Item Comparisons

First-Year Students

By examining individual NSSE questions, you can better understand what contributes to your institution's performance on Engagement Indicators and High-Impact Practices. This section displays the five questions on which your first-year and senior students scored the highest and the five questions on which they scored the lowest, relative to students in your Snapshot comparison group. Parenthetical notes indicate whether an item belongs to a specific Engagement Indicator or is a High-Impact Practice. While these questions represent the largest differences (in percentage points), they may not be the most important to your institutional mission or current program or policy goals. For additional results, see your Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons report.


Highest Performing Relative to UMD Competitors
Created with Highcharts 4.2.5+10+8+7+5+4Discussions with: People with a sexual orientation otherthan your own ¹ ()Discussions with: People with religious beliefs other thanyour own¹ (DD)Worked with other students on course projects orassignments¹ (CL)Discussions with: People from an econ. background otherthanyour own¹ (DD)Discussions with: People from an econ. background other than your own¹ (DD) Asked another student to help you understand coursematerial¹ (CL)-30-20-100102030

Lowest Performing Relative to UMD Competitors
Created with Highcharts 4.2.5-6-6-6-7-11Inst. emphasizes: Providing support to help studentssucceedacademically² (SE)Inst. emphasizes: Providing support to help students succeed academically² (SE) Talked about career plans with a faculty member¹ (SF)Quality of interactions with: Other administrative staffandoffices³ (QI)Quality of interactions with: Other administrative staff and offices³ (QI) Inst. emphasizes: Events that address importantsocial/econ./polit. issues² (SE)Inst. emphasizes: Using learning support services (...)²(SE)-30-20-100102030
Percentage Point Difference with UMD Competitors

Notes:
1. Combination of students responding "Very often" or "Often."
2. Combination of students responding "Very much" or "Quite a bit."
3. Rated at least 6 on a 7-point scale.
4. Combination of students responding “Strongly agree” or “Agree.”

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