1. Using Survey Results in Assessment
Assessment made Easy(ier)
Julie Meyer Rao, Ph.D.
Director of Institutional Research
I’d like to talk to about an underused tool at Geneseo, the existing surveys we conduct. We have a regular rotation of surveys that ask about a variety of areas. These data are available for use, can be organized in different ways to explore issues of interest. Some may only give a broad brush, but we also have comparison data which offers valuable perspective.

2. Learning Outcomes
Knowledge of wiki resources to learn more about surveys
Familiarity with different national surveys regularly conducted by Geneseo offices
Insight into different analytic techniques
Given limited time, keeping it simple with 3 outcomes
Want you to learn about the different surveys we already do and the areas they cover
Knowing you can’t learn the nuances of the different surveys we do in a 50” presentation, want you to understand resources to help you learn more about surveys
wiki space with schedule, Excel file with questions organized by topic, presentations where can see different analysis used, as well as survey results for different years
How results have been analyzed and presented by IR, what insights possible to gain from existing data

3. Wiki Resources IR wiki space - https://wiki.geneseo.edu/display/IR
Need to log in to see
National surveys – lists surveys, schedule & responsible office
Excel file with question list
Separate area for results for each survey IR conducts
Office Presentations – examples of analysis

4. Student Surveys SUNY Surveys: National Surveys:
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE, Nessie)
Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL)
CORE Drug & Alcohol Study
Measuring Information Service Outcomes (MISO) Survey
HERI Faculty Survey
Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education Faculty Satisfaction Survey (COACHE)
SUNY Surveys:
SUNY Student Opinion Survey (SOS)
Sexual Violence Prevention Survey (SVP)
First 3 are exclusively student
MISO is done with students & employees, but more frequently with students
Last two under national are Faculty only surveys
SOS is student
SVP is student with employee component

5. Surveys, Surveys, Surveys
Student Opinion Survey – very broad brush of satisfaction with different offices and services
NSSE – looks at classroom experience, HIP, & other signs of engagement
CORE – alcohol & drug use
MISO – technology & information literacy
MSL – social justice models of leadership
HERI – faculty satisfaction, perceptions of students & college
COACHE – faculty satisfaction & career advancement
Just briefly mentioned 8 different surveys – heads already spinning I am sure
You are smart folks, sure you can continue to follow along, but have tried to organize questions to facilitate use of them

6. One file to rule them all . . .
On IR wiki space -> National Surveys
Excel file attempts to break survey questions down into different departments’ interests
Provide source of survey question
Log into link – be able to switch back & forth, say will need to see responsible office for reports
MLS has report with data tables

7. Quality of Students & Emphasis of Teaching
% Satisfied with quality of students
% Rewarded for being good teachers as Descriptive
Qnn: How satisfied are you with the following aspects of your job? Quality of students R: Very Satisfied, Satisfied, Marginally Satisfied, Not Satisfied, Not Applicable
Faculty are rewarded for being good teachers, very descriptive, somewhat descriptive or not descriptive
Straight from HERI Survey results posted on wiki space, comparison of Geneseo by gender to national sample – comparison over time provided

8. Student Surveys have other options
NSSE
SOS
COPLAC schools as comparison
Last two administrations, SUNY comprehensives as comparison
Compare first year responses from 2013 to seniors in 2017
Major reports
No national sample
SUNY comprehensives & all state ops
SUNY rankings provided for many questions
All these are basis options, readily available on wiki for comparison purposes
Major reports, for some larger major, standard from NSSE given report with national norms comparison
Do not see charts with this info but routinely cite rates of STAB, UG research as being higher than COPLAC in annual report & other mar/COM publications

9. Custom analysis NSSE – possible to look at just your majors
Associate Provost Kallio presented on his findings from psychology seniors
Look at differential effects for groups
Found different perceptions for male/female student, white students/students of color on NSSE & SOS
NSSE gives opportunity to compare responses across classes, first year v. seniors
Have provided custom major reports; if have enough respondents can do this; have combined across years to get enough representation

10. What are you interested in??
Open it up to questions, general discussion

11. Talk Data to Me!! Julie Meyer Rao, Ph.D. Jeremy Hall rao@geneseo.edu
Ext 5553
221 Erwin Hall
Jeremy Hall
Institutional Research Analyst
Please feel free to contact if are interested in collaboration, want to know more about data available
Can also talk knitting, beading, wine tasting, antiques/restoring furniture if like too!