Objective 2.5

Reference to Previous Strategic Plans: ASP 04.  1.2, FPP 01.  4.1, 4.2

ExCom Member:

Provost & VPSA

Assessment Tool:

1)Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) - Academic Advising Effectiveness mean score.
2)Noel Levitz College Employee Satisfaction Survey (CESS) - percentage of faculty & staff who somewhat agree or strongly agree that the role of academic advising is clearly articulated and understood.

3)National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) - percent of first-year students and seniors assessing the overall quality of academic advising as good or excellent

Baseline:

1) Noel Levitz SSI (2004-05) - 4.84
2) Noel Levitz CESS (2007-08) - 25%

3)NSSE (2008) – CCSU first-year 70%, CCSU seniors 60%; national first year74%, national seniors 65%

Goal:

1) exceed the SSI (2004-05) national average for students at 4-year public institutions – 5.07

2) continuous improvement from CCSU 2007-08 baseline of  25%

(NOTE: National comparative data for faculty & staff are not available.)

3) exceed the national averages for same Carnegie class public institutions in the given year

Progress:

1) CCSU 5.14 (2010-11); national 4 year public 5.11
2) CCSU  25% (2007-08); 29% (2008-09); 48% (2010-11¹)

3) CCSU first-year: 77% (2009), 81% (2010); national first-year 77%  (2009), 78% (2010)

    CCSU seniors: 63% (2009), 68% (2010); national seniors  68% (2009), 68% (2010)