Steve,
Thank you for having given us the information that we are able to
disaggregate (what an interesting word) from the NSSE.
I think that your work with NSSE offers great opportunity to learn how to serve our students better. I know we're short-staffed, but I'm so interested in data on our Music majors that I'd certainly be willing to help you sort out NSSE information by major if you think I could be helpful.
Thank you,
Janet
Dr. J. Nepkie
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
Professor of Music and Music Industry
Music Department
State University of New York College at Oneonta
Oneonta, New York 13820
Ph. (607) 436 3425
Fax 607 436 2718
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-----Original Message-----
From: Teaching Breakfast List on behalf of Steve Perry
Sent: Thu 4/2/2009 4:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Disaggregating NSSE Data
Hi Janet and TBer's,
As Patty noted this morning, a downside of not having an IR office is
having the time and expertise to drill down into the data to answer some
of the very interesting questions raised in these discussions. We'll
try, however, to do this when we can.
NSSE asks two relevant questions which speak to our ability to
disaggregate data by department. The first yields the following
breakdown for which we could disaggregate data:
Primary Major
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
Arts and Humanities
161
15.3
19.1
19.1
Biological Sciences
68
6.5
8.1
27.2
Business
69
6.6
8.2
35.3
Education
270
25.7
32.0
67.4
Engineering
1
.1
.1
67.5
Physical Science
38
3.6
4.5
72.0
Professional
35
3.3
4.2
76.2
Social Science
94
8.9
11.2
87.3
Other
96
9.1
11.4
98.7
Undecided
11
1.0
1.3
100.0
Total
843
80.1
100.0
Missing
System
209
19.9
Total
1052
100.0
The second asks students to write in their major. While it would take
some effort to do the analysis, here are the write-in responses (note
209 students did not write-in their major).
NSSE staff recoded primary write-in major
(majrprim) into one of 85 majors
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative Percent
Valid
Art, fine and applied
44
4.2
5.2
5.2
English (language and literature)
18
1.7
2.1
7.4
History
22
2.1
2.6
10.0
Language and literature (except English)
6
.6
.7
10.7
Music
63
6.0
7.5
18.1
Theater or drama
7
.7
.8
19.0
Other arts & humanities
1
.1
.1
19.1
Biology (general)
38
3.6
4.5
23.6
Biochemistry or biophysics
4
.4
.5
24.1
Environmental science
23
2.2
2.7
26.8
Other biological science
3
.3
.4
27.2
Accounting
17
1.6
2.0
29.2
Business administration (general)
8
.8
.9
30.1
Other business
44
4.2
5.2
35.3
Elementary/middle school education
167
15.9
19.8
55.2
Secondary education
54
5.1
6.4
61.6
Other education
49
4.7
5.8
67.4
Chemical engineering
1
.1
.1
67.5
Atmospheric science (including meteorology)
6
.6
.7
68.2
Chemistry
7
.7
.8
69.0
Earth science (including geology)
7
.7
.8
69.9
Mathematics
11
1.0
1.3
71.2
Physics
6
.6
.7
71.9
Statistics
1
.1
.1
72.0
Law
1
.1
.1
72.1
Medicine
1
.1
.1
72.2
Allied health/other medical
31
2.9
3.7
75.9
Therapy (occupational, physical, speech)
2
.2
.2
76.2
Anthropology
4
.4
.5
76.6
Economics
6
.6
.7
77.3
Ethnic studies
1
.1
.1
77.5
Geography
4
.4
.5
77.9
Political science (including govt., internatl. relations)
9
.9
1.1
79.0
Psychology
52
4.9
6.2
85.2
Social work
1
.1
.1
85.3
Sociology
17
1.6
2.0
87.3
Communications
43
4.1
5.1
92.4
Computer science
7
.7
.8
93.2
Family Studies
18
1.7
2.1
95.4
Criminal justice
15
1.4
1.8
97.2
Other field
13
1.2
1.5
98.7
Undecided
11
1.0
1.3
100.0
Total
843
80.1
100.0
Missing
System
209
19.9
Total
1052
100.0
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Teaching Breakfast List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Janet Nepkie
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Apologies to TB Group
HI, Jim,
Thanks for having scheduled a meeting with Steve and Patty to talk about
the NSSE. Thanks, too, to Patty and Steve for having taken their time
to talk to our group. I'm sorry that I had to leave early to attend
another meeting so I didn't have opportunity to hear the discussion
after the PowerPoint presentation.
I went to our college website to view the entire Patty/Steve NSSE Power
Point.
I have several questions about NSSE data. If the questions were answered
in the Teaching Breakfast discussion after I left, I hope some one will
let me know what was said.
If the questions were not asked, I would like to do so here.
My questions are all based on the general premise that data will be a
lot more beneficial to our institution if we can decide how to use them.
If the generally held belief that higher levels of student engagement
will produce higher levels of student academic accomplishment is
accurate, how can we raise our student engagement?
If we are at a certain level of student engagement, how can we improve
it? Which areas of our curricula, what sorts of classroom behavior and
leadership, result in higher levels of student engagement?
We have seen INSTITUTIONAL data for our school.
Can we break NSSE data down to the departmental level?
If my department has any problems with student engagement, or student
study habits, or class attendance, or any of the other engagement and
success criteria studied in NSSE, I'd like to know that so I can seek to
improve it at the departmental level. Similarly, if my department is
experiencing success with specific NSSE criteria, I'd like to know that
so I can be sure we continue whatever activities have been successful.
Our INSTITUTIONAL levels of success have a better chance of improving if
individual DEPARTMENTS know what areas of their programs may need
attention.
Although NSSE measures student engagement, the reason for measuring
engagement is to improve academic performance, so perhaps this may be a
issue that the College Curriculum committee may want to study.
Are the NSSE student data generally reflective of the size of the
departments on campus? In other words, if my department accounts for 11
percent of the SUNY Oneonta population, are the NSSE data taken from
enough Music Industry students to make an actual reflection of the Music
Industry cohort? If our NSSE data do not reflect our actual student
population, can we be confident that our NSSE data give us an accurate
picture of our actual student body?
I am delighted that Steve pioneered the use of NSSE at Oneonta, and his
work with Patty Francis gives us a strong and knowledgeable team that
can be of immense value to us. Faculty are fortunate to have this high
level of administrative support. I'm asking my questions because I'd
like to be sure that I can use the data they gather and share with us
effectively.
Thanks
Janet
Dr. J. Nepkie
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
Professor of Music and Music Industry
Music Department
State University of New York College at Oneonta
Oneonta, New York 13820
Ph. (607) 436 3425
Fax 607 436 2718
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-----Original Message-----
From: Teaching Breakfast List on behalf of Jim Greenberg
Sent: Thu 4/2/2009 8:33 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Apologies to TB Group
My apologies to Steve Perry and to the Teaching Breakfast group for
missing today's get together. Can someone let me know how it went (or
didn't go).
:-(
My bad.
Mr. James B. Greenberg
Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center
Milne Library
SUNY College at Oneonta
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