| Rockhurst seniors indicated they were more involved in collaborative learning and interacted more with faculty than nearly all of the students from the other surveyed master's-degree-granting universities.
The National Survey of Student Engagement is co-sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Pew Forum for Undergraduate Learning. The survey questioned 163,000 freshman and senior students from 472 four-year colleges and universities. The resultant report allows Rockhurst to compare answers from its students to those from all participating four-year universities, from a consortium of 17 Jesuit colleges and universities and from universities that primarily grant master's degrees as their highest-level degree offering.
NSSE seeks to quantify student participation in meaningful activities reflective of their educational experience to help universities, students, prospective students and parents gauge the quality of the education students receive there.
Of the 202 master's-granting institutions surveyed, Rockhurst seniors placed the university in the top 10 percent in four out of five categories:
The seniors placed Rockhurst in the top 20 percent in the fifth category:
In addition, freshmen placed Rockhurst in the top 10 percent in two of five categories active and collaborative learning and enriching educational experiences and well above the national mean in every category. We are pleased by the responses of our students, said William Haefele, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs. The results confirm our commitment to developing the unique gifts and talents of each student through engaged learning and high-quality faculty-student interaction, hallmarks of Jesuit education.
Use of the NSSE is part of Rockhurst's increased emphasis on assessment as a tool for continuous improvement and as a means to attract students who are interested the Jesuit mission of the university, according to William Bassett, director of the Office of University Assessment. |
