Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Means and Frequencies Report

• Interpreting the Means Comparison Report (PDF)
• Engagement Item Frequency Distributions (PDF)
• Background Item Frequency Distributions (PDF)
• AAUDE Consortium Question Frequency Distributions (PDF)
• Means Comparison Report - AAUDE Consortium Questions (PDF)
• Means Comparison Report - UNC Compared with AAUDE, DOC-Ext, NSSE (PDF)
• Detailed Statistics - First-Year Students   (PDF)
• Detailed Statistics - Seniors (PDF)
• Detailed Statistics - First-Year Students and Seniors (PDF)

Benchmark Mean Comparisons – NSSE uses 5 benchmarks of effective educational practice to focus discussions about the importance of student engagement and guide institutional improvement efforts:

1. Level of Academic Challenge
2. Active and Collaborative Learning
3. Student-Faculty Interaction
4. Enriching Educational Experiences
5. Supportive Campus Environment

• Benchmark Report (PDF) - Compares the performance of Carolina with its selected peer group, Carnegie group, and the 2005 national norms using approximately 225,000 randomly selected students from 518 institutions that participated in NSSE 2005. The Benchmark Report includes comparisons with Highly Engaging Institutions.
• Benchmark Recalculation Report (PDF) - Describes year 2004 changes in the process for calculating the NSSE benchmarks of effective educational practice.

Respondent Characteristics (PDF) - Compares UNC-Chapel Hill with AAUDE, Doc-Ext, NSSE

Selected Peer Institutions (PDF) - Displays 2005 comparison institutions for UNC-Chapel Hill

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