A benchmark survey that is growing in popularity among students looking at colleges is the National Survey of Student Engagement. It’s a way to compare educational practices at different schools by using the same ‘measuring stick.’ NSSE (pronounced "nessie") attempts to go beyond college rankings by asking students about their level of engagement during their first year and senior year in college. Students are asked a variety of questions developed to measure their experiences while attending the institution. Coordinated by Indiana University at Bloomington and co-sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Pew Forum on Undergraduate Education, NSSE polled over 560,000 students at 473 colleges nationwide in 2004.

Milligan's overall performance in areas of student engagement, as measured by NSSE, shows that Milligan students are more engaged and have more evidence of student-faculty interaction than most colleges.

How Milligan ranks in the five key benchmark areas:

• Academic Challenge
• Active and Collaborative Learning
• Student-Faculty Interaction
• Enriching Educational Experiences
• Supportive Campus Environment

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