Collaborative Storytelling with National Survey of Student Engagement Data

Session Abstract: Collaboration among stakeholders regarding data and assessment continues to be key priority of institutional research, educators and administrative leaders. Although many practices support collaboration, including data sharing, relationships, and communication, recent efforts to humanize survey data through person-centered analytic approaches, involving students in interpretation, and blending quantitative and qualitative data, offer new opportunities for collaboration and better storytelling with survey data. In this session, we will discuss novel approaches to collaboration among IR, faculty and student affairs on NSSE data and effective ways to blend quantitative and qualitative results, data visualizations, and use AI-sentiment analysis to bridge the gap between abstract numbers and lived student experiences. Participants will learn about effective approaches to collaboration and storytelling with NSSE data and exchange ideas about what they could try in their own practice.

Keywords: Collaboration, data storytelling, NSSE, human-centered assessment