NACA Campus Activities Consortium

The National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) has partnered with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) to administer the NASPA Assessment and Knowledge Consortium.

The Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study is a national student assessment that focuses on:

• Preferred means to find out about campus activities
• Student participation in various campus activities, including their level of involvement - such as whether they hold leadership positions
• Outcomes of participating in campus activities
• Perceptions of student fees
• Reasons for not participating in campus activities

The study includes a set of standard demographics questions. In addition to institution-specific data, the Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study provides comparison data for benchmarking with national averages and with peer campuses.

View the student survey questions.

Sign-up for the Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study.

Population for the Study

The population for this study is a random sample of enrolled students. Campuses have the option to survey the entire population of students or a stratified random sample of students. The sample should be stratified by class standing to ensure representation from each class year. No minors will be invited to participate in this study.

Fees

The Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study is part of the NASPA Assessment and Knowledge Consortium. Campuses may subscribe to the Consortium by clicking here: http://www.naspaconsortium.org/register/. StudentVoice Member Campuses on an annual license may participate in the Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study as part of their StudentVoice license. For information about becoming a StudentVoice Member Campus, contact info@studentvoice.com.

If your campus is not a subscribing Consortium campus or a StudentVoice Member Campus, you may opt to participate in just this student assessment at a reduced fee. The fee for campuses with less than 5000 undergraduate students is $1500. The fee for campuses with more than 5000 undergraduate students is $2000. The fee includes the administration of the survey to an unlimited number of students, data reporting tools, and access to dynamic benchmarking reports. For questions about fees, please contact info@studentvoice.com.

Sign-up for the Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study.

Timeline

Ongoing:
Enrollment in the Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study. Upon sign-up, additional information and next steps are provided to ensure a successful administration of the project on your campus.

Ongoing:
Seek Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, if required. Review a sample IRB template.

January - April:
Data collection. Institution-specific data is available in real-time.

June:
Benchmarking data is available.

FAQ

When is the deadline to register for the Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study?
Registration is ongoing. Sign-up or receive more information.

Who designed the Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study?
A working group of Campus Activities practitioners, as well as the NACA Director of Education and Research, have been instrumental in the design and review of the student assessment.

Can StudentVoice pull the sample for the student data collection?
StudentVoice is available to assist with sampling issues. If possible, please provide an e-mail file that includes the entire undergraduate population of students (both full- and part-time students). StudentVoice can then assist in pulling an appropriate and representative random sample from the list of emails.

What kind of response rate can my campus expect for the student assessment?
The typical response rate for most online assessments is between 15%-25%. Response rates can be increased in some instances by offering incentives, by sending out pre-survey e-mails letting students know when to expect the online survey, and by sending several targeted reminders to non-respondents.

What sample size is recommended for the student assessment?
We understand that your campus may have concerns about over-assessing. We will work closely with your campus to create a survey schedule and sampling plan that will work best based on any other national assessments that you are participating in. In most instances and when appropriate based on undergraduate enrollment size, we recommend a minimum sample size of 2500 students. This recommendation is based on several sampling considerations and the typical response rate to StudentVoice online surveys. If your undergraduate enrollment is less than 2500, we recommend assessing the entire population.

Why is a sample size of 2500 students recommended for the Campus Activities Consortium student survey?
Given the sampling considerations, the number of responses needed to have between 4%-5% error and a 95% confidence interval is approximately 400-600 for an infinite size population. Given the typical response rate of between 15%-25%, your campus will need to survey 2500 students in the hopes of obtaining 500 completed responses. Larger sample sizes are highly recommended – especially for larger campuses and in the instances where no other national assessments are occurring.

Is the Consortium Campus Activities and Student Involvement Study designed for undergraduate students only?
Yes, the survey is primarily designed for full- and part-time undergraduate students only. If you would like to survey graduate students, please consult with StudentVoice.

Can I view the student survey questions?
View example questions.

Is data secure?
StudentVoice is committed to maintaining the highest standards in data security. To protect information used in internet transactions (i.e., online surveys, data reports) StudentVoice uses the following security techniques and procedures: Secure login access (username and password) is required to access all data reports; information is exchanged via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) that uses 128-bit encryption; information requests must pass through multiple hardware and software security firewalls; StudentVoice’s data center is monitored 24/7 and access is restricted to authorized parties with validated key cards; data is backed up every hour internally; and data is backed up every night to a centralized backup system, with offsite backups in the event of catastrophe.

When can we begin the student data collections?
Upon institutional approval, you can begin collecting at any point. Most campuses will collect data between February and April.

Do I need to go through an institutional review board process (IRB)?
Due to the fact that your student data will become part of an aggregate dataset (your college/university data will not be identified), institutional approval will likely be necessary.