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CCSSE 2014:What are our Students telling us about Student-Faculty Interaction?

Why are we concerned with Student-Faculty Interaction?

• Higher levels of student and faculty engagement translate to higher student success rates.

• The benchmark for student-faculty interaction at HawCC has fairly consistently ranked at the lowest level of engagement for our college.

• The student-faculty interaction benchmark measure has dropped for each the last 3 reporting years.

• For 2 of 3 reporting years we have tied all the other UHCC’s for last place on the student-faculty interaction measure.

• If we could better understand the root causes for these lower levels of engagement, we can help our students become more successful.

• What are our students telling us?

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Student-Faculty Interaction

During the current school year, how often have you:

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Used e-mail to communicate with an instructor (#4k) Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor (#4l) Talked about career plans with an instructor or advisor (#4m)

Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with instructors outside of class (#4n)

Received prompt feedback (written or oral) from instructors on your performance (#4o) Worked with instructors on activities other than coursework (#4q)

The Student-Faculty Interaction benchmark is comprised of 6 simple questions…

Let’s look at each question and see how our students have responded

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Item 4: In your experience at this college during the current school year, how often have you done each of the following?

Used e-mail to communicate with an instructor (#4k)

  Your College Small Colleges 2014 Cohort

Item Variable Responses Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent

4k. Used e-mail to communicate with an instructor [STUFAC]

EMAIL

Never 25 5.4 9,177 7.4 29,791 6.9

Sometimes 149 32 33,814 27.3 124,998 28.8

Often 150 32 39,529 31.9 139,283 32.1

Very often 143 30.5 41,256 33.3 139,792 32.2

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Item 4: In your experience at this college during the current school year, how often have you done each of the following?

Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor (#4l)

  Your College Small Colleges 2014 Cohort

Item Variable Responses Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent

4l. Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor [STUFAC]

FACGRADE

Never 39 8.3 8,789 7.1 37,021 8.5

Sometimes 220 46.9 48,126 38.8 176,162 40.6

Often 134 28.5 40,733 32.9 136,116 31.3

Very often 76 16.2 26,253 21.2 85,059 19.6

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Item 4: In your experience at this college during the current school year, how often have you done each of the following?

Talked about career plans with an instructor or advisor (#4m)

  Your College Small Colleges 2014 Cohort

Item Variable Responses Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent

4m. Talked about career plans with an instructor or advisor [STUFAC]

FACPLANS

Never 113 24 28,220 22.8 116,036 26.8

Sometimes 228 48.4 53,633 43.4 188,694 43.5

Often 91 19.4 27,326 22.1 84,927 19.6

Very often 39 8.2 14,464 11.7 43,841 10.1

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Item 4: In your experience at this college during the current school year, how often have you done each of the following?

Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with instructors outside of class (#4n)

  Your College Small Colleges 2014 Cohort

Item Variable Responses Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent

4n. Discussed ideas from your readings or classes with instructors

outside of class [STUFAC] FACIDEAS

Never 195 41.8 50,693 41.1 192,266 44.4

Sometimes 189 40.5 48,320 39.1 161,402 37.3

Often 68 14.7 16,901 13.7 54,942 12.7

Very often 14 3.1 7,532 6.1 24,064 5.6

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Item 4: In your experience at this college during the current school year, how often have you done each of the following?

Received prompt feedback (written or oral) from instructors on your performance (#4o)

  Your College Small Colleges 2014 Cohort

Item Variable Responses Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent

4o. Received prompt feedback (written or oral) from instructors on

your performance [STUFAC] FACFEED

Never 31 6.5 7,936 6.4 31,273 7.2

Sometimes 159 33.8 40,216 32.5 143,440 33.1

Often 196 41.5 49,083 39.7 169,548 39.1

Very often 85 18.1 26,498 21.4 89,399 20.6

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Item 4: In your experience at this college during the current school year, how often have you done each of the following?

Worked with instructors on activities other than coursework (#4q)

  Your College Small Colleges 2014 Cohort

Item Variable Responses Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent

4q. Worked with instructors on activities other than coursework

[STUFAC] FACOTH

Never 266 56.5 77,863 63.4 289,127 67.2

Sometimes 137 29.2 29,729 24.2 94,270 21.9

Often 55 11.8 10,864 8.8 33,232 7.7

Very often 12 2.6 4,441 3.6 13,458 3.1

Ideas?

• Do we have enough information to make an informed decision about next steps?

• Do we need to involve our students in this discussion to find out why they answered the survey questions like they did?

• Is there ONE thing we could agree on, that we could do to help improve this measure?

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