NSSE
Results Released on November 10 Provide Opportunity to Promote Writing in Your Local Context
On November 10, 2008, USA TODAY online and Inside Higher Ed publicized new results from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
that you can use to promote writing and the services of your WAC/WID program on
your campus in you area.
USA
TODAY reports, “When
courses provide extensive, intellectually challenging writing activities, the
NSSE report found, students engage in a variety of positive activities. They
are more likely to analyze, synthesize and integrate ideas from various
sources. They grapple more with course ideas both in and out of the classroom.
And they report greater personal, social, practical and academic development.”
The USA TODAY and Inside Higher Ed articles are based on information in the NSSE's 2008
Annual Report [PDF].
The following
resources may help you use these NSSE results to your advantage in your own
context.
- Suggestions for
developing a marketing piece directed at faculty, instructors, and TAs in your own institution that cites
selected results reported in USA Today, Inside Higher Education,
and the NSSE Annual Report section on writing.
- Potentially
useful passages from
USA Today, the NSSE annual report, and the Inside Higher Education story on
NSSE.
- “Story
starters” for
articles, op-ed pieces, or news releases that you might write for your campus
or local newspaper, your campus’s public relations person, or discussions.
- Examples of
ways individual faculty/WPAs are using NSSE data in discussions with faculty and
administrators on their campuses.
You may also
find the following documents to be helpful.
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