Consortia Join SENSE’s 2011 Membership
Many colleges choose to participate in the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) through consortia membership. A SENSE consortium may comprise (a) three or more colleges in a multi-college district or system or in a state, or (b) a group of five or more colleges with common interests or challenges. Consortium members share reports and may elect to administer the same additional custom items (up to 12) across all colleges in the consortium.
More information about consortia can be found on the Membership Options page.
2011 SENSE membership includes system- and district-based participation by Alamo Community College District (TX), Lone Star College System (TX), Maricopa County Community College District (AZ), and San Jacinto Community College District (TX).
The following SENSE 2011 consortia are common-interest groups that have participated annually (individual college participation varies) in Center initiatives for the past several years.
The Achieving the Dream Consortium is part of a national initiative focused on improving success rates for community college students – particularly those that traditionally have been under-served in American higher education. In 2011, 32 colleges from 10 states are participating in SENSE as part of the Achieving the Dream Consortium.
The Hispanic Student Success (HSS) Consortium is a group of colleges designated by the federal government as Hispanic-Serving-Institutions (those with at least 25% Hispanic full-time equivalent enrollment of which at least 50% are low income) and/or hold current membership in the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) national organization. In 2011, its third year of SENSE participation, the HSS Consortium joins together eight institutions across Texas to build collaborative and networking relationships. The HSS Consortium highlights promising practices through publications and at national and regional community college conferences. This consortium also adds custom items to the core survey and uses SENSE data and comparative reports to make informed decisions about how to improve these unique institutions.
In its first year of SENSE participation, the Texas Small Colleges Consortium includes three Texas colleges interested in learning more about the engagement, learning, and retention of the students they serve, as well as building institutional capacity for collecting, understanding, and using data about educational practices and student success.