Queried Students Give Centenary High Ratings on National Survey
Centenary students, participating for the first time this past year, gave favorable ratings to the College in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), whose results were released in November.
Statistics show that Centenary meets or exceeds most student-engagement benchmarks for first-year students and seniors when compared with selected peer institutions. Students ranked Centenary especially high in “Active and Collaborative Learning,” “Student-Faculty Interaction” and “Supportive Campus Environment.”
The “Active and Collaborative Learning” section of the survey queried students about asking questions in class, making class presentations, working with other students on projects during class and outside of class, tutoring other students, participating in a community-based project as part of a regular course and discussing ideas from readings or classes with others outside of class.
All Centenary students surveyed also showed higher benchmark mean comparison scores in the “Student-Faculty Interaction” area, which measured interaction with faculty members inside and outside of class and the resulting interactions as teachers become role models, mentors and guides for continuous, lifelong learning.
First-year and senior students had high marks for Centenary’s “Supportive Campus Environment,” which gauges how students perform better and are more satisfied at colleges that are committed to their success and that cultivate positive working and social relationships among different groups on campus.
