The University of Mississippi NSSE 2011 Means Comparison Report

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1 The University of Mississippi NSSE 2011 Means Comparison Report Number of Respondents by Shool Level Aountany Applied Siene Business Eduation Engineering Liberal Arts Journalism First Yr Senior Pharmay Ole Miss 760 1,118 Shool with the Highest Mean for Seniors 1. Aademi and Intelletual Experienes Level In your experiene at your institution during the urrent shool year, about how often have you done eah of the following? a. Asked questions in lass or ontributed to lass disussions b. Made a lass presentation. Prepared two or more drafts of a paper or assignment before turning it in d. Worked on a paper or projet that required integrating ideas or information from various soures e. Inluded diverse perspetives (different raes, religions, genders, politial beliefs, et.) in lass disussions or writing assignments f. Come to lass without ompleting readings or assignments g. Worked with other students on projets during lass h. Worked with lassmates outside of lass to prepare lass assignments i. Put together ideas or onepts from different ourses when ompleting assignments or during lass disussions j. Tutored or taught other students (paid or voluntary) k. Partiipated in a ommunity based projet (e.g. servie learning) as part of a regular ourse l. Used an eletroni medium (listserv, hat group, Internet, instant messaging, et.) to disuss or omplete an assignment m. Used e mail to ommuniate with an instrutor Ay AppSi Bus LibArts Journ Phar Mean a Size Edu Engr Mean a Sig b Mean a Sig b Size 1=never, 2=sometimes, 3=often, 4=very often First Yr *** ***.21 Senior *** **.09 First Yr *** *.08 Senior *** *.07 First Yr *** ***.23 Senior *** ***.17 First Yr *** ***.17 Senior ** First Yr *** **.12 Senior *** ***.21 First Yr *** Senior *** ***.11 First Yr * Senior *** ***.14 First Yr **.11 Senior * *.07 First Yr Senior **.08 First Yr ***.15 Senior **.09 First Yr ** *.08 Senior *** ***.13 First Yr *** Senior *** **.09 First Yr *** ***.38 Senior *** ***.16 Mean differene divided by omparison group standard deviation

2 1. Aademi and Intelletual Experienes Level In your experiene at your institution during the urrent shool year, about how often have you done eah of the following? n. Disussed grades or assignments with an instrutor o. Talked about areer plans with a faulty member or advisor p. Disussed ideas from your readings or lasses with faulty members outside of lass q. Reeived prompt written or oral feedbak from faulty on your aademi performane r. Worked harder than you thought you ould to meet an instrutor's standards or expetations s. Worked with faulty members on ativities other than oursework (ommittees, orientation, student life ativities, et.) t. Disussed ideas from your readings or lasses with others outside of lass (students, family members, o workers, et.) u. Had serious onversations with students of a different rae or ethniity than your own v. Had serious onversations with students who are very different from you in terms of their religious beliefs, politial opinions, or personal values The University of Mississippi NSSE 2011 Means Comparison Report Ay AppSi Bus LibArts Journ Phar Mean a Size Edu Engr Mean a Sig b Mean a Sig b Size 1=never, 2=sometimes, 3=often, 4=very often First Yr *** ***.43 Senior *** ***.26 First Yr *** ***.25 Senior *** ***.22 First Yr *** ***.16 Senior *** ***.14 First Yr *** ***.19 Senior *** ***.23 First Yr *** ***.27 Senior *** ***.25 First Yr *** ***.15 Senior *** ***.16 First Yr ** *.08 Senior *** ***.12 First Yr Senior ***.12 First Yr *.08 Senior **.10 Mean differene divided by omparison group standard deviation

