Faculty Developers Use of NSSE Data

Abstract

During the 2002-03 academic year, AAHE and NSSE are conducting six roundtables to explore uses of NSSE data for improvement of student learning. A roundtable held in October 2002 at the Professional Organizational Development (POD) conference in Atlanta gave 13 faculty developers from institutions across the U. S. and nearly every higher education sector the chance to discuss institutional uses of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). The discussion focused particularly on the ways in which faculty developers have used this new source of data available to campuses. Specific questions examined impacts of use, availability of data to faculty development offices, uses of the data in faculty development activities, and ways in which NSSE data can be interpreted for faculty members.