2+2 Update

There are 20 students in the 2+2 cohort. All students meet with their support team (advisor, academic coach, and peer mentors) once a week on Tuesdays at 11:00 AM or 4:00 PM. Each week students discuss their progress and challenges as well as participate in learning strategy activities. Activities focus on personal development, decision making, and/or skill building. All students are meeting their academic commitments and are very engaged with their support team. Participants have been very appreciative about the support they have received.

Beginning College Survey of Engagement

BCSSE collects data about entering college students' high school academic and co-curricular experiences, as well as their expectations for participating in educationally purposeful activities during the first college year. BCSSE administration usually takes place during the first two weeks of fall classes and is designed to be paired with a NSSE administration at the end of the first college year, providing an in-depth understanding of first-year student engagement on your campus. Approximately 200 1^{st}-Year students completed the paper survey during their University Orientation 101 course from September 1st – September 7th, 2016. The results are expected to be delivered before the end of October. The survey report will include:

  • An electronic report containing summary data results
  • An advising report for each student who submitted a survey
  • Also with the advising report each institution receives Using your BCSSE Student Advising Report
  • Student-level BCSSE data file so institutions can conduct their own specialized analysis as needed
  • Institutions participating in both BCSSE and NSSE in a given academic year will also receive a BCSSE-NSSE Combined Report and a combined BCSSE-NSSE data file with their NSSE Institutional Report in August of the following calendar year
  • A codebook that describes the information in the data file

A post-administration will be administered in April 2017.

Student Satisfaction Survey

To gauge the entire student population's perception of the campus environment, Student and Academic Affairs will administer the Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory. It measures student satisfaction and priorities, showing how satisfied students are as well as what issues are important to them in student life and learning.

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