Making the Most of NSSE for Equity and Student Success

Abstract

The link between student engagement in educationally effective practice and quality learning and student success is strong. Recently, HLC identified student engagement and connection, as a core component in a Heuristic Model of Student Success, and includes surveys like the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to assess this element. Student engagement represents something institutions can facilitate and results can diagnose and point to action to improve the conditions for student success. This session frames NSSE in HLCs recent student success heuristic and then illustrates how institutions have effectively used student engagement results to influence student success initiatives.