Reviewing the Student Experience: A Popular Strategy

As the first couple of pages of this Macleans OnCampus article points out colleges and universities are seeking to gain a greater understanding of the student's experience through the use of surveys like NSSE & CUSC. Some schools have decided to go beyond survey tools to study the issue in greater depth.

Over the past few years I have been made aware of these in-depth studies mostly be chance - read an article, stumbled across information on a website or someone shared the information with me in conversation. I thought I would compile a list of the public reports that I know about and see if others can add to the list. Below is a link to reports from five schools. Please add a link if you can.

• Ryerson University: President's Commission on Student Engagement & Experience
• Victoria University in the University of Toronto: Student Life Review
• McGill University: Principal's Task Force on Student Life & Learning
• York University: Under review now (Green Paper Phase)
• University of Alberta: Student Engagement: A Shared Responsibility