Meredith College has chosen to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) for twelve consecutive years because it examines effective educational practices and reflects how involved students are in experiences that lead to student learning and personal development. Based on the results, Meredith claims a place among the “highly engaging institutions.”

NSSE identifies five areas of effective educational practice and provides benchmark scores that allow the College to view Meredith students’ mean scores in relation to those of students in the national sample. Meredith's mean benchmark scores of both first-year and senior students surpassed the average scores of the national sample.

The benchmark areas are as follows:

• Level of Academic Challenge (LAC)
• Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL)
• Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI)
• Enriching Educational Experiences (EEE)
• Supportive Campus Environment (SCE)

For information about the five areas, and the mean scores of Meredith’s first-year and senior students as compared to the 2011 national sample, click on the links provided above.

To learn more about Meredith students' response to the NSSE survey, click here.

In 2011, 673 colleges and universities participated in NSSE. To learn more about NSSE, visit its Web site at http://www.nsse.iub.edu.