Publications
National Reports
2010 CCCSE National Report, The Heart of Student Success: Teaching, Learning, and College Completion
2010 CCCSE National Report, Executive Summary
2009 CCSSE National Report, Making Connections: Dimensions of Student Engagement
2009 CCSSE National Report, Executive Summary
2009 SENSE National Report, Benchmarking and Benchmarks: Effective Practice with Entering Students
2008 CCSSE National Report, High Expectations and High Support: Essential Elements of Engagement
2008 CCSSE National Report, Executive Summary
2008 SENSE National Report, Imagine Success: Engaging Entering Students
2007 CCSSE National Report, Committing to Student Engagement - Reflections
2007 CCSSE National Report, Executive Summary: Five Lessons Learned
2006 CCSSE National Report, Act On Fact: Using Data to Improve Student Success
2006 CCSSE National Report, Executive Summary
2005 CCSSENational Report, Engaging Students, Challenging the Odds
2005 CCSSE National Report, Executive Summary
2004 CCSSENational Report, Engagement by Design
2004 CCSSE National Report, Executive Summary
2003 CCSSE National Report, Engaging Community Colleges: National Benchmarks of Quality
2003 CCSSE National Report, Executive Summary
2002 CCSSE National Report, Engaging Community Colleges: A First Look
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Newsletters
Engagement Matters (formerly CCSSE Highlights)
Engagement Matters is a periodic publication that showcases how colleges have communicated survey results internally and externally; how colleges have used results to target areas that are worthy of celebration or in need of improvement; and examples of programs and practices that colleges have employed promote student learning, engagement, and retention.
Volume 9, Issue 1 features Identifying and Promoting High-Impact Educational Practices in Community Colleges.
Volume 8, Issue 3 features Center Followup on Pledge to Scale Up College Completion with High-Impact Practices Study.
Volume 8, Issue 2 features New Accreditation Toolkits: Working with the New Accreditation Toolkits; Tips on Using Survey Results for Accreditation; and CCSSE Colleges in Action.
Volume 8, Issue 1 features CCSSE's new name, using CCSSE for accreditation, and information on the free workshop for CCSSE and SENSE member colleges.
Volume 7, Issue 4 features findings from MetLife focus groups conducted with entering students at colleges participating in the pilot administration of the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE).
Volume 7, Issue 3 features recent CCSSE presentations and workshops.
Volume 7, Issue 2 features Starting Right, the MetLife Foundation Initiative on Student Success focus on entering students.
Volume 7, Issue 1 features highlights from the 2007 CCSSE Workshop.
Volume 6, Issue 4 features an update on Achieving the Dream from Project Director Byron McClenney.
Volume 6, Issue 3 features four MetLife Foundation Best-Practice Colleges that also demonstrated unusually high performance on a set of CCSSE survey items that relate to students’ relationships on campus.
Volume 6, Issue 2 features 2006 CCSSE member colleges that have demonstrated outstanding performance on one or more of the five CCSSE benchmarks of effective educational practice.
Volume 6, Issue 1 features highlights from the 2006 CCSSE Workshop.
Volume 5, Issue 7 features Sinclair Community College, a 2005-2006 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 5, Issue 6 features St. Philip's College, a 2005-2006 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 5, Issue 5 features Parkland College, a 2005-2006 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 5, Issue 4 features Gainesville State College, a 2005-2006 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 5, Issue 3 offers information about the upcoming 2006 CCSSE Workshop.
Volume 5, Issue 2 features four 2005-2006 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice Colleges.
Volume 5, Issue 1 features results from the first national administration of the Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE).
Volume 4, Issue 9 features highlights of findings from the 2004 Florida consortium.
Volume 4, Issue 8 features the work of Valencia Community College (FL), a 2004-2005 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 4, Issue 7 features the work of Santa Fe Community College (FL), a 2004-2005 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 4, Issue 6 features the work of San Juan College, a 2004-2005 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 4, Issue 5 offers information about how practitioners and researchers can learn about the many uses of results from CCSSE.
Volume 4, Issue 4 focuses on the work of Housatonic Community College, a 2004-2005 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 4, Issue 3 features four MetLife Foundation Best-Practice Colleges.
