National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Introduction
The NSSE was conceived in early 1998 and supported by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts. NSSE stands for National Survey of Student Engagement. The NSSE instrument is a national survey of undergraduate quality that is administered to representative samples of students at American colleges and universities by an independent (not-for -profit) authority. The field tests were coordinated by Peter Ewell of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) and George Kuh of the Center for Postsecondary Research and School of Education at Indiana University. NSSE annually collects information at hundreds of four-year colleges and universities about first-year and senior students' participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development. Nearly 1,700 institutions have participated and approximately 6.5 million students have completed the survey since 2000. The results provide an estimate of how undergraduates spend their time and what they gain from attending college. The University of Houston (UH) has been participating in the NSSE survey since 2009, and a total number of 28,707 students took the survey in undergraduate programs across campus.
NSSE Survey Instrument
The questionnaire collects information across five categories: (1) participation in dozens of educationally purposeful activities, (2) institutional requirements and the challenging nature of coursework, (3) perceptions of the college environment, (4) estimates of educational and personal growth since starting college, and (5) background and demographic information. The core component of the survey is a collection of ten Engagement Indicators, which are organized within four engagement themes: (1) Academic Challenge, (2) Learning with Peers, (3) Experiences with Faculty, and (4) Campus Environment. In addition to this core component, each institution has the freedom to choose other topical modules to include in the survey, such as Academic Advising, Development of Transferable skills, Learning with Technology, and Honor’s Education, etc. UH added different topical modules throughout the years from 2009 to 2021.
| Year | Reports |
| 2013-2021 |
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Year Wise NSSE