Community College Survey of Student Engagement CCSSE

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Community College Survey of Student Engagement
(CCSSE)

• HCC Results
• Spring 2006

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What is Student Engagement?

• The amount of time and energy that students
  invest in meaningful educational practices
• Source CCSSE

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What is the CCSSE?

• Research based tool
• assessing educational quality in the community
  college
• examining college results in light of national
  benchmarks
• identifying areas which can enhance the students
  educational experience
• demonstrating institutional results and progress
  in implementing good practices

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Uses of CCSSE

• Assess quality in community college education
• Identify and learn from good educational
  practices
• Identify areas in which we can improve programs
  and services to students

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Survey Instrument

• 37 questions about institutional practices and
  student behaviors that are highly correlated with
  student learning and retention
• 20 additional KCTCS specific questions related to
  computer usage, diversity, registration,
  motivation, family support, etc.

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2006 CCSSE Cohort

• 421 institutions across U.S.
• 221 small colleges (includes HCC)
• 105 medium colleges
• 57 large colleges
• 38 extra large colleges

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2006 KCTCS Consortium

• Bluegrass Community/Technical College
• Hazard Community/Technical College
• Henderson Community College
• Somerset Community/Technical College
• Southeast Community/Technical College
• West Ky. Community/Technical College

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HCC Sample Size Composition

• 455 HCC students completed the CCSSE in Spring
  2006
• Random sample determined by CCSSE
• Included on and off campus lectures and labs
• Included day, evening, and weekend classes
• Did not include on-line classes
• Did not include Donovan classes

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Gender

• 22 male
• 78 female

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Ethnicity

• 88 White, Non-Hispanic
• 6 Black or African-American
• 6 Other

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Age

• 18-19 20
• 20-21 20
• 22-24 18
• 25-29 13
• 30-39 16
• 40-49 8
• 50-64 3

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Enrollment Status

• Full-Time 72
• Part-Time 28

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1st Generation

• 55 are first-generation college students
• 19 indicated the father is not a high school
  graduate
• 14 indicated the mother is not a high school
  graduate
• 41 indicated the fathers highest level of
  education as being high school diploma or GED
• 41 indicated the mothers highest level of
  education as being high school diploma or GED

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Day vs. Evening Students

• 77 indicated they most frequently take day
  classes
• 22 indicated they most frequently take evening
  classes
• 1 indicated they most frequently take weekend
  classes

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Location of Computer Use

• 64 indicated their primary location for using
  computers is at at my home
• 8 indicated their primary location for using
  computer is at somebody elses home
• 20 indicated their primary location for using
  computers is at this community college
• 5 indicated their primary location for using
  computers at at my job
• 3 indicated other

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Type of Computer Access

• 33 indicated they use dial up
• 48 indicated they use high speed
• 19 indicated they have no access
• 1 indicated Other

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Working Students

• 80 indicated theyre working for pay
• 39 indicated theyre working more than 30 hours
  per week
• 20 indicated theyre working 21-30 hours per
  week
• 11 indicated theyre working 11-20 hours per
  week
• 10 indicated theyre working 1-10 hours per week

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CCSSE Benchmarks

• 5 Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practices
• Areas that educational research has shown to be
  important in quality educational practices
• Active and Collaborative Learning
• Student Effort
• Academic Challenge
• Student-Faculty Interaction
• Support for Learners

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Active and Collaborative Learning
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Active and Collaborative Learning
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 53.4
51.3 50.0
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Student Effort
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Student Effort
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 52.4
51.1 50.0
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Academic Challenge
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Academic Challenge
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 54.6
50.4 50.0
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Academic Challenge (Part Time Students)
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Academic Challenge (Part Time Students)
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 50.7
45.5 45.9
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Academic Challenge (Full Time Students)
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Academic Challenge (Full Time Students)
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 62.2
55.8 55.7
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Academic Challenge (0-29 Credits Students)
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Academic Challenge(0-29 Credits Students)
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 50.8
48.5 48.3
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Academic Challenge(30 Credits Students)
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Academic Challenge (30 Credits Students)
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 61.7
54.5 54.3
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Student-Faculty Interaction
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Student-Faculty Interaction
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 57.1
51.5 50.0
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Support for Learners
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Support for Learners
Benchmark Scores Henderson Community
College Small Colleges 2006 CCSSE Cohort 53.2
52.8 50.0
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HCC compared with other Ky. colleges

• Above the Mean
• 4k Used e-mail to communicate with an
  instructor
• 4s Had serious conversations with students of a
  different race or ethnicity
• 13h2 Satisfaction Computer lab
• 13h3 Importance Computer lab

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HCC compared with other Ky. colleges

• Below the Mean
• 13c.1 Frequency Job placement assistance
• 14e Transfer to a 4 year college or university

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KCTCS CCSSE Implementation Schedule

• 6 KCTCS institutions administered CCSSE in
  05-06
• 10 KCTCS institutions will administer CCSSE in
  06-07
• 2 year administration cycle will continue in
  07-08 and 08-09
• Baseline data available Fall 07

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KCTCS Target

• In 2009-10, KCTCS will exceed the national
  average on CCSSEs benchmarks of effective
  education practice by 5 percentage points

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Sources

• Community College Survey of Student Engagement
  (College of Education at the University of Texas
  at Austin) www.ccsse.org
• KCTCS Targets Measures (PLT presentation/March
  2007)