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  • Student Engagement Surveys

    The Center for Community College Engagement provide surveys that "ask questions that assess institutional practices and student behaviors and experiences that are correlated highly with student learning and student retention. All are research-based tools appropriate for multiple uses, such as benchmarking and accreditation":

    Understanding Survey Results - a guide to means, frequencies, benchmarks and more
    Center for Student Engagement
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    National Surveys.pdf
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  • CCSSE

    Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) survey is a nationally normed survey that is a product and service of the Center for Community College Student Engagement, is a well-established tool that helps institutions focus on good educational practice and identify areas in which they can improve their programs and services for students. The CCSSE is one way to measure the quality of instruction and services provided to students attending Southwestern, allowing for staff to review results and implement continual improvement intiatives to better serve students. Visit the CCSSE website to view national and state data at: http://www.ccsse.org/survey/profiles.cfm

    According to the website, the survey is known as "An Improvement Strategy for Community Colleges. The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) provides a much-needed tool for assessing quality in community college education. CCSSE results help colleges focus on good educational practice — defined as practice that promotes high levels of student learning and retention — and identify areas in which community colleges can improve their programs and services for students. All our work is grounded in research about what works in strengthening student learning and persistence."
    CCSSE Benchmark Comparison

    This survey was first administered in 2004 and in subsequent years based on grant participation and as of 2011 on a three year cycle as part of the Oregon consortium

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    Benchmark_Comparison_2004_2014.pdf
    CCSSE Benchmark Questions

    Lists the questions within CCSSE that comprise the benchmarks.

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    CCSSE_Benchmarks.pdf
    Key Findings at Southwestern: 2014
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    CCSSE2014_ED1EAFC4DB_ExecSum.pdf
    Matter of Degrees

    A report on the high impact practices for student success.

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    Matter_of_Degrees_2014.pdf
    Key Findings at Southwestern: 2011
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    exec_sum_2011_50261952B9.pdf
    Executive Summary - CCSSE: 2008
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    CCSSE 2008 Executive Summary.pdf
    Executive Summary - CCSSE: 2007
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    CCSSE 2007 Executive Summary.pdf
    Executive Summary - CCSSE: 2006
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    CCSSE 2004 Executive Summary.pdf
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  • SENSE

    The Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE), a product and service of the Center for Community College Student Engagement, helps community colleges discover why some entering students persist and succeed while others are not retained. Visit the website for the benchmark survey elements.

    This survey was first administered in 2009 with an administration cycle of every three years as part of the Oregon consortium.

    2018 SENSE Key Findings

    2018 SENSE Benchmark Overview

    2018 SENSE Benchmark Peer Interactive Report
    2018 Key Findings at Southwestern
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    SENSE_2018_FE7F3DD077_ExecSum.pdf
    2018 SENSE Benchmark Overview

    Benchmarks provide an overview of how the college compares on the normed survey for a specific survey administration.  Comparisons from survey to survey are not comparable given the differences in survey participants and survey questions.

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    SENSE_2018_SWOCC_Benchmark_Comparison.pdf
    2018 SENSE Benchmark by Student Category Overview
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    SENSE_2018_SWOCC_Benchmark_Comparison_byCategory.pdf
    2018 Benchmark Peer Comparison
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    SENSE_2018_SWOCC_Benchmark_PeerComparison.pdf
    Key Findings at Southwestern 2015
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    SENSE_2015_Key_Findings_ExecSum.pdf
    SENSE Benchmark Overview 2015
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    SENSE_2015_SWOCC_Benchmark_Comparison.pdf
    SENSE Consortium Benchmark Comparison

    Compares Southwestern to the Oregon consortium colleges, to Achieving the Dream colleges and to the other small colleges participating in SENSE.

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    SENSE_2015_SWOCC_Benchmark_Comparison_byConsortium.pdf
    SENSE Benchmark Comparison by Student Categories
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    SENSE_2015_Comparison_CatTypes_toAll.pdf
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  • CCSSE 2014 Breakout Reports and Workshop Materials

    Statewide Workshop Presentation

    The presentation was provided at a statewide workshop for consortium college participants by CCSSE staff on November 4, 2014.  Based on the presentation and other research referenced by the CCSSE website as well as Southwestern data, the key areas where large differences exist (5 points or more) are:

    • Support for Learners Benchmark: lower benchmark score compared to other small colleges and also very low at Southwestern
    • Enrollment Status - Full/Part-Time: scores varied more than 5 points from comparison colleges  (small colleges and/or Oregon consortium) and was consistently lower at Southwestern
    • Developmental Course Status - scores varied more than 5 points from comparison colleges (small colleges and/or Oregon consortium)
    • Gender: scores varied more than 5 points from comparison colleges (small colleges and/or Oregon consortium) and within Southwestern gender scores varied in some benchmark areas more than 5 points
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    OregonStateWorkshopCCCSE2014FINAL_no2011FINAL2.pptx
    Benchmark Report: NonTraditional Age by Developmental Course Status
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    CCSSE_MAIN_AGE_NT_DEV_BENCH.pdf
    Benchmark Report: NonTraditional by Gender
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    CCSSE_MAIN_AGE_GENDER_BENCH.pdf
    Benchmark Report: Traditional Age by Developmental Course Status
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    CCSSE_MAIN_AGE_DEV_BENCH.pdf
    Benchmark Report: Traditional Age by Gender
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    CCSSE_MAIN_AGE_TRAD_GENDER_BENCH.pdf
    Benchmark Report: Credits < 30 by Enrollment Status
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    CCSSE_MAIN_CRED_ENROLL_BENCH.pdf
    Benchmark Report: Credits GE 30 by Enrollment Status
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    CCSSE_MAIN_CRED_30_ENROLL_BENCH.pdf
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