About the CSEQ

History of the CSEQ

In their book Involving Colleges (1991), George D. Kuh and balance the value of learning inside the classroom with that which occurs outside it. They argue that such "out-of-class experience" demands equal consideration, evaluation, and active shaping; after all, students spend most of their time outside classes and are heavily influenced by peers when deciding how to use their discretionary time. Learning opportunities outside the classroom can provide important skills which complement those traditionally honed in the classroom, creating a dynamic community within which students can find a "constellation of feelings and beliefs" they might otherwise never encounter so intimately.

In an effort to measure and promote the presence of such communities on campuses across the country, Dr. Kuh helped develop The College Student Experience Questionnaire (CSEQ). This standardized survey considers learning both inside and outside the classroom, measuring student experiences with university services, determining key characteristics of the college environment, estimating student gains toward important objectives and perceived capacity for lifelong learning, and measuring exposure to good practices in undergraduate education.   For more information about the CSEQ, contact the Center for Post-Secondary Research and Planning at Indiana University.

A Longitudinal Study at UNC-CH

This questionnaire, first piloted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the graduating class of 1999, is now being used to assess the academic and co-curricular experience of the Class of 2005 over their 4-year stay at UNC-CH. The questionnaire is consistently administered after 60-75% of the school's academic calendar has passed (late March or early April), providing a rather comprehensive picture of student experience in a given year. In addition to general demographic information, such a picture captures student perception of the college environment, self-reported effort inside and outside the classroom, and measures of student gains in such academic arenas as the humanities, science and technology, and the social sciences, as well as providing an evaluation of personal gains in social competence and personal development.

About Our Graphs & Tables

Data Reports & This Site

The tables generated for this site are derived from data reports sent directly to the Office of the Vice Chancellor by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning.

At present, this site displays graphic summaries of data collected from the class of 2005 here at UNC-CH in the spring of 2002.

A complete profile can be obtained by contacting Paul Marchbanks, M.A., Graduate Assistant for Assessment and Evaluation or Dr. Cynthia Wolf Johnson, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Learning.

Thematized Data Over 2-Year Period