How Effective are the NSSE Benchmarks in Predicting Important Educational Outcomes?

Ernest T. Pascarella is a professor and the Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education at the University of Iowa, where he also co-directs the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education. His work focuses on the impact of college on students. Tricia A. Seifert is an assistant professor in the higher education group at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include identifying postsecondary educational experiences and contexts that foster student success. Charles Blaich is the director of the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College. He taught at Eastern Illinois University from 1987–1991 and moved to Wabash College in 1991, becoming director of the center in 2002. This research was supported by a generous grant from the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College to the Center for Research on Undergraduate Education at the University of Iowa. How Effective are the NSSE Benchmarks