Major Field Report: High-Impact Practices

First-Year Students

Decades of research hold that student experiences and outcomes vary more within institutions than between institutions. Thus, NSSE urges institutions to "look within" key subpopulations such as major. The Major Field Report informs department-level improvements in teaching and learning with results that are useful for deans, department chairs, faculty, and others. Institutions had the option to customize how majors were grouped, using up to ten categories. For more details on the Major Field Report, click here.


The figures below display details about each high-impact practice question by major field category.


Service-Learning

About how many of your courses at this institution have included a community-based project (service-learning)?

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Learning Community

Which of the following have you done or do you plan to do before you graduate?

Participate in a learning community or some other formal program where groups of students take two or more classes together.

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Research with a Faculty Member

Which of the following have you done or do you plan to do before you graduate?

Work with a faculty member on a research project.

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Note: All results are unweighted.

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