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Delgado Community College
2010 Key Findings
Table of Contents
Introduction
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Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice
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Areas of Highest Student Engagement
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Areas of Lowest Student Engagement
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2010 CCSSE SpecialFocus Items
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CCFSSE
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Community College Survey
of Student Engagement
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Introduction
This report provides a summary of selected
s administration of the
2010 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE ). This document provides important
information that we hope you can use to stimulate discussion on your campus about how to improve
students
experiences at Delgado Community College.
Contents
CCSSE benchmarks for Delgado Community College, the 2010 CCSSE Cohort, and the top
performing colleges by benchmark area
A report highlighting your institution
and lowestperforming areas for parttime and
fulltime students by benchmark
Results from the 2010 SpecialFocus Items
Selected results comparing student and faculty responses from the Community College Faculty
Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE ), if your college elected to participate in the national
administration of that survey in spring 2010; if your college did not participate in the faculty
survey, this page provides an example of the report your college would have received
CCSSE Online Reporting System
The complete CCSSE 2010 results for Delgado Community College are available via the new CCSSE online
reporting system (www.ccsse.org). This reporting site offers intuitive, pointandclick access to data and
flexibility in creating reports.
CCSSE Resources at www.ccsse.org
Accreditation Tools providing guidance on using student engagement results in the selfstudy and
reaffirmation process
Annotated Bibliography containing interactive survey items linked to annotated lists of related research
articles
Communication Tools including customizable templates and discussion guides for sharing survey results
Focus Group Tools including all the materials needed to plan and conduct student focus groups to add rich
qualitative data to your understanding student engagement
Using CCSSE Tools including a CCSSE Course Evaluation Form, an endofcourse evaluation instrument
that is aligned with CCSSE items on effective educational practice, and a Classroom Observation Form,
developed for local use in faculty development and evaluation programs
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Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice
Delgado Community College
The Community College Survey of
Student Engagement
uses a set of five benchmarks of effective educational
practice in community colleges. These benchmarks
allow colleges to gauge and monitor their performance
in areas that are central to their work. In addition,
participating colleges ha
ve the opportunity to make
appropriate and useful comparisons between their
performance and that of other groups of similar colleges.
Community colleges differ significantly
—
even
dramatically
—
from one another on variables including
size, location, resourc
es, enrollment patterns, and
student characteristics. It is important to take these
differences into account when interpreting benchmark
scores
—
especially when making institutional
comparisons. Furthermore,
CCSSE
has adopted a policy
of
CCSSE
www.ccsse.org
.
The five benchmarks encompass 38 engagement items
from the
CCSSE
survey that reflect many of the most
important aspects of the student experience. These
institutional
practices and student behaviors are some
of the most powerful contributors to effective teaching,
and student learning, retention, and attainment. For
further information about how the benchmark scores
ar
e computed, please visit
www.ccsse.org
.
CCSSE
uses a three
year cohort of participating colleges
in all of its analyses
. The
cohort is referred to as the
2010
CCSSE
Cohort
(
2008
–
2010
) throughout all
reports.
CCSSE
Benchmarks
Active and Collaborative Learning.
Students learn more
when they are actively involved in their education and
have opportunities to think about and apply what they are
learning in different settings. Through collaborating with
others to solve problems or master challenging content,
student
s develop valuable skills that prepare them to deal
with real
life situations and problems.
Student Effort.
significantly to their learning and the likelihood that they
will successfully attain their educational goals.
Academic Challenge.
Challenging intellectual and creative
work is central to student learning and collegiate quality.
These survey items address the nature and amount of
assigned academic work, the complexity of cognitive tasks
presented to students, and t
he rigor of examinations used
to evaluate student performance.
Student
Faculty Interaction.
In general, the more contact
students have with their teachers, the more likely they are
to learn effectively and to persist toward achievement of
their educationa
l goals. Through such interactions, faculty
members become role models, mentors, and guides for
continuous, lifelong learning.
Support for Learners.
Students perform better and are
more satisfied at colleges that provide important support
services, cultiv
ate positive relationships among groups on
campus, and demonstrate commitment to their success.
Note:
Benchmark scores are standardized so that all
CCSSE
C
ohort respondents have a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 25.
* Top performing colleges are
those that scored in the top ten percent by benchmark
.
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Areas of Highest Student Engagement
Delgado Community College
Benchmark scores provide a manageable starting point for reviewing and understanding CCSSE data. One way to
dig deeper into the benchmark scores is to analyze the items contributing to the overall benchmark score and to
disaggregate the data. This section features the five items on which parttime and fulltime students scored highest
and the five items on which they scored lowest in comparison to the 2010 CCSSE Cohort.