3 Shool with the Highest Mean for Seniors 2. Mental Ativities 3. Reading and Writing Level Ay AppSi Bus Edu Engr LibArts Journ Phar Mean a Mean a Sig b Size Mean a Sig b Size During the urrent shool year, how muh has your oursework emphasized the following mental 1=very little, 2=some, 3=quite a bit, 4=very muh ativities? a. Memorizing fats, ideas, or methods from your ourses and First Yr **.10 readings so you an repeat them in pretty muh the same form Senior *** ***.15 b. Analyzing the basi elements of an idea, experiene, or theory, suh as examining a partiular ase or situation in depth and First Yr **.10 onsidering its omponents Senior Synthesizing and organizing ideas, information, or experienes into new, more omplex interpretations and relationships First Yr *.09 Senior d. Making judgments about the value of information, arguments, or methods, suh as examining how others gathered and interpreted First Yr *** ***.13 data and assessing the soundness of their onlusions Senior *** **.09 e. Applying theories or onepts to pratial problems or in new First Yr ** ***.17 situations Senior *.08 During the urrent shool year, about how muh reading and writing have you done? a. Number of assigned textbooks, books, or book length paks of ourse readings b. Number of books read on your own (not assigned) for personal enjoyment or aademi enrihment. Number of written papers or reports of 20 pages or more d. Number of written papers or reports between 5 and 19 pages e. Number of written papers or reports of fewer than 5 pages 1=none, 2=between 1 and 4, 3=between 5 and 10, 4=between 11 and 20, 5=more than 20 First Yr *** *.08 Senior *** ***.13 First Yr Senior First Yr Senior First Yr ***.14 Senior **.10 First Yr *** ***.17 Senior ***.11 Mean differene divided by omparison group standard deviation

4 4. Problem Sets 5. Examinations Shool with the Highest Mean for Seniors In a typial week, how many homework problem sets do you omplete? a. Number of problem sets that take you more than an hour to omplete b. Number of problem sets that take you less than an hour to omplete Level Ay AppSi Bus Edu Engr LibArts Journ Phar Mean a Mean a Sig b Size Mean a Sig b Size 1=none, 2=1 2, 3=3 4, 4=5 6, 5=more than 6 First Yr Senior First Yr * Senior *** *.07 1=very little to 7=very muh To what extent have your examinations during the urrent shool year hallenged you to do your best work? 6. Additional Collegiate Experienes During the urrent shool year, about how often have you done eah of the following? First Yr ***.15 Senior *** ***.19 1=never, 2=sometimes, 3=often, 4=very often a. Attended an art exhibit, gallery, play, dane, or other theatre performane b. Exerised or partiipated in physial fitness ativities. Partiipated in ativities to enhane your spirituality (worship, meditation, prayer, et.) d. Examined the strengths and weaknesses of your own views on a topi or issue e. Tried to better understand someone else's views by imagining how an issue looks from his or her perspetive f. Learned something that hanged the way you understand an issue or onept First Yr *** ***.25 Senior First Yr ***.18 Senior *** *.07 First Yr *** ***.40 Senior *** ***.30 First Yr *.08 Senior **.08 First Yr Senior *.06 First Yr * Senior * *.07 Mean differene divided by omparison group standard deviation

5 Shool with the Highest Mean for Seniors 7. Enrihing Eduational Experienes Whih of the following have you done or do you plan to do before you graduate from your institution? a. Pratium, internship, field experiene, o op experiene, or linial assignment b. Community servie or volunteer work. Partiipate in a learning ommunity or some other formal program where groups of students take two or more lasses together d. Work on a researh projet with a faulty member outside of ourse or program requirements e. Foreign language oursework f. Study abroad g. Independent study or self designed major h. Culminating senior experiene (apstone ourse, senior projet or thesis, omprehensive exam, et.) 8. Quality of Relationships Mark the box that best represents the quality of your relationships with people at your institution. Level Ay AppSi Bus Edu Engr LibArts Journ Phar Mean a Mean a Sig b Size Mean a Sig b Size (Reoded: 0=have not deided, do not plan to do, plan to do; 1=done. Thus, the mean is the proportion responding "done" among all valid respondents.) First Yr ** Senior *** ***.15 First Yr *** ***.31 Senior *** *.07 First Yr *** ***.19 Senior First Yr Senior *** ***.10 First Yr *.11 Senior **.09 First Yr **.09 Senior *.08 First Yr Senior First Yr Senior *** ***.27 1=unfriendly, unsupportive, sense of alienation to 7=friendly, supportive, sense of belonging a. Relationships with other students b. Relationships with faulty members. Relationships with administrative personnel and offies First Yr ***.19 Senior * ***.20 1=unavailable, unhelpful, unsympatheti to 7=available, helpful, sympatheti First Yr * Senior *** ***.23 1= unhelpful, inonsiderate, rigid to 7=helpful, onsiderate, flexible First Yr *** ***.15 Senior *** ***.36 Mean differene divided by omparison group standard deviation

