AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAssessment & Student Voice: Illinois State University is using sentiment analysis on open-ended NSSE comments to turn student feelings into retention-focused action, while other schools highlight how they share NSSE results through tailored reports, dashboards, and even heat-map visuals to make engagement data usable across campus. High-Impact Practices: Multiple universities describe using NSSE to track participation in high-impact learning—then adjusting programs when students report lower access or weaker outcomes, including work tied to writing, advising, and experiential learning. AI in Institutional Research: The University of Toledo built a browser-based tool to speed up analysis of thousands of open-ended survey responses, aiming to remove the manual-coding bottleneck. Curriculum & Support Planning: UC Merced and others use NSSE over time to guide first-year and general education improvements, while schools like UNCW connect engagement results to revisions of core curriculum and information literacy priorities.
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