Institutional Effectiveness
Survey Findings
CWU administers several national surveys on a regular basis and also self-administers alumni surveys annually. Below are the results of past surveys that CWU has administered
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Alumni Surveys
2018 Survey of AY2016-2017 Graduates
2017 Survey of all CWU Alums
College of Arts & Humanities - CAH
College of the Sciences - COTS
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NSSE - National Survey of Student Engagement
- 2018 NSSE
- 2018 NSSE Engagement Indicators (PDF)
- NSSE18 Administration Summary (MS EXCEL)
- NSSE18 Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons (MS EXCEL)
- NSSE18 High-Impact Practices (MS EXCEL)
- NSSE18 Multi-Year Report (MS EXCEL)
- NSSE18 Pocket Guide Report (MS EXCEL)
- NSSE18 Respondent Profile (MS EXCEL)
- NSSE18 Selected Comparison Groups (MS EXCEL)
- NSSE18 Snapshot (MS EXCEL)
- NSSE18 Mapped to NWCCU Standards Report
- 2016 NSSE
- Faculty Senate NSSE Talk 10-25-16 (PDF)
- FSSE-NSSE Combined Report 2016 (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE16 Administration Summary (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE16 Engagement Indicators (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE16 Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE16 High-Impact Practices (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE16 Multi-Year Report (CWU) (PDF)
- 2016 NSSE Online vs On-campus responses (PDF)
- 2016 NSSE Mapped to NWCCU Standards (PDF)
- 2016 NSSE Transfer Student Analysis Report (PDF)
- 2016 NSSE-FSSE Ethnicity and Inclusivity Results (PDF)
- 2014 NSSE
- FSSE-NSSE Combined Report 2014 (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE14 Administration Summary (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE14 Engagement Indicators (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE14 Frequencies and Statistical Comparisons (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE14 High-Impact Practices (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE14 Pocket Guide Report (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE14 Respondent Profile (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE14 Selected Comparison Groups (CWU) (PDF)
- NSSE14 Snapshot (CWU) (PDF)
- 2014 NSSE Mapped to NWCCU Standards (PDF)
- 2018 NSSE
- NSSE 2017 Topical Module Survey
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FSSE - Faculty Survey of Student Engagement
- 2018 FSSE
- 2016 FSSE
- 2014 FSSE
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PSOL - Priorities Survey for Online Learners
- 2018 PSOL
- 2017 PSOL
- 2017 CWU PSOL (PDF)
- 2017 PSOL In-House Report (PDF)
- 2017 National Student Satisfaction Report 1.0 (PDF)
- Central Washington University - PSOL - 05-2017 (PDF)
- Central Washington University - PSOL Year to Year - 05-2017 (PDF)
- Central Washington University vs Requested Group - PSOL - 05-2017 (PDF)
- PSOL Request for Exemption (PDF)
- PSOL Interpretive Guide (PDF)
- 2016 PSOL
- 2016 CWU Custom PSOL Report (PDF)
- 2016 PSOL Comments (PDF)
- Central Washington University - PSOL - 05-2016 (PDF)
- Central Washington University - PSOL Year to Year - 05-2016 (PDF)
- Central Washington University vs Requested Group - PSOL - 05-2016 (PDF)
- PSOL Interpretive Guide (PDF)
- U.S. Demographics 2015 PSOL for 2015-2016 (PDF)
- 2015 PSOL
- 2014 PSOL
- 2014 School List PSOL (PDF)
- Central Washington University - PSOL - 06-2014 (PDF)
- Central Washington University - PSOL Year to Year - 06-2014 (PDF)
- Central Washington University vs Requested Group - PSOL - 06-2014 (PDF)
- CWU vs NL PSOL Peer Group (PDF)
- CWU vs NL PSOL US Average (PDF)
- Online vs On-campus PSOL Report (PDF)
- PSOL Trends from 2013 to 2014 (PDF)
- PSOL Interpretive Guide (PDF)
- 2013 PSOL
- 2013 N-L PSOL (PDF)
- Central Washington University - PSOL - 05-2013 (PDF)
- Central Washington University - PSOL Year to Year - 05-2013 (PDF)
- Central Washington University vs Requested Group - PSOL - 05-2013 (PDF)
- Online vs On-campus PSOL Report (PDF)
- PSOL Interpretive Guide 2012-13 (PDF)
- PSOL Trends from 2011 to 2013 (PDF)
- Satisfaction-Priorities General Interpretive Guide 2012-13 (PDF)
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