Systematic campus assessment for accreditation purposes
Regular assessments allow institutions to better understand their students' satisfaction and priorities. The accreditation and re-affirmation process is multifaceted and often time consuming for...
View ArticleHow can you turn college student satisfaction data into action planning?
The 2011 Student Retention Practices and Strategies Report indicates that while a large percentage of four-year public, four-year private, and two-year institutions are using satisfaction assessments...
View ArticleTracking college student satisfaction by class at four-year institutions
I recently received inquiries from two campuses using satisfaction-priorities surveys with their students (one a four-year private institution and the other a four-year public university). They noticed...
View ArticleWhat do college freshmen need to succeed in the classroom?
Click on image to enlarge. The illustration above highlights findings from the 2012 National Freshman Attitudes Report, recently released by Noel-Levitz. Along with identifying needs for college...
View ArticleAssessing student satisfaction at proprietary schools
As enrollments at career schools have skyrocketed, satisfaction assessment can help strengthen the student experience at those campuses. Career and private schools provide educational opportunities to...
View ArticleTaking college satisfaction data beyond the institutional research office
Sharing student satisfaction data can benefit colleagues from a variety of campus departments. I was talking with a client recently and she pointed out that many times the data that colleges collect on...
View ArticleWill your institution be ‘student ready’ for diverse college student...
This is part one of a two-part post on preparing for diverse college student populations. Read part 2 here. In my more than 20 years working on college campuses, a common theme of conversations has...
View ArticleHow to increase retention and completion with a proven early-alert “trouble...
When new students enter your institution, what if you quickly flagged their support needs using a 20-minute online assessment that captured key noncognitive indicators for retention and completion?...
View ArticleNew nationwide college student satisfaction report shows areas where college...
Our new college student satisfaction report—the 2017 National Student Satisfaction and Priorities Report—shows what colleges students identified as their top priorities for improvement. This report...
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