Surveys

The Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness administers various surveys either annually or according to a set schedule. Below is the schedule for all institutional surveys and assessments coordinated by our office or our campus partners which details when the survey occurs, who administers the survey, which population on campus being surveyed, and the purpose of the survey.

Survey or Assessments:	Schedule:	Reporting Unit:	Population Measured:	Purpose/Use of Data:
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)	Every Three Years: (Winter 2017, Winter 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2025)	Institutional Research	First-Year Students & Seniors	Strategies that address campus environment, advising, diversity, and student-faculty interaction
Student Satisfaction Inventory	Every Three Years: (Spring 2018, Fall 2022, Winter 2026)	Institutional Research	All Students	Strategies that address student centeredness, campus climate, advising, instructional effectiveness, service to students, safety
Graduating Student Survey	Annually	Career Services	Graduating Seniors	Strategies that address career outcomes and post-graduation employment
Student Experience and Needs Survey	Every Fall	The Hub for Teaching and Learning	All Students	Strategies that address student experience related to course modalities
Dearborn Support Survey	Every Fall and Winter	Student Affairs	Targeted groups of undergraduate students	Strategies that address student support needs
Re-enrollment Survey	Every Fall and Winter	Enrollment Management and Institutional Research	Undergraduate students who have not yet enrolled for the upcoming term	Strategies that address why students are not re-enrolling
Dearborn Discovery Core, General Education Assessment	5 year cycle: (2015-2018 data collection, 2018-2019 evaluation and recommendations, 2019-2020 implementing revisions, closing the loop)	DDC Designated Courses	Students under DDC requirements	Strategies that address general education curriculum and learning outcomes
Academic Program Assessment	Continuously (reports submitted biennially)	All degree granting programs	All students	Strategies that address continuous course, program, and curriculum improvement
Co-Curricular Assessment	Annually	Co-Curricular Units	Students participating in co-curriculars	Strategies that address continuous program, unit, and learning outcomes improvement

Descriptions and Data

The following listing of surveys administered by the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness provides descriptions and data related to each.

To make diagnostic data more available to the campus community the Office of IRE, in collaboration with various other offices, have developed Tableau Dashboards for results of targeted surveys. The surveys require that you have Tableau access. To obtain Tableau access and/or training please reference the Tableau Training & Access section of the IRE Tableau Internal webpage.