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The suggested ―data collection initiative‖ is what has become known as the
National Survey of Student Engagement, or NSSE (