National Survey of Student Engagement, 2019

Each year first year students and seniors at hundreds of colleges and universities complete the National Survey of Student Engagement. The NSSE survey captures information about how much time students devote to learning, how involved they are in best learning practices, and how fully challenged and supported they feel by their college.

2019 NSSE results are summarized in ten engagement indicators, which fit within four themes of engagement:

Academic Challenge – Including Higher-Order Learning, Reflective and Integrative Learning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Learning Strategies
Learning with Peers – Including Collaborative Learning and Discussions with Diverse Others
Experiences with Faculty – Including Student-Faculty Interaction and Effective Teaching Practices
Campus Environment – Including Quality of Interactions and Supportive Environment

Table 1. NSSE 2019 Engagement Indicators: Auburn University first-year students compared with peer universities' first-year students

	Auburn	Carnegie Class			NSSE Top 50%
*Engagement Indicator*	*Indexed Mean^a*	*Indexed Mean^a*	*Sig.^b*	*Effect size^c*	*Indexed Mean^a*	*Sig.^b*	*Effect size^c*
Higher-Order Learning	99	96	*	0.08	100		-0.03
Reflective & Integrative Learning	92	96	**	-0.12	100	***	-0.28
Learning Strategies	97	93	*	0.09	100	*	-0.10
Quantitative Reasoning	98	98		0.01	100		-0.03
Collaborative Learning	104	97	***	0.18	100	**	0.12
Discussions with Diverse Others	97	99		-0.08	100	*	-0.10
Student-Faculty Interaction	88	84		0.07	100	***	-0.20
Effective Teaching Practices	90	92	*	-0.08	100	***	-0.32
Quality of Interactions	103	94	***	0.33	100	**	0.10
Supportive Environment	102	96	***	0.18	100		0.05

Table 2. NSSE 2019 Engagement Indicators: Auburn University seniors compared with peer universities' seniors

	Auburn	Carnegie Class			NSSE Top 50%
*Engagement Indicator*	*Indexed Mean^a*	*Indexed Mean^a*	*Sig.^b*	*Effect size^c*	*Indexed Mean^a*	*Sig.^b*	*Effect size^c*
Higher-Order Learning	94	93		0.02	100	***	-0.19
Reflective & Integrative Learning	91	93		-0.07	100	***	-0.29
Learning Strategies	92	98		0.04	100	***	-0.22
Quantitative Reasoning	103	98	*	0.10	100		0.06
Collaborative Learning	107	94	***	0.30	100	***	0.17
Discussions with Diverse Others	100	98		0.05	100		0.00
Student-Faculty Interaction	86	78	***	0.16	100	***	-0.26
Effective Teaching Practices	95	91	**	0.12	100	***	-0.15
Quality of Interactions	97	91	***	0.21	100	**	-0.11
Supportive Environment	100	93	***	0.18	100		0.00

Notes:

^a Means weighted by gender, enrollment status, and institutional size, then scaled (Mean of Top 50% = 100).

^b * p<.05, **p<.01, *** p<.001 (2-tailed).

^cEffect size is Cohen’s d, the standardized difference between the institution’s mean and the comparison group’s mean, calculated by dividing the mean difference by the pooled standard deviation.

AU scores are based on responses of 604 first-year students and 587 seniors (11% response rate), with a sampling error of +/- 3.8% for first-year students and +/- 3.8% for seniors.

Click here to see a comparison of Auburn's 2019 engagement indicators with those of national best performers.

Click here to visit the NSSE site.

Last updated: 08/26/2019