lecture

7. Future Steps • Link outcomes to stake-holders’ goal setting processes • Increase academic challenge in coursework • Increase student/faculty collaborative research opportunities Thank you! Questions are welcome.

8. Suzan Ayers s.ayers@wmich.edu 2008 NSSE/FSSE report/presentation: http://www.wmich.edu/poapa

9. Auburn University Binghamton University (SUNY) Clemson University Florida International University Georgia State University Kent State University Mississippi State University Missouri University of Science & Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology North Carolina A&T State University Northern Arizona University Ohio University Rutgers University-Newark South Dakota State University SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa The University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at El Paso University of Central Florida University of Maryland-Baltimore County University of Mississippi University of New Orleans University of Oklahoma University of Southern Mississippi University of Toledo University of Vermont University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Utah State University Virginia Commonwealth University Wichita State University Wright State University Selected Peers

10. MF5: Supportive Campus Environment (FY students) MS5: Supportive Campus Environment (Seniors)