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 differencea between your seniors and
HBCU Regional Like classification
Percentage point difference between your seniors and
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 75 -4 -5 -4
4c. Analyzing an idea, experience, or line of reasoning in depth by examining its parts 74 -3 -1 +0
4d. Evaluating a point of view, decision, or information source 71 -4 +3 -0
Percentage of students who responded that they "Very often" or "Often"...
2a. Combined ideas from different courses when completing assignments 57 -16 -12 -15
2b. Connected your learning to societal problems or issues 51 -14 -10 -14
2c. Included diverse perspectives (political, religious, racial/ethnic, gender, etc.) in course discussions or assignments 45 -12 -6 -11
2d. Examined the strengths and weaknesses of your own views on a topic or issue 58 -14 -6 -9
2e. Tried to better understand someone else's views by imagining how an issue looks from his or her perspective 72 -9 +2 -4
2f. Learned something that changed the way you understand an issue or concept 56 -22 -12 -17
2g. Connected ideas from your courses to your prior experiences and knowledge 73 -12 -8 -13
Percentage of students who responded that they "Very often" or "Often"...
9a. Identified key information from reading assignments 80 -0 +6 -1
9b. Reviewed your notes after class 69 -7 +4 +5
9c. Summarized what you learned in class or from course materials 64 -11 -2 -2
4e. Forming a new idea or understanding from various pieces of information 69 -6 -1 -6
Reflective & Integrative Learning
Learning Strategies
Quantitative Reasoning
Percentage of students who responded that they "Very often" or "Often"...
6a. Reached conclusions based on your own analysis of numerical information (numbers, graphs, statistics, etc.) 63 +2 +5 +7
6b. Used numerical information to examine a real-world problem or issue (unemployment, climate change, public health, etc.) 45 -7 -3 +2
6c. Evaluated what others have concluded from numerical information 36 -16 -11 -7
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.