Volume 4, Issue 2 features helpful insights and suggestions from community college colleagues across the nation.
Volume 4, Issue 1 examines Oakton Community College student and faculty perceptions about students' engagement and academic experiences.
Volume 3, Issue 7 is the final in a series which has focused on the exemplary student retention and success efforts at each of the MetLife Foundation Best-Practice Colleges.
Volume 3, Issue 6 features brief descriptions of how colleges participating in CCSSE are using their results to focus conversations and target improvement initiatives.
Volume 3, Issue 5 features the work of Northwest Vista College (NVC), a 2003-2004 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 3, Issue 4 features the work of Muskingum Area Technical College (MATC), a 2003-2004 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 3, Issue 3 features the work of LaGuardia Community College, a 2003-2004 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College.
Volume 3, Issue 2 highlights four community colleges named as recipients of the MetLife Foundation Best-Practice College Awards for 2003-2004.
Volume 3, Issue 1 highlights the use of CCSSE results by Surry Community College as a response to an accreditation agency.
Volume 2, Issue 7 announces the launch of the new CCSSE web site and highlights the First Look Report.
Volume 2, Issue 6 highlights three retention initiatives at Montgomery College, a 2002-03 MetLife Best-Practice College.
Volume 2, Issue 5 features the work of Maui Community College, illustrating its emphasis on student-faculty interaction.
Volume 2, Issue 4 highlights Community College of Denver's First Generation Student Success Program.
Volume 2, Issue 3 describes the Richland College Appreciative Inquiry Approach.
Volume 2, Issue 2 focuses on student retention efforts at Central Piedmont Community College, NC, which was selected as one of the 2002–03 MetLife Foundation Best-Practice Colleges.
Volume 2, Issue 1 describes four community colleges selected as MetLife Foundation Best-Practice Colleges for their exemplary performance on student retention.
Volume 1, Issue 2 emphasizes student retention and persistence.
Volume 1, Issue 1 provides introductory information about CCSSE.
CCSSE Bulletin
CCSSE Bulletin is a periodic publication tailored specifically for CCSSE colleges and sent to college presidents, institutional researchers, and college contacts.
Volume 5, Issue 2 features The Data Narrative: Making Results Relevant to a Greater Audience.
Volume 5, Issue 1 features Building Connections, Building Success.
Volume 4, Issue 2 features using focus group work to dig deeper into the student experience.
Volume 4, Issue 1 features CCSSE Texas Small Colleges Consortium members sharing stories of progress.
Volume 3, Issue 2 highlights results from Clarendon College.
Volume 3, Issue 1 highlights CCSSE’s ongoing work with the Texas Small Colleges Consortium.
Volume 2, Issue 2 highlights results from Texas State Technical College West Texas.
Volume 2, Issue 1 welcomes Texas Small Colleges back for CCSSE 2006.
Volume 1, Issue 6 highlights results from Hispanic serving colleges for CCSSE 2004.
Volume 1, Issue 5 invites Texas small colleges back for CCSSE 2006.
Volume 1, Issue 4 highlights upcoming CCSSE presentations at the TAIR conference.
Volume 1, Issue 2 highlights the HSI/HACU consortium for CCSSE 2004.
Volume 1, Issue 1 highlights the Texas Small Colleges consortium for CCSSE 2004.
Talking SENSE
Volume 3, Issue 2, November 2010: SENSE 2011 Colleges Can Benefit from Special Study and Discounts
Volume 3, Issue 1, August 2010: ESSI 2010 Marks First Major Use of the New SENSE Benchmarks
Volume 2, Issue 3, January 2010: "10 for 2010" Resolutions for Engagement
Volume 2, Issue 2, November 2009: SENSE Website Expands to Include More Data Reporting Capabilities
Volume 2, Issue 1, Summer 2009: ESSI Colleges Making Headway
Inaugural Issue, Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2007: Welcome to Talking SENSE
Improvement Through Feedback
2010 CCCSE (PDF)
2009 CCSSE (PDF)
2009 SENSE (PDF)