Why SENSE?
The Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE), a product and service of the Center for Community College Student Engagement, helps community colleges discover why some entering students persist and succeed and others do not.
Administered during the 4th and 5th weeks of the fall academic term, SENSE asks students to reflect on their earliest experiences (academic and services-related) with the college. SENSE serves as a complementary piece to the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE), with a more narrowed focus on early student experiences.
Data Use Policy
In accessing the Center database and using Center data search tools, the user agrees not to use results for the purpose of ranking community and technical colleges. View the full data use policy.
Quick Links
Would you like to learn more about SENSE? Here are some links to get you started:
- Overview
- Survey Instrument
- Annotated Bibliography
- National Findings
- Member Colleges
- Pricing and Participation
- Annual Registration
- Tools
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Registration Now Open for CCSSE 2017
Registration for the 2017 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) is currently underway. The Center invites community and technical colleges to participate and gain valuable insight into institutional practices and student behaviors that are highly correlated with student learning and retention.
The CCSSE instrument has been updated with a series of changes—edits to some items, removal of a few outdated items, and the addition of several Promising Practices items—that will improve the quality of data available to colleges and make the survey more relevant in relation to changes in the community college field. All revisions were made with member colleges in mind, as the continued success of CCSSE ultimately depends on the survey's continued relevance and usefulness to the institutions it serves.
For more information, please contact info@cccse.org.
SENSE 2015 Results Released
The Center is pleased to announce that the results from the 2015 administration of the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) are now available through the online reporting system. The online reporting system allows member colleges to view results through standard reports as well as through a custom report request platform. Please contact the Center at info@cccse.org with any questions.