The items below reflect the largest differences (in mean scores) between Delgado Community College and the
2010 CCSSE Cohort. However, they may not be the most important to institutional mission or current program or
policy
. I
2010 CCSSE Institutional Report for additional results of
particular interest.
Item Number
Benchmark
Item
Part
Time Students
4h
Active and Collaborative Learning
Tutored or taught other students (paid
or voluntary)
5e
Academic Challenge
Applying theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations
9c
Support for Learners
Encouraging contact among students from different economic, social, and racial or
ethnic backgrounds
9e
Support for
Learners
Providing the support you need to thrive socially
9f
Support for Learners
Providing the financial support you need to afford your education
Full
Time Students
4c
Student Effort
Prepared two or more drafts of a paper or assignment before
turning it in
4k
Student
Faculty Interaction
Used email to communicate with an instructor
4p
Academic Challenge
Worked harder than you thought you could to meet an instructor's standards or
expectations
6b
Student Effort
Number of books read on your own
(not assigned) for personal enjoyment or
academic enrichment
9c
Support for Learners
Encouraging contact among students from different economic, social, and racial or
ethnic backgrounds
For instance, a greater percentage of your part
time students ( 3.
4%), compared to other part
time students
in the Cohort,
responded
'Often'
or
'Very
Often'
on
item
4h
.
This figure, based on the table above, displays the percentage difference on items in which your students compared most favor
ably with those
in the
CCSSE
Cohort. Notes on page 5 indicate how the frequencies were aggregated.
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Areas of Lowest Student Engagement
Delgado Community College
Item Number
Benchmark
Item
Part
Time Students
13h1
Student Effort
Frequency: Computer lab
4b
Active and Collaborative Learning
Made a class presentation
4d
Student Effort
Worked on a paper or project that
required integrating ideas or information from
various sources
4r
Active and Collaborative Learning
Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with others outside of class
(students, family members, co
workers, etc.)
6c
Academic Challenge
Number of wr
itten papers or reports of any length
Full
Time Students
10a
Student Effort
Preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, rehearsing, doing homework, or
other activities related to your program)
13h1
Student Effort
Frequency: Computer lab
4b
Active and Collaborative Learning
Made a class presentation
4d
Student Effort
Worked on a paper or project that required integrating ideas or information from
various sources
6c
Academic Challenge
Number of written papers or reports of any length
For
instance, a lower percentage of your part
time students (
15.2%), compared to other part
time students
in the Cohort,
responded
'Sometimes'
or
'Often'
on
item
13h1
.
This figure, based on the table above, displays the percentage difference on items in which your students compared least favo
rably with
those in the
CCSSE
Cohort. Notes below indicate how the frequencies were aggregated.
Notes:
F, O
O
.
F 9, M
.
F,
.
F,
the 1
–
7 challenge scale were combined
.
For item 10, res
2
.
F, O
.
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2010 CCSSE SpecialFocus Items
Delgado Community College
CCSSE has established a regular feature that allows participating colleges and researchers to delve more fully into
areas of student experience and institutional performance that are related to student success.
2010 national report will focus on strengthening student engagement in the classroom, the five 2010 SpecialFocus
Items
educational experiences
—
experiences, for example, that help to integrate ideas, broaden or change perspectives, and promote reflection and
selfcriticism.
Of all 2010 CCSSE respondents, 42% report including diverse perspectives (different races, religions, genders,
political beliefs, etc.) in class discussions or assignments
,
21
%
such experiences. Responses from students at your institution are provided below. For a complete frequency
distribution report, please visit www.ccsse.org.
In your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you put together ideas or concepts from different
courses when completing assignments or during class discussions?
In your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you included diverse perspectives (different races,
religions, genders, political beliefs, etc.) in class discussions or assignments?
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In your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you examined the strengths and weaknesses of your
own views on a topic or issue?
In your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you tried to better understand someon
by imagining how an issue looks from his or her perspective?
In your experience at this college during the current school year, about how often have you learned something that changed your viewpoint
about an issue or concept?
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CCFSSE
Delgado Community College
The Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE ) is a companion to the student survey. It
elicits information from faculty about their teaching practices; the ways they spend their professional time, both in
and out of class;
tional experiences. The comparisons of student
and faculty responses provide a useful prompt for campus discussions, particularly in those areas where students
and faculty seem to be reporting divergent perceptions of the same experience.
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