Enriching Educational Experiences 2009
The following responses were provided by 669 randomly selected Santa Clara University first-year (FY) and senior students on the 2009 NSSE Survey
How often do students have serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity than their own?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Often |
37% |
25% |
30% |
27% |
How often have students had serious conversations with students who are very different from then in terms of religious beliefs, political opinions or personal values?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Often |
38% |
27% |
33% |
28% |
How many students said they did community service or volunteer work?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Done |
41% |
39% |
76% |
59% |
How many students said they participated in a learning community ?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Done |
46% |
18% |
55% |
26% |
How many students said they have had done foreign language coursework?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Done |
26% |
21% |
73% |
41% |
How many students said they said they were planning to or have studied abroad?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Plan to Do or Have Done |
65% |
45% |
46% |
24% |
How many students have said they planned to or had a culminating* senior experience?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Plan to Do or Have Done |
73% |
50% |
88% |
64% |
How much encouraging contact did students report having with different economic, social or ethnic backgrounds?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Much |
33% |
25% |
28% |
21% |
How much understanding did students say they developed of other racial and ethnic backgrounds?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Much |
24% |
24% |
24% |
24% |
How much development of a personal code of values and ethics did students report having?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Much |
33% |
25% |
41% |
28% |
How much development of a 'deepened sense of spirituality' did students report going though?
| Response |
Santa Clara FY Students |
NSSE 2008 |
Santa Clara Seniors |
NSSE 2008 |
| Very Much |
19% |
17% |
18% |
14% |
Notes
- *culminating refers to a capstone course, senior project or thesis, comprehensive exam
