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NSSE Results 2005-2011Austin Peay State University
NSSE Multi-year BenchmarksFirst Year Students
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1140
45
50
55
60
51.3
46.449.4
52.4 52.3
Level of Academic Challenge (LAC)
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1120
30
40
26.7
30.3
35.337.7 36.8
Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI)
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1150
6057.0 56.3
58.6
61.9 61.3
Supportive Campus Environment (SCE)
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1130
35
40
45
50
36.5
39.4
43.144.6 43.6
Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL)
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1115
25
35
23.3 22.624.7 25.7 24.8
Enriching Educational Experiences (EEE)
NSSE Multi-year Benchmarks
Senior Students
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1140
50
60
54.552.9
55.6 55.0 55.9Level of Academic Challenge (LAC)
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1130
40
50
38.8 38.040.3 41.2
42.8
Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI)
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1145
55
65
56.554.4
56.2 55.5
60.1
Supportive Campus Environment (SCE)
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1140
45
50
55
60
48.0 49.0 49.0 49.3 49.0
Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL)
'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '1130
35
40
34.4 34.7 34.9 34.9 35.6
Enriching Educational Experiences (EEE)
NSSE Comparison of Retained and Not Retained students
ValuesNot Retained to First Fall
Retained to First Fall Grand Total
CI for Difference of Means
N Count LAC 256 1531 1787 (P value)
Level of Academic Challenge
Avg LAC 49.6 51.5 51.2 (.009, 3.631)
StdDev LAC 14.1 13.6 13.7 0.025
Active and Collaborative
Learning
AvgACL 41.4 46.1 45.4 (2.46. 6.9)
StdDev ACL 16.5 17.3 17.3 1.85331E-05
Student-Faculty Interaction
Avg SFI 33.5 38.2 37.6 (2.15, 7.4)
StdDev SFI 18.8 19.8 19.8 0.000188587
Enriching Educational Experiences
Avg EEE 24.8 28.5 28.0 (1.75, 5.78)
StdDev EEE 12.8 15.0 14.8 0.000132246
Supportive Campus Environment
Avg SCE 55.6 58.6 58.2 (0.41, 5.59)
StdDev SCE 19.2 18.7 18.8 0.011570799
NSSE Comparison of Traditional and Non-Traditional students
2006 2007 2009 201144464850525456 LAC
Non Trad Trad
2006 2007 2009 201142434445464748 ACL
2006 2007 2009 2011323436384042 SFI
2006 2007 2009 201125262728293031323334 EEE
2006 2007 2009 201150525456586062 SCE
Curricular Trends
Students are studying longer
0 hou
rs per
week 1-5 6-1
011-
1516-
2021-
2526-
30
More th
an 30
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%
2010200820062005
… and feel that we emphasize studying
Very littleSome
Quite a bitVery much
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
20102008
20062005
Curricular Trends
Students are working harder than they thought they could
Never Sometimes Often Very often
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
2010200820062005
… and learn more by analyzing, synthesizing and
applying theories
Very littleSome
Quite a bitVery much
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
20102008
20062005
Curricular Trends
Fewer course texts, books and course packets
None 1-4 5-10 11-20 More than 20
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2005200620082010
Fewer and shorter papers
None 1-4 5-10 11-20 More than 20
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%
2010200820062005
Support Trends
Friendlier students and faculty…
Unhelpful 2 3 4 5 6 Helpful
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%
20102008
20062005
… and administration
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
20102008
20062005
Support Trends
Students feel academically supported
Very littleSome
Quite a bitVery much
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
20102008
20062005
… and Traditional students feel increasingly socially
supported
Very littleSome
Quite a bitVery much
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
20102008
20062005
Support Trends
Students don’t feel supported outside the university
Very littleSome
Quite a bitVery much
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
20102008
20062005
… and Non-Traditional students don’t feel supported socially or
outside the university
Very little Some Quite a bit
Very much
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Non TradTrad
Engagement Trends
Increasing use of electronic media
NeverSometimes
OftenVery often
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
20102008
20062005
Increasing involvement in Practicums, Internships,
Community Service, International and Capstone
Do not plan to do Have not
decided Plan to do Done
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
20102008
20062005
Engagement Trends
Decreasing involvement in Linked classes, Independent study, and
Foreign Languages
Do not plan to do Have not
decided Plan to do Done
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
20102008
20062005
Lessening of curricular conversations outside class with
faculty
NeverSometimes
OftenVery often
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
20102008
20062005
Student-Faculty Trends
More discussions with faculty about assignments, more questions asked and
prompt feedback
NeverSometimes
OftenVery often
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%
20102008
20062005
But Non-Trads work less with faculty in clubs and
organizations
Never Sometimes Often Very often0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
Non-Trad Trad
Co-Curricular Trends
Still most students are disengaged from co-curricular
activities
0 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-
20 21-25 26-
30 More than 30
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
20102008
20062005
…especially Non-Trad students
0 1-5 6-10 11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
More than 30
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Non-TradTrad
Active and Collaborative TrendsNon-Trads study much less with their peers on projects in class
Never Sometimes Often Very often0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Non Trad Trad
… and to prepare for assignments outside class
Never Sometimes Often Very often0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Non-Trad Trad
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