Mountain View College Spring 2008 CCSSE Results Community College Survey of Student Engagement 2008 Findings.

Mountain View CollegeSpring 2008 CCSSE ResultsCommunity College Survey of Student Engagement

2008 Findings

Overview

CCSSE: What is it?

MVC Cohort & Comparison Groups

Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice

Educational Support

Full-time vs Part-time Students

CCFSSE

Using CCSSE

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) – MVC Spring 2008 Results

CCSSE: What is it?

The CCSSE survey instrument captures student engagement as a measure of institutional quality.

Student engagement, or the amount of time and energy that students invest in meaningful educational practices, is the foundation for CCSSE’s work.

Community College Leadership Program at UT-Austin

CCSSE validation research shows that CCSSE is measuring institutional practices and student behaviors that matter


CCSSE: What is it? A Tool for Improvement - CCSSE helps us:

Assess quality in community college education

Identify and learn from good educational practice

Identify areas in which we can improve


CCSSE: MVC Cohort - 688 Students Representative sample of 10% of

Spring 2008 credit students

38% - Native language is not English

39% - Fathers are not HS graduates

58% - Major source to pay for college is their own income/savings


CCSSE: Comparison Groups

The 2008 CCSSE Cohort: 343,000 community college students from 585 institutions US and Canada

HSI/HACU Cohort: 16,800 students from 26 community colleges in seven states

Other DCCCD Cohort: 5,600 students from BHC, CVC, ECC, EFC, NLC, & RLC

MVC 2005 Cohort: 496 students


CCSSE 2008 Benchmark Findings

CCSSE Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice

The five CCSSE benchmarks include 38 engagement items from the CCSSE survey:

Reflect many of the most important aspects of the student experience

Practices and behaviors are powerful contributors to effective teaching, learning, student success/retention



The five CCSSE benchmarks are:

Active and Collaborative Learning

Student Effort

Academic Challenge

Student-Faculty Interaction

Support for Learners



Benchmark Score Calculation:

1. Survey items are rescaled so they are all on same scale of 0 to 1

2. Scores for all benchmark items are averaged

3. Standardized so that the national cohort respondents’ scores have a mean of 50

4. MVC’s benchmark scores are relative to the national cohort



CCSSE Mountain View College 2008 Benchmark Scores

49.5 47.749.8 49.0

53.0

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60.0Active andCollaborativeLearning

Student Effort

AcademicChallenge

Student-FacultyInteraction

Support forLearners

50 is the national average


CCSSE Benchmarks of Effective Educational PracticeMVC 2008 cohort scored higher than the MVC 2005 cohort in:


Academic Challenge

Student-Faculty Interaction

MVC 2008 cohort scored higher than the DCCCD, HSI/HACU, and National cohorts in:

Support for Learners



Active and Collaborative Learning Cohort Comparison

49.5

44.2

49.5 51.7 50.0

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60.0 MVC 2008

MVC 2005

Other DCCCD

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National



Active and Collaborative Learning Benchmark CCSSE Items:

4a. Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions

4b. Made a class presentation

4f. Worked with other students on projects during class

4g. Worked with classmates outside of class to prepare class assignments



Active and Collaborative Learning Benchmark CCSSE Items: (continued)

4h. Tutored or taught other students (paid or voluntary)

4i. Participated in a community-based project as a part of a regular course

4r. Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with others outside of class


CCSSE 2008Educational Support Findings

Educational Support Services

Items that contribute this area include:

9. How much does this college emphasize each of the following? (b, c, d, e, f)

10. How many hours do you spend each week doing the following? (c)

12. How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge & skills in? (h, k, n, o)

13. How often, how satisfied, how important are you with the following services? (a – k)


Use and Value of Educational Support Services

Often Rarely/never

Academic advising/planning 15% 36%

Career counseling 9% + 48% -

Job placement assistance 2% 45% -

Peer or other tutoring 6% 47%

Skill labs (writing, math, etc.)

15% 39% +

Child care 1% 38%

Financial aid advising 17% 39% +

Computer lab 32% 27% +

Student organizations 5% 47% +

Transfer credit assistance 9% 39%

Services to students with disabilities

3% 34%

Very Not at all

Academic advising/planning 72% + 6%

Career counseling 62% + 16%

Job placement assistance 38% 35% +

Peer or other tutoring 43% + 26% -

Skill labs (writing, math, etc.)

