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AAUDE-NSSE Data Sharing

The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) has been administered annually at selected AAUDE institutions each Spring 2000 and after. Participation is voluntary. Data sharing is coordinated by the University of Colorado at Boulder. AAUDE is the Association of American Universities Data Exchange.  37 AAU schools have used NSSE at least once 2005-2009, including all US publics except four UC campuses. Overview 2/09 (Powerpoint).

Participation

• AAUDE-NSSE participation means two things: Use of AAUDE optional questions, and sharing response-level data.  Participants can do questions, or sharing, or both.  Most do both. 
• List of institutions (Excel) with years participating, record of data-sharing status, record of optional-question use.  Also see tables of counts in the metadata section.  
• AAUDE participation or data-sharing agreement (Word): AAUDE institutions which have participated or are planning to participate in NSSE in any year are urged to complete the agreement and return to Colorado, which will submit them to NSSE. The agreement concerns data sharing only, and does not obligate signees to use the AAUDE optional questions.
• AAUDE optional questions -- Click here for information about signing up for AAUDE "consortium," questions, and/or sharing. Check metadata/codebooks, below, for the questions themselves.

AAUDE NSSE shared data are password protected. Passwords are available only to authorized users at institutions sharing data. For a password contact IR@colorado.edu. Currently available:

• All-years response-level data, all institutions, 2000 - 2008. Single zipped SAS v9 dataset. See user guide, below, for description.  Posted 1/9/09
• All-years means and SD's by institution, survey year, and class rank. For random sample only (Excel file).  Posted 1/9/09
• Institutional metadata dataset. Includes 2005 - 2008 population and sample counts, response rates, etc. Zipped SAS v9 dataset; described in user guide. Posted 12/12/08 - new for '08

Metadata and related

• User guide to the all-years response-level data and other datasets. 
• Messages from coordinator:  12/08 |
• Counts by institution
• Random sample respondents by institution and year
• Population, random sample, respondents, and response rates, 2005-2008 (Excel)
• Use of AAUDE questions
• Variable list for the all-years response-level dataset. Contains variable names, labels, types, lengths, format names, and information on variable matching and renaming over years. (Excel) 
• Current versions of NSSE instruments
• SAS formats for the response alternatives in the all-years dataset.
• Codebooks, largely from NSSE
• 2000 (Word)   |   2001 (pdf)   |   2002 (Word) |   2003 (pdf) |   2004 (pdf) |   2005 (pdf) |   2006 (pdf) |   2007 (pdf) |   2008 (pdf)
• AAUDE optional questions
  • 2000 - 2003 (Word) |   2004 & 2005 (PDF) |   2006 & 2007 (PDF) |   2008 (PDF)  |  2009 identical to 2008
  • Changes from 2007 to 08  
• Beta questions, 2002 only (Word)
• Technology items, 2003 only (Word)
• Experimental items, 2005 only (Excel)
• Document on metadata and weights in AAUDE surveys, LMcC, 12/08.  Consistent with weights made available for NSSE-AAUDE.

Reports

• University of Michigan - cite in alumni publication (PDF)
• University of Wisconsin NSSE reports
• University of Florida, 2008 report (Powerpoint)
• Purdue University, 2007 report
• Comparing grades of undergraduates, Lou McCelland, Colorado, 2005.
• NSSE project DEEP selected Kansas and Michigan for above-expected grad rates and NSSE ratings, then visited each campus to "Document Effective Educational Practices."
• SIG, AAUDE meeting May 2004, Boulder
• University of Colorado at Boulder, with comparisons to other institutions:  2000,  2002,  2006
University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) -- all campuses -- with some overlap with NSSE questions.
• University of Toronto:   Stepping UP: A framework for Planning at the University of Toronto 2004-2010 (PDF)
• University of Wisconsin (Madison):  Overall report,  Use in annual accountability report
• University of Virginia:  Report on NSSE 2000
• University of Missouri:  Presentations
• University of California:   Institutional Versus Academic Discipline Measures of Student Experience.

Questions to IR@colorado.edu

Last revision 04/01/09