NSSE 2006 Benchmark Comparisons Detailed Statistics and Effect Sizes a
									The College of Saint Scholastica
Seniors
				Mean Statistics				Distribution Statistics						Reference Group Comparison Statistics
								Percentiles						Mean Diff.				Effect size
		N		Mean	SD	SE		5	25	50	75	95			SE	Sig.
LEVEL OF ACADEMIC CHALLENGE (LAC)
	CSS	96		59.5	13.4	1.4		38	49	60	70	81
	Catholic C&U	2,798		57.4	14.1	.3		33	48	58	68	80		2.1	1.5	.153		.15
	Carnegie Peers	46,745		55.6	14.2	.1		32	46	56	66	79		3.9	1.5	.007		.28
	NSSE 2006	122,836		55.8	14.2	.0		32	46	56	66	79		3.7	1.4	.010		.26
	Top 50%	35,619		59.3	13.7	.1		36	50	60	69	81		.2	1.4	.890		.01
	Top 10%	4,245		64.1	12.6	.2		43	56	65	73	83		-4.6	1.3	.000		-.37
ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING (ACL)
	CSS	105		53.9	16.7	1.6		29	43	52	67	81
	Catholic C&U	2,896		52.2	17.0	.3		24	38	52	62	81		1.7	1.7	.312		.10
	Carnegie Peers	48,615		51.4	17.0	.1		24	38	52	62	81		2.5	1.7	.133		.15
	NSSE 2006	128,348		50.4	17.0	.0		24	38	48	62	81		3.5	1.7	.036		.21
	Top 50%	36,099		54.6	16.7	.1		29	43	52	67	83		-.8	1.6	.641		-.05
	Top 10%	4,958		58.6	16.7	.2		33	48	57	71	86		-4.7	1.6	.004		-.28
STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTION (SFI)
	CSS	97		44.4	19.7	2.0		17	33	44	56	83
	Catholic C&U	2,814		43.3	20.9	.4		17	28	39	56	83		1.1	2.2	.620		.05
	Carnegie Peers	47,079		41.2	20.7	.1		11	28	39	56	78		3.1	2.1	.136		.15
	NSSE 2006	123,778		41.3	20.8	.1		11	28	39	56	83		3.1	2.1	.149		.15
	Top 50%	28,536		48.2	21.3	.1		17	33	44	61	89		-3.8	2.2	.077		-.18
	Top 10%	2,821		56.9	21.7	.4		22	39	56	72	94		-12.5	2.0	.000		-.58
ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES (EEE)
	CSS	96		43.8	17.0	1.7		17	31	44	54	73
	Catholic C&U	2,764		40.1	18.2	.3		11	26	40	53	71		3.8	1.9	.047		.21
	Carnegie Peers	46,036		38.2	17.7	.1		11	25	37	50	69		5.6	1.8	.002		.32
	NSSE 2006	120,969		39.9	17.9	.1		12	26	39	52	71		3.9	1.8	.033		.22
	Top 50%	41,098		46.6	17.6	.1		17	34	47	59	76		-2.8	1.8	.123		-.16
	Top 10%	3,828		57.9	16.0	.3		30	47	58	69	83		-14.0	1.7	.000		-.88
SUPPORTIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT (SCE)
	CSS	96		59.2	17.9	1.8		31	44	61	72	86
	Catholic C&U	2,729		61.1	19.2	.4		28	50	61	75	94		-1.9	2.0	.344		-.10
	Carnegie Peers	45,521		57.3	18.8	.1		25	44	58	69	89		1.9	1.9	.336		.10
	NSSE 2006	119,526		56.6	18.9	.1		25	44	56	69	89		2.6	1.9	.181		.14
	Top 50%	33,171		62.8	18.3	.1		31	50	64	75	94		-3.6	1.9	.055		-.20
	Top 10%	6,261		67.7	18.2	.2		36	56	69	81	97		-8.6	1.9	.000		-.47