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<p>Please find below MCLA 2016 NSSE response rates. We offered three $100 cash prices to individuals that completed it by a set date.</p>
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<p>Freshmen = 38%</p>
<p>Seniors = 51%<br>
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<font face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><b>Jason Canales</b><br>
<i>Institutional Research Analyst</i><br>
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net <coplac-ir-bounces@lists.onenet.net> on behalf of Asher, Nancy <nasher@truman.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 3, 2016 5:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> coplac-ir@lists.onenet.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [COPLAC-IR] NSSE response rates & incentives?</font>
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Hi Everyone!</p>
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Truman is trying to decide whether to attempt to increase response rates on the NSSE by offering an incentive or maintain the status quo if our response rates are similar to the other COPLAC schools. Would you please provide me with your institution’s last
2 NSSE administration response rates for freshmen and seniors? And if you offer an incentive to your students to participate, would you also tell me your incentive?</p>
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Truman’s response rates without an incentive have been:</p>
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Freshmen Seniors</p>
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2016 35% 29%</p>
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2015 33% 27%</p>
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Thanks,</p>
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Nancy</p>
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Nancy Asher</p>
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Director of Testing and Reporting and Associate Budget Officer</p>
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Truman State University</p>
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Assessment & Testing Office</p>
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660-785-4140</p>
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fax: 660-785-4332</p>
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<a href="mailto:nasher@truman.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:blue">nasher@truman.edu</span></a></p>
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