2004 Community College Survey of Student Engagement CCSSE

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2004 Community College Survey of Student
Engagement (CCSSE)

• Connecticut Community Colleges 2004

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Student Engagement CCSSE Lessons from the
Research

• In order for colleges to positively influence
  student success and goal achievement they must
  understand who students are, and also what they
  do
• A key factor for student learning is the quality
  of effort students devote to educationally
  purposeful activities
• Educationally effective institutions channel
  student energy toward the right activities

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Student Engagement What Matters Most in College

• The research is unequivocal students who are
  actively involved in both academic and
  out-of-class activities gain more from the
  college experience than those who are not so
  involved.
• Ernest T. Pascarella
• Patrick T. Terenzini,
• How College
• Affects Students

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• Five Key Benchmark Areas

• (1) Active and Collaborative Learning

• (2) Student Effort

• (3) Academic Challenge

• (4) Student-Faculty Interaction

• (5) Support for Learners

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Promises and Challenges
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2004 CCSSE Workshop for Connecticut
CollegesInstitutional EffectivenessRetentionN
EASC AccreditationStrategic PlanningMission
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Other Uses of CCSSE Data
Profile developmental students Profile those
students who are the least engaged in
learning Identify and assess performance on those
factors that contribute to student goal
attainment Identify and assess performance on
those factors that contribute to student
persistence
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Other Uses of CCSSE Data

• Explore how a students experience at a college
  contributes to knowledge, skills and personal
  development in
• Acquiring a broad general education
• Writing and Speaking clearly and effectively
• Thinking critically and analytically
• Solving numerical problems
• Using computer and information technology
• Understanding people of other racial and ethnic
  backgrounds
• Developing a personal code of values and ethics
• Contributing to the welfare of your community
• Developing clearer career goals

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Next Steps

• Student Success
• College Data
• Faculty Study
• November 2004 -
• Review National Averages for the Benchmarks
• Identify Peer Institutions and Utilize
  Comparative Data