The table below displays how your students responded to each EI item, and the difference, in percentage points, between your students and those of your comparison group. Blue bars indicate how much higher your institution's percentage is from that of the comparison group. Dark red bars indicate how much lower your institution's percentage is from that of the comparison group.
Percentage point difference8 between your FY students and
HBCU Regional Like classification
Higher-Order Learning K-State
Percentage responding "Very much" or "Quite a bit" about how much coursework emphasized... %
4b. Applying facts, theories, or methods to practical problems or new situations 50 -11 -23 -14
4c. Analyzing an idea, experience, or line of reasoning in depth by examining its parts 50 -13 -22 -13
4d. Evaluating a point of view, decision, or information source 58 -11 -12 -8
Percentage of students who responded that they "Very often" or "Often"...
2a. Combined ideas from different courses when completing assignments 43 -5 -11 -5
2b. Connected your learning to societal problems or issues 43 -7 -8 -3
2c. Included diverse perspectives (political, religious, racial/ethnic, gender, etc.) in course discussions or assignments 45 -7 -6 +1
2d. Examined the strengths and weaknesses of your own views on a topic or issue 51 -12 -12 -7
2e. Tried to better understand someone else's views by imagining how an issue looks from his or her perspective 62 -8 -8 -3
2f. Learned something that changed the way you understand an issue or concept 57 -15 -9 -8
2g. Connected ideas from your courses to your prior experiences and knowledge 53 -19 -23 -19
9a. Identified key information from reading assignments 51 -19 -23 -20
9b. Reviewed your notes after class 47 -18 -22 -17
9c. Summarized what you learned in class or from course materials 43 -19 -23 -20
6a. Reached conclusions based on your own analysis of numerical information (numbers, graphs, statistics, etc.) 40 -13 -18 -10
6b. Used numerical information to examine a real-world problem or issue (unemployment, climate change, public health, etc.) 37 -6 -9 -3
6c. Evaluated what others have concluded from numerical information 29 -12 -17 -9
4e. Forming a new idea or understanding from various pieces of information 53 -16 -17 -10
Reflective & Integrative Learning
Learning Strategies
Percentage of students who responded that they "Very often" or "Often"...
Quantitative Reasoning
Percentage of students who responded that they "Very often" or "Often"...
Notes: Refer to your Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons report for full distributions and significance tests. Item numbering corresponds to the survey facsimile included in your Institutional Report and available on the NSSE website.
a. Percentage point difference = Institution percentage - Comparison group percentage. Because results are rounded to whole numbers, differences of less than 1 point may or may not display a bar. Small, but nonzero differences may be represented as +0 or -0.