Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE)

The FSSE (pronounced “fessie”) is a comprehensive, longitudinal survey, administered by the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement team at Indiana University. This survey gathers information from instructional staff perceptions and expectations regarding student learning and development. For more information about FSSE at Loyola, please see below or contact survey@loyola.edu. Otherwise, learn more about the related National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which is administered to students at the same time as when the FSSE is administered to faculty.

Loyola regularly participates in the FSSE, typically every three years (e.g., 2012, 2015, 2018). FSSE was not administered in 2021 due to COVID. In March 2024, all instructional faculty who teach undergraduate courses (as of fall 2023 census) at Loyola will be invited to participate in FSSE. Your responses will inform and support evidence-based practice, decision-making, benchmarking, and strategic planning for continuous improvement of the undergraduate educational experience at Loyola.

• To take the survey, click on your survey link in your email invitations from "FSSE Survey" (noreply@qualtrics-survey.com), scheduled to go out on the following dates:
  • Invitation: Tuesday, March 19
  • Reminder #1: Monday, March 25
  • Reminder #2: Thursday, March 28
  • Final Reminder: Wednesday, April 3
• Learn more about the FSSE.
• See results below from previous FSSE administrations at Loyola.

The FSSE has a set of base survey questions. View the FSSE Main Survey website to view details about the current and previous versions.

In addition to the FSSE’s base survey questions, Loyola has generally also requested faculty to respond to other question sets. See those additional question sets below, by administration year.

• 2018
  • Consortium Question Set: Catholic Colleges & Universities
• 2024
  • Topical Module: Inclusiveness and Engagement with Cultural Diversity
  • Consortium Question Set: Catholic Colleges & Universities

Loyola's FSSE Snapshot Reports

• 2012 - snapshot report-type not provided by FSSE yet
• 2015
• 2018
• 2021 - not administered due to COVID
• 2024 - expected fall 2024

Additional result reporting is under development.