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AAUDE-NSSE Data Sharing

2008 optional questions (PDF). With changes from 2007 noted  (Word)

2006 AAUDE optional questions (PDF) (also used in 2007)

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.

Click here for information about signing up for AAUDE "consortium," questions, and/or sharing.

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 - 2007. Single zipped SAS v9 dataset. See user guide, below, for description.  Posted 12/14/07
• All-years means and SD's by institution, survey year, and class rank, all items. Base population only.  Posted 12/14/07
• Year-specific response-level data in various formats. All are included in the longitudinal dataset noted above.
• Means by student level by institution, some years, various formats.

Metadata

• Responding institutions
• Random sample count by institution and year
• Response rates '05 and '06 (PDF)
• Use of AAUDE questions
• User guide to the all-years response-level data
• Excel 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.
• Current versions of NSSE instruments
• SAS formats for the response altnernatives 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)
• AAUDE optional questions
  • 2000 - 2003 (Word) |   2004 & 2005 (PDF) |   2006 & 2007 (PDF) |   2008 (Word)
• Beta questions, 2002 only (Word)
• Technology items, 2003 only (Word)
• Experimental items, 2005 only (Excel) Also includes frequency distributions

List of institutions and contacts with years participating

University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) -- all campuses -- with some overlap with NSSE questions.

Reports

• 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
• Universtiy of Toronto:   Steeping 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.

Participation agreement (Word): AAUDE institutions which have participated or are planning to participate in NSSE in any year are urged to complete the agreement and fax 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.

Questions to IR@colorado.edu

Last revision 07/07/08