Institutional Research & Assessment

Educational and Personal Growth

Respondents rated the extent to which their college education contributed to their knowledge, skills, and personal development on a 4-point scale (1 = very little, 2 = some, 3 = quite a bit, &
4 = very much). Figure 6 summarizes senior responses for SUU, master’s peer and NSSE institutions. SUU students indicated that their college education contributed the most to their ability to vote in local, state, or national elections (M = 2.18), and acquire job or work-related knowledge and skills (M= 3.16). They indicated that their college education contributed least to acquiring a broad, general education; thinking critically and analytically, and understanding people of other rational and ethnic backgrounds. Freshman ratings were similar to seniors with additional weaknesses in analyzing quantitative problems and learning effectively on their own.

| NSSE 2003 | Institutional Research |