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2012 NSSE Benchmark Scores

During the spring 2012 semester, all LMU first-year students and seniors were invited to participate in the NSSE. A total of 687 students (357 first-year students and 330 seniors) completed the survey. LMU’s NSSE Benchmark scores are presented next to both the Benchmark scores for our Carnegie Classification (Master’s Universities) and the national Benchmark scores. A total of 156 institutions from our Carnegie Classification participated, including 89,651 respondents (39,030 first-year students and 50,621 seniors). The national Benchmark scores include the responses of 285,239 students (121,987 first-year students and 163,252 seniors) at 584 institutions.

 

 

NSSE 2010 Benchmark Score Legend

 

First-Year Senior

Level of Academic Challenge:
Challenging intellectual and creative work is central to student learning and collegiate quality. Colleges and universities promote high levels of student achievement by emphasizing the importance of academic effort and setting high expectations for student performance.

 Academic Challenge First Year Academic Challenge Senior

Active and Collaborative Learning:
Students learn more when they are intensely involved in their education and asked to think about what they are learning in different settings. Collaborating with others in solving problems or mastering difficult material prepares students for the messy, unscripted problems they will encounter daily during and after college.

Active & Collaborative Learning First Year  Active & Collaborative Learning Senior
Student-Faculty Interaction:
Students learn firsthand how experts think about and solve practical problems by interacting with faculty members inside and outside the classroom. As a result, their teachers become role models, mentors, and guides for continuous, lifelong learning.

 Student and Faculty Interaction First Year

Student Faculty Interaction Senior
Enriching Educational Experiences:
Complementary learning opportunities enhance academic programs. Diversity experiences teach students valuable things about themselves and others. Technology facilitates collaboration between peers and instructors. Internships, community service, and senior capstone courses provide opportunities to integrate and apply knowledge.
 Enriching Educational Experiences First Year Enriching Educational Experiences Senior
Supportive Campus Environment:
Students perform better and are more satisfied at colleges that are committed to their success and cultivate positive working and social relations among different groups on campus.



Supportive Environment First Year   Supportive Environment Senior

For information on how NSSE creates the Benchmark Scores, please see: http://nsse.iub.edu/_/?cid=403