Listed below are results from selected national surveys in which Randolph-Macon College has participated. The reports below are available to R-MC faculty, staff and students:
BCSSE: Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement
"The Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement 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 …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." (Indiana University Bloomington (2008). “Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement,” http://bcsse.iub.edu/about.cfm. Accessed August 13, 2008.)
NSSE: National Survey of Student Engagement
"The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) obtains, on an annual basis, information from hundreds of four-year colleges and universities nationwide about student participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development. The results provide an estimate of how undergraduates spend their time and what they gain from attending college. Survey items on The National Survey of Student Engagement represent empirically confirmed "good practices" in undergraduate education. That is, they reflect behaviors by students and institutions that are associated with desired outcomes of college." (Indiana University Bloomington (2008). “National Survey of Student Engagement,” http://nsse.iub.edu/html/quick_facts.cfm. Accessed August 13, 2008.)
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SSI: Student Satisfaction Inventory
"The Student Satisfaction Inventory gives you a powerful tool to improve the quality of student life and learning. It measures student satisfaction and priorities, showing you how satisfied students are as well as what issues are important to them." (Noel-Levitz (2008). “Student Satisfaction Inventory,” https://www.noellevitz.com/student-retention-solutions/satisfaction-priorities-assessments/student-satisfaction-inventory. Accessed August 13, 2008.)
CLA: Collegiate Learning Assessment
"The CLA uses essay type questions to assess certain cognitive abilities that cannot be tested or tested well with multiple choice items. These skills include (but are not limited to) identifying issues and information in documents that are and are not relevant to a problem, marshalling and organizing information, making a persuasive argument or an objective analysis about some issue, and presenting clear and well thought out recommendations for a course of action and explaining the basis and rationale for these recommendations (such as identifying and discussing the related supporting and contradictory evidence)." (Council for Aid to Education (2008). “Collegiate Learning Assessment,” http://www.cae.org/content/pro_collegiate.htm. Accessed August 13, 2008.)