A look at our Core Learning Outcomes through the lens of our 2008 and 2011 Community College Survey of
Student Engagement (CCSSE) results. Results reflect respondents deemed by the Assessment Committee to be near graduation based on the course in which survey was administered. 2008 data includes 56 students from
ADN, ECE, HSV and CIS (two sections). 2011 data includes 99 students in ACC, ADN, BUS, CIS, CRJ, DMT, DRD and
ELE.
Q1: How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge, skills and personal development in writing clearly and effectively? (Communication)
44%
20%
7%
2008
29%
Very Little
Some
Quite a Bit
Very Much
27%
3%
2011
24%
46%
Very Little
Some
Quite a Bit
Very Much
Analysis: The percentage of students responding “Quite a Bit” or “Very Much” increased by 9 percentage points.
Q2: How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge, skills and personal development in speaking clearly and effectively? (Communication)
23%
39%
7%
2008
31%
Very Little
Some
Quite a Bit
Very Much
51%
2011
24%
3%
22%
Very Little
Some
Quite a Bit
Very Much
Analysis: The percentage of students positively responding has increased from 62% to 75%, including increases in both the “Quite a Bit” and “Very Much” categories.

Q3: How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge, skills and personal development in solving numerical problems?
2008
36%
16% 21%
27%
Very Little
Some
Quite a Bit
Very Much
30%
40%
7%
2011
23%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
Analysis: The percentage of students positively responding has increased from 52% to 70%, with the greatest increase in the “Very Much” category.
Q4: How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge, skills and personal development in using computing and information technology? (Information and Computer Literacy)
34%
2008
7%
14%
45%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
41%
2011
5%
23%
31%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
Analysis: The “bad” news is there are fewer positive responses when combining “Quite a Bit” and “Very Much”
(79% in 2008 v. 72% in 2011.) However, the percentage in the highest satisfaction category increased from 34% to 41%.

Q5: How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge, skills and personal development in thinking critically and analytically? (Critical Thinking)
37%
2008
7%
18%
38%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
41%
2011
1%
14%
44%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
Analysis: There was improvement in positive responses (from 75% to 85%). Further, the number of students reporting “Very Little” impact declined from 7% to 1%. Note that in comparison to peers, NC State has historically had a significantly higher ranking in this category.
Q6: How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge, skills and personal development in understanding people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds? (Culture and Community)
2008
13%
35%
18%
34%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
2011
24%
18%
30%
28%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
Analysis: The percentage of students marking positive responses dropped from 49% to 42%. While the percentage of students in the highest category slightly increased, the percentage of students noting “Very Little” increased from 18% to 30%.

Q7: How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge, skills and personal development in developing a personal code of value and ethics? (Culture and Community)
2008
21% 18%
32%
29%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
2011
26% 16%
28%
30%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
Analysis: The percentage of students positively responding increased from 51% to 54%, including an increase of five percentage points in the highest category. However, compared to the more classic academic categories there is a high percentage of students noting little impact in this area of ethics.
Q8: How much has your experience at this college contributed to your knowledge, skills and personal development in contributing to the welfare of your community? (Culture and Communit
18%
12%
27%
43%
2008
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
2011
21%
13%
27%
39%
Very little
Some
Quite a bit
Very much
Analysis: There was slight change in students noting positive responses (increased from 30% to 34%).
Conversely, 27% of students responding “Very Little” impact in this area of community involvement. Keep in mind that in 2011, only one of the eight sections selected represented a public service discipline.