NSSE Information

The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) collects information from first year and senior students about the characteristics and quality of their undergraduate experience including,

  • Indicators that reflect on the multi-dimensional nature of student engagement
  • Experiences with educational practices that have been shown to be linked with learning and student success
  • Perceptions of the degree of support from the college environment
  • Perceptions of personal and educational growth since starting college  

The NSSE was developed and is administered by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research.  For more information please visit the website at nsse.indiana.edu

For more information on NSSE data and reports at KSU, please contact the Office of Institutional Research at data@kennesaw.edu.

If you have been invited to take part in the NSSE, please go to the Student Affairs website for more information on participating in the survey. 
https://studentaffairs.kennesaw.edu/assessment/nsse/index.php

NSSE Survey Content

NSSE Interactive Dashboards

  • 2023 NSSE Engagement Indicators Dashboard

  • 2022 NSSE Engagement Indicators Dashboard

    • NSSE Engagement Indicators capture the multi-dimensional nature of student engagement.  Each indicator is an average based on responses to three to eight survey items.  Responses to individual items are transformed to a scale that ranges between 0 and 60.  For example, responses of “never”, “Sometimes”, “Often” and “Very often” for an item are assigned values of 0, 20, 40 and 60 respectively. The overall indicator score is based on the average across the component items.  A score of 0 for a particular engagement indicator means that the student responded “never” to each of items for that indicator while a score of 60 means that the student responded “Very often” to each item.  NSSE has organized the ten engagement indicators within four engagement themes as shown below:

      • Theme
        Engagement Indicators
      • Academic Challenge
        • Higher-Order Learning
        • Reflective & Integrative Learning
        • Learning Strategies
        • Quantitative Reasoning
      • Learing with Peers
        • Collaborative Learing
        • Discussions with Diverse Others
      • Experiences with Faculty
        • Student-Faculty Interaction
        • Effective Teaching Practices
      • Campus Environment
        • Quality of Interactions
        • Supportive Environment

       

    • Additional information about the NSSE Engagement Indicators including psychometric properties can be found at https://nsse.indiana.edu/nsse/survey-instruments/engagement-indicators.html

    • The NSSE Engagement Indicators Dashboards consists of four separate dashboards:

      • Overall Engagement Indicators - Displays scores for a selected engagement indicator for First Year and Senior students

      • Engagement Indicators by Comparison Group – Displays scores for a selected engagement indicator across categories of a selected comparison group variable for either First Year or Senior students.

      • Engagement Items – Displays frequencies and percentages of responses to individual items for a selected engagement indicator for either First Year or Senior students.

      • All Engagement Indicators by Comparison Group – Displays scores for all Engagement Indicators across categories for a selected comparison group variable for either First Year or Senior students.

    • Dashboard Notes:

      • For quick reference, hovering over the Icon icon provides descriptions of variables that can be used to make comparisons or be used as filters.

      • Tables or graphs with fewer than 10 cases are suppressed for privacy.

      • The dashboards are independent; selections on one dashboard have no effect on the other dashboards.

      • For the IPEDS Race/Ethnicity: KSU, “Other” includes American Indian or Alaskan, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Undeclared

      • Be aware that in the Engagement Indicators by Comparison Group dashboard, the reference lines for the NSSE Top 10%, NSSE Top 50% and KSU Average Weighted Mean, are determined only by the selected engagement indicator and first-year or senior status.  

NSSE Reports

 

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