Overview
About this Site
CCSSE 2011 Overview
Student Respondent Profile
CCSSE Sampling
Communications Tools
Welcome to the online reporting system for the 2011 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). This website is best viewed in Internet Explorer 8 or Firefox 3.6.6 or later. JavaScript is advised for full functionality.
About the Online Reporting System
The online reporting system contains multiple resources for colleges to utilize in accessing and understanding their institutional report results. Brief descriptions of information contained within the sidebar options to the left are outlined below:
Understanding Survey Results: This page provides basic information about benchmarks, types of available institutional reports, weighting, excluded respondents, and student-level breakout definitions.
Standard Reports: This page contains the college’s standard 2011 Institutional Reports and data file.
Custom Report Requests: This page provides colleges an opportunity to request custom benchmark, means, and frequency reports with optional comparisons and breakouts.
Faculty Survey (CCFSSE) Reports: This page contains frequency reports for colleges that participated in CCFSSE and example reports for those that did not.
Feedback: The Center welcomes college feedback on the CCSSE online reporting system—how it has worked for you and what you would like to see in the future. The Center will periodically roll out new features as they are developed. If you have questions or concerns while using the online reporting system, you may also e-mail CCSSE.
CCSSE 2011 College Participant Overview
CCSSE utilizes a three-year cohort (2009 through 2011) of participating colleges in all of its data analyses, including the computation of benchmark scores. This cohort is referred to as the 2011 CCSSE Cohort. The 2011 CCSSE Cohort includes 699 institutions from 48 states and the District of Columbia, five Canadian provinces, plus Bermuda and the Mariana Islands. Three-hundred thirteen colleges are classified as small (<4,500), 185 as medium (4,500-7,999), 125 as large (8,000-14,999), and 76 as extra-large institutions (15,000+) credit students. One hundred forty-nine of the colleges are classified as urban-serving, 149 as suburban-serving, and 401 as rural-serving.
Student Respondent Profile
Characteristics of 2011 Cohort RespondentsCharacteristic |
Cohort |
Male |
43% |
Female |
57% |
Enrolled less than full-time |
27% |
Enrolled full-time |
73% |
Traditional age (18–24) |
64% |
Race/Ethnicity of 2011 Cohort Respondents
Race/Ethnicity |
Cohort |
Black or African American, Non-Hispanic |
11% |
Asian, Asian American or Pacific Islander |
4% |
Hispanic, Latino, Spanish |
12% |
American Indian or other Native American |
2% |
White, Non-Hispanic |
62% |
Other |
4% |
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
CCSSE Sampling
In CCSSE sampling procedures, students are sampled at the classroom level. As a result, full-time students, who by definition are enrolled in more classes than part-time students, are more likely to be sampled. To adjust for this sampling bias, a statistical weighting procedure—based on the most recent publicly available IPEDS data—is applied to CCSSE results when analysis contains both full-time and less than full-time students. Weighting is uniquely calculated for each institution and is based on the most recent publicly available IPEDS enrollment figures. As an additional option, colleges can choose to produce reports via the CCSSE online reporting system with the statistical weighting procedure disabled if they feel it is appropriate. More information on weighting can be found on the Understanding Survey Results page.
Tools
The Center has created a variety of tools for colleges to utilize in working with their data and sharing their institutional results. These resources are available in the Tools section of the CCSSE website, including the two key communication templates found below:
Drop-In Overview Report Template
Customizable report template for colleges to share CCSSE results
Drop-In Overview Presentation Template
Customizable presentation template for colleges to share CCSSE results