51% - 21%

Child care 29% 52% -

Financial aid advising 61% 24%

Computer lab 62% 14%

Student organizations 31% + 35% -

Transfer credit assistance 58% + 25%


44% 40%

How OFTEN do you use the following services? How IMPORTANT are the following services?

MVC 2008 Results

- + = difference of 5 or more percentage points compared to MVC 2005, 3 or more with HSI/HACU or National Cohorts


Satisfaction with Educational Support Services

Very Not at all

Academic advising/planning 28% + 9%

Career counseling 20% + 15%

Job placement assistance 7% 15%

Peer or other tutoring 17% 11%

Skill labs (writing, math, etc.) 26% - 8%

Child care 4% 12%

Financial aid advising 23% 14%

Computer lab 43% 5%

Student organizations 11% 12%

Transfer credit assistance 18% + 14%


9% 10% +

How SATISFIED are you with the following services?

MVC 2008 Results

- + = difference of 5 or more percentage points compared to MVC 2005, 3 or more with HSI/HACU or National Cohorts


2008 CCSSE Full-time vs. Part-time Student Findings

Full-time vs Part-time Students Findings

In General:

Full-time students are more engaged in their college education experiences than part-time students

Therefore, full-time students’ outcomes are more successful than those of part-time students



MVC 2008 Findings:

Full-time student average scores on all five benchmarks were 7 – 14 points higher than the average scores of part-time students

Full-time students’ responses were considerably higher than part-time students for all classroom and academic experience items (4. a – u)



MVC 2008 Benchmark Findings:

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Full-time Part-time

Active andCollaborativeLearning

StudentEffort

AcademicChallenge

Student-FacultyInteraction

Support forLearners



MVC 2008 Benchmark Findings:


All Students

Part-time

Full-time

0-29 Credits

30+ Credits


49.5 45.9 59.7 47.3 55.4

Student Effort 47.7 45.8 53.0 46.1 51.6

Academic Challenge 49.8 48 54.9 48.3 54.2

Student Faculty Interaction

49.0 46.5 56.0 46.9 54.2

Support for Learners 53.0 51.1 58.4 51.9 55.0


2008 CCFSSE Findings

2008 CCFSSE Findings

CCFSSE: (Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement)

50 MVC faculty responded (33 FT & 17 PT)

Surveys faculty about their perceptions regarding students’ educational experiences. Results are aligned with CCSSE to allow colleges to contrast student and faculty perceptions.

Surveys faculty about teaching practices, the ways they spend their professional time


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Active andcollaborative

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Source: 2008 CCSSE and CCFSSE Cohort data.

CCFSSE: A Tale of Two PerspectivesNational Cohort - Student Engagement:

Student and Faculty Views by Benchmark

National findings are consistent with MVC CCSSE vs. CCFSSE findings.


Student and Faculty Perceptions at Mountain View College

Examples of College Experience Items (Response of “Often” or “Very Often”)

Faculty Responses

Student Responses

Prepare two or more drafts of a paper or assignment before turning it in

26% 47%

Come to class without completing readings or assignments

44% 14%

Discuss grades or assignments with you 67% 45%

Receive prompt feedback from you about their performance

94% 50%

Discuss ideas from their readings or classes with others outside of class

21% 51%


Using CCSSE Results

Understand the Facts

21% of MVC part-time students versus 31% of MVC full-time students say they often or very often talk about career plans with an instructor or advisor.

34% of part-time students versus 27% of full-time students say they never have those conversations.

Source: 2008 CCSSE Cohort data.


Understand the Facts

Part-time students are less likely to:

Work with other students on projects during class

Make class presentations

Participate in a community-based project as part of a course


Using CCSSE To Assess, Inform, and Act

1. Identify key areas (e.g., the areas identified in your strategic plan).

2. Start with the benchmarks.

3. Look at individual survey items.

4. Identify the least engaged student groups.

5. Involve the college community.


Using CCSSE To Assess, Inform, and Act

6. Design strategies and set targets.

7. Share the data and plans to address them.

8. Track progress by measuring outcomes.

9. Increase efforts that are working. Modify or discontinue those that are not.

10.Repeat.


Conclusion

Mountain View College in Spring 2008:

Overall, students are more engaged than they were in Spring 2005

Part-time students are considerably less engaged than full-time students

Overall, students and faculty have different perceptions about student engagement

The most important comparison: where we are now, compared with where we want to be.


Mountain View College Spring 2008 CCSSE Results Community College Survey of Student Engagement 2008 Findings.

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