What does institutional selectivity tell us about educational quality?
GD Kuh, ET Pascarella - Change: The magazine of higher learning, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
GD Kuh, ET Pascarella
Change: The magazine of higher learning, 2004•Taylor & FrancisWe set out to answer this question using two independent datasets. The first is the National
Study of Student Learning (NSSL), a federally funded longitudinal investigation conducted in
the mid-1990s. The second is the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), an
annual survey of the extent to which first-year and senior students engage in purposeful
educational activities. First, we'll briefly describe these two studies and then discuss the
surprising finding that selectivity and educational quality are, for all practical purposes …
Study of Student Learning (NSSL), a federally funded longitudinal investigation conducted in
the mid-1990s. The second is the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), an
annual survey of the extent to which first-year and senior students engage in purposeful
educational activities. First, we'll briefly describe these two studies and then discuss the
surprising finding that selectivity and educational quality are, for all practical purposes …
We set out to answer this question using two independent datasets. The first is the National Study of Student Learning (NSSL), a federally funded longitudinal investigation conducted in the mid-1990s. The second is the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), an annual survey of the extent to which first-year and senior students engage in purposeful educational activities. First, we’ll briefly describe these two studies and then discuss the surprising finding that selectivity and educational quality are, for all practical purposes, unrelated.
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