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Quick Fact Sheet 2005

Overview of 2005 National Survey Results
Fast Facts

Survey Instrument: The Community College Student Report (CCSR)

  • Paper administration, in-class; ranges from 25-50 minutes to complete
  • Web-based administration; approximately 15 minutes to complete (available only in oversample situations).

CCSSE Participants

  • 133,281 students from 257 institutions in 38 states completed the CCSR in 2005.
  • 324,337 students from 407 institutions in 43 states and British Columbia completed the CCSR across 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.


2005 Respondents--All Participant Colleges

Gender: Male student respondents -- 39% Female student respondents -- 61%

Race/Ethnicity:

  • Asian -- 2%
  • Native American -- 2%
  • Black -- 12%
  • White -- 68%
  • Latino/Hispanic-8%
  • Other -- 3%
  • International --5%

Enrollment Status:  Part-time -- 31% Full-time -- 69%

2005 CCSSE Consortia and Other Groups

  • Statewide and State-based consortia: Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northeast Minnesota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia
  • Texas Small Colleges Consortium: 9 small colleges across Texas
  • Hispanic-Serving Institutions/Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HSI/HACU) Consortium: 16 colleges
  • Achieving the Dream Consortium: 14 colleges

CCSSE Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice
Active and Collaborative Learning (items: 4a, 4b, 4f, 4g, 4h, 4i, and 4r)
Student Effort (items: 4c, 4d, 4e, 6b, 10a, 13d, 13e, and 13h )
Academic Challenge (items: 4p, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 6a, 6c, 7, 9a)
Student-Faculty Intera (items: 4k,4l,4m,4n,4o,and 4q) ction
Support for Learners (items: 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f, 13a, and 13b)

Validity and Reliability
CSSE's sampling and analysis methodologies, see "Overview of the CCSSE
Instrument and Psychometric Properties," provided in the Appendix of the institutional report and online at http://www.ccsse.org/Aboutsurvey/psychometrics.pdf


Future Plans
Collaborative work with National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Survey companion pieces (end-of-course evaluation, syllabus review, classroom observation form)
Continued work on CCSSE validation research

For more information, please contact Susan Lemke, (505) 428-1520, susan.lemke@sfcc.edu.

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