The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) (pronounced: sessie) provides data and analysis about student engagement in community colleges. Like its counterpart in four-year institutions, the
National Survey of Student Engagement The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) (pronounced: nessie) is a survey mechanism used to measure the level of student participation at universities and colleges in Canada and the United States as it relates to learning and engagement. The ...
(NSSE), the CCSSE survey instrument is used to gauge the level of
student engagement
Student engagement occurs when "students make a psychological investment in learning. They try hard to learn what school offers. They take pride not simply in earning the formal indicators of success (grades), but in understanding the material and ...
in college. The survey is administered to community college students during the spring
academic term
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. The survey questions assess institutional practices and student behaviors that are correlated highly with student learning and student retention.
The survey serves three purposes for community college administrators and instructors:
* benchmarking—comparison to national norms on educational practice and performance by community and technical colleges.
* diagnosis—identification of areas in which an institution could improve students’ educational experiences and outcomes.
* monitoring/accountability—documentation and improvement of institutional effectiveness over time.
The CCSSE survey instrument was first piloted in 2001. From 2002 through 2010, more than 1,770,000 students at 754 community colleges in 49 U.S. states,
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,
Nova Scotia
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and the
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participated in the survey. CCSSE is a product and service of the
Center for Community College Student Engagement The Center for Community College Student Engagement is a research and service project of the Program in Higher Education Leadership in The University of Texas at Austin (UT) College of Education. The Center was founded in 2001 under the name Commun ...
(CCCSE), which is part of the Program for Higher Education Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at
The University of Texas at Austin
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. CCCSE's director is Linda García, Ph.D.
See also
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Undergraduate education
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External links
Survey instrument websiteCenter for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) official websiteIPEDS
Community colleges