Spring Break
Annual survey administered to students
Max Lemanowicz
Issue date: 3/19/09 Section: News
Six thousand students -- 3,000 freshman and 3,000 seniors -- will have the opportunity to take the National Survey of Student Engagement, NSSE this semester. The participants were chosen at random, although most represent the majority of each class. The main goal of the survey is to assess the student experience at ECU and to make possible improvements where necessary.
The NSSE has five benchmark goals. First off is to find out the level of academic challenge students receive. This helps track how students use the information they are given and whether or not they are pushed enough in their studies.
"We want to figure out how well our students are engaged and how much of an active role they have in their education," said Tyana Summers, the survey coordinator with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.
The second highlight of the survey is to assess students' active and collaborative learning skills.
"It's very important that we figure out whether or not students are fully benefiting from ECU services and taking an active interest in their course work," Summers said.
Interactions between students and faculty are essential for higher learning and development. This survey will help determine whether or not professors interact with their students effectively and if they give punctual advice on questions. From the survey, ECU officials hope to learn if students are taking advantage of volunteering, study abroad programs, internships or if they are actively involved in extracurricular activities. They would also like to know how supportive of an environment ECU offers academically, as well as socially.
Dr. Chuck Rich, the associate director with Institutional Effectiveness, worked with the University of Indiana at Bloomington, who will be administering the survey to the students at ECU.
"We provided them with a list of students and their e-mails and then NSSE e-mails the selected students with a link to the actual survey," said Rich.
The NSSE has five benchmark goals. First off is to find out the level of academic challenge students receive. This helps track how students use the information they are given and whether or not they are pushed enough in their studies.
"We want to figure out how well our students are engaged and how much of an active role they have in their education," said Tyana Summers, the survey coordinator with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.
The second highlight of the survey is to assess students' active and collaborative learning skills.
"It's very important that we figure out whether or not students are fully benefiting from ECU services and taking an active interest in their course work," Summers said.
Interactions between students and faculty are essential for higher learning and development. This survey will help determine whether or not professors interact with their students effectively and if they give punctual advice on questions. From the survey, ECU officials hope to learn if students are taking advantage of volunteering, study abroad programs, internships or if they are actively involved in extracurricular activities. They would also like to know how supportive of an environment ECU offers academically, as well as socially.
Dr. Chuck Rich, the associate director with Institutional Effectiveness, worked with the University of Indiana at Bloomington, who will be administering the survey to the students at ECU.
"We provided them with a list of students and their e-mails and then NSSE e-mails the selected students with a link to the actual survey," said Rich.
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