About the BCSSE
A national survey conducted by the Center
for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, the BCSSE provides information about incoming college students' experiences in high school as well as their expectations about participating in educationally effective activities during their first year of college. Students respond to questions about how they spent their time in high school and the activities in which they expect to participate during their first year of college. The BCSSE is designed to match the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which allows institutions to examine how incoming students' expectations relate to students' actual behaviors in college.
A full version of the BCSSE questionnaire can be found on the BCSSE website.
BCSSE Questionnaire: http://bcsse.iub.edu/survey_instruments.cfm
The BCSSE sample includes incoming first-years students on the Oxford campus. Miami University participated in the BCSSE in 2004 and 2008.
Select BCSSE Results for Miami University
If you would like results or analyses not available here, please email institutionalresearch@muohio.edu.
Assessment Briefs using BCSSE Results
Through the Eyes of a First-Year Student: Incoming Students' Expectations about College (Brief #46, Oct. 1, 2009)
Incoming Students' Expectations about College-Level Work (Brief #5, Feb. 11, 2005)