6 9. Time Usage Shool with the Highest Mean for Seniors About how many hours do you spend in a typial 7 day week doing eah of the following? Level Ay AppSi Bus Edu Engr LibArts Journ Phar Mean a Mean a Sig b Size Mean a Sig b Size 1=0 hrs/wk, 2=1 5 hrs/wk, 3=6 10 hrs/wk, 4=11 15 hrs/wk, 5=16 20 hrs/wk, 6=21 25 hrs/wk, 7=26 30 hrs/wk, 8=more than 30 hrs/wk a. Preparing for lass (studying, reading, writing, doing homework or lab work, analyzing data, rehearsing, and other aademi ativities) b. Working for pay on ampus. Working for pay off ampus d. Partiipating in o urriular ativities (organizations, ampus publiations, student government, fraternity or sorority, interollegiate or intramural sports, et.) e. Relaxing and soializing (wathing TV, partying, et.) f. Providing are for dependents living with you (parents, hildren, spouse, et.) g. Commuting to lass (driving, walking, et.) 10. Institutional Environment To what extent does your institution emphasize eah of the following? a. Spending signifiant amounts of time studying and on aademi work b. Providing the support you need to help you sueed aademially. Enouraging ontat among students from different eonomi, soial, and raial or ethni bakgrounds d. Helping you ope with your non aademi responsibilities (work, family, et.) e. Providing the support you need to thrive soially f. Attending ampus events and ativities (speial speakers, ultural performanes, athleti events, et.) g. Using omputers in aademi work First Yr *** **.11 Senior *** ***.11 First Yr ***.14 Senior **.10 First Yr ** ***.32 Senior ***.26 First Yr ** ***.35 Senior ** ***.15 First Yr Senior *.07 First Yr ***.24 Senior *** *.07 First Yr *.07 Senior ** =very little, 2=some, 3=quite a bit, 4=very muh First Yr Senior *.07 First Yr **.10 Senior *** ***.23 First Yr Senior *** ***.19 First Yr *** ***.16 Senior *** ***.27 First Yr *** ***.25 Senior *** ***.29 First Yr *** ***.32 Senior ***.22 First Yr *.09 Senior *** *.09 Mean differene divided by omparison group standard deviation

7 Shool with the Highest Mean for Seniors 11. Eduational and Personal Growth Level Ay AppSi Bus Edu Engr LibArts Journ Phar Mean a Mean a Sig b Size Mean a Sig b Size To what extent has your experiene at this institution ontributed to your knowledge, skills, and 1=very little, 2=some, 3=quite a bit, 4=very muh personal development in the following areas? a. Aquiring a broad general eduation First Yr ** ***.20 Senior *** ***.25 b. Aquiring job or work related knowledge and skills First Yr * ***.16 Senior *** ***.18. Writing learly and effetively First Yr *** ***.23 Senior *** ***.22 d. Speaking learly and effetively First Yr *** ***.24 Senior *** ***.25 e. Thinking ritially and analytially First Yr * ***.16 Senior ***.13 f. Analyzing quantitative problems First Yr ***.15 Senior ***.12 g. Using omputing and information tehnology First Yr **.13 Senior h. Working effetively with others First Yr *** ***.20 Senior *** ***.24 i. Voting in loal, state, or national eletions First Yr *** ***.54 Senior *** ***.35 j. Learning effetively on your own First Yr ***.19 Senior * ***.17 k. Understanding yourself First Yr *** ***.22 Senior *** ***.20 l. Understanding people of other raial and ethni bakgrounds First Yr * **.10 Senior *** ***.25 m. Solving omplex real world problems First Yr ** ***.20 Senior ***.12 n. Developing a personal ode of values and ethis First Yr *** ***.21 Senior *** ***.22 o. Contributing to the welfare of your ommunity First Yr ** ***.28 Senior *** ***.21 p. Developing a deepened sense of spirituality First Yr *** ***.32 Senior *** ***.25 Mean differene divided by omparison group standard deviation

8 Shool with the Highest Mean for Seniors 12. Aademi Advising 13. Satisfation 14. Overall, how would you evaluate the quality of aademi advising you have reeived at your institution? How would you evaluate your entire eduational experiene at this institution? If you ould start over again, would you go to the same institution you are now attending? Level Ay AppSi Bus Edu Engr LibArts Journ Phar Mean a Mean a Sig b Size Mean a Sig b Size 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=exellent First Yr **.11 Senior *** ***.27 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=exellent First Yr ***.24 Senior ***.29 1=definitely no, 2=probably no, 3=probably yes, 4=definitely yes First Yr ***.27 Senior ***.33 Mean differene divided by omparison group standard deviation