Student engagement

Survey of student engagement: Each year the CCSSE surveys community college students from around the US to determine their level of engagement with their studies. This year's survey is out. Key findings include:

• Outside the classroom group work is not as prevelant as inside the classroom.
  
• A full third of responding students indicated that they spent 5 hours or less preparing for class.
  
• Two thirds (TWO THIRDS) of responses indicated their coursework relies primarily on "rote memorization"!!
• Part-time students report significantly less interaction with faculty than do full-time students.
• Less than half of developmental students make use of available learner support services

The full report, an executive summary and a report on what some community colleges are doing about some of these areas is available from the CCSSE web site [Link to CCSSE web site] [Link to threaded discussion at the Chronicle for Higher Ed]