National study puts University among best U.S. colleges

The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is the most comprehensive assessment of effective practices in higher education. It is co-sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Pew Forum on Undergraduate Learning.

Seniors’ responses put Maharishi University of Management among the top bachelor’s and master’s institutions nationally in NSSE’s “benchmarks of effective educational practice,” based on data from a total of 135,000 students at 613 schools, surveyed between 2000 and 2002.

The results for Maharishi University of Management:

• Top 3% — Active and collaborative learning
• Top 7% — Student-faculty interaction
• Top 4% — Enriching educational experiences
• Top 8% — Supportive campus environment
• Top 26% — Level of academic challenge

	Understanding yourself
	Understanding people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds
	Asked questions in class or contributed to class discussions
	Made a class presentation
	Developing a personal code of values and ethics
	Contributing to the welfare of your community
	Environment encourages contact among students from different backgrounds
	Environment helps you cope with your non-academic responsibilities
	Independent study or self-designed major
	Learning effectively on your own
	Had conversations with students who differ from you in terms of values
	Quality of relationships with other students
	Culminating senior experience
	Used an electronic medium to discuss or complete an assignment
	Put together ideas or concepts from different courses
	Received prompt feedback from faculty on your academic performance
	Discussed grades or assignments with an instructor