NSSE 2006 Benchmark Comparisons

The College of Saint Scholastica

Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI)

Benchmark Comparisons

CSS

CSS compared with:

Catholic C&U

Carnegie Peers

NSSE 2006

Class

Mean^a

Sig ^b

Effect
Size ^c

Mean^a

Sig ^b

Effect
Size ^c

Mean^a

Sig ^b

Effect
Size ^c

First-Year

32.4

34.9

32.2

32.1

Senior

44.4

43.3

41.2

41.3

Student-Faculty Interaction (SFI) Items

Students learn firsthand how experts think about and solve practical problems by interacting with faculty members inside and outside the classroom. As a result, their teachers become role models, mentors, and guides for continuous, life-long learning.