National Survey of Student Engagement:
An Inter and Intra-Institutional Analysis
(2001, 2004, and 2005)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Office of Institutional Research
© UMBC. All Rights Reserved. CONTENTS
List ofTables 3
Executive Sumary 4
Introduction 6
Overview of the Exhibits 6
National Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice 7
Performance Improvements and Declines Across UMBC’s Benchmarks 7
Benchmark Mean Comparisons: UMBC vs. Institutional Peers (2005) 7
Benchmark Items Highlights: UMBC vs. Peer Institutions 8
Highlights: Student Engagement at UMBC 12
Time onTask 12
Educational & Personal Development 13
Technical Appendix 14
Refrnces 19
- 2 - List of Tables
Table 1. UMBC Benchmark Mean Scores for All Years of NSSE Participation
Table 2. 2005 Benchmark Mean Comparison Scores: UMBC vs. Institutional Peers
Table 3. UMBC Unweighted Benchmark Mean Scores: Comparisons between Demographic Groups
(2001, 2004, 2005)
Table 4. Glossary of Benchmark Item Labels (used for Tables 5 – 8)
Table 5. Mean Score Comparisons on Individual Benchmark Items: UMBC First-Year Students Compared to NSSE-
participating DREU Institutions (NSSE 2001, 2004, 2005)
Table 6. Mean Score Comparisons on Individual ...