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The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is administered to first-year and senior students annually. Salem State participated in the spring 2022 survey. Student engagement is defined along two dimensions: 1) the time and effort that students put into educationally purposeful activities; and 2) how institutional resources, courses, and opportunities facilitate participation in activities that matter to student learning (Kuh, 2008).
Two summaries highlight Salem State student responses compared with the results from peers at eight New England public universities who also participated in NSSE last spring. The ‘NSSE student experience’ report overviews students’ perceptions more broadly, including results on student satisfaction, sense of belonging, perceived gains, and participation in high-impact practices. Among the findings, student responses indicate encouraging levels of satisfaction, belonging, and gains across many areas that are comparable and sometimes greater than the results of peers at other institutions.
The ‘NSSE Engagement Indicators’ summary focuses more directly on students’ academic experiences. ‘Engagement indicators’ focus on a specific aspect of student learning and engagement based on sets of related survey items grouped together. Again, SSU students were comparable and sometimes reported greater levels of learning and engagement than peers on most measures. Salem State students compared favorably with peers on the engagement indicator known as ‘Discussions with Diverse Others.’ These items asked about students’ interactions with peers whose backgrounds, values, beliefs, and social identities may vary from their own. However, SSU students generally reported less engagement in the items related to ‘Collaborative Learning.’
The full reports from NSSE are posted in Polaris.
For more information, please contact Bruce Perry, Academic Affairs, Meier Hall Room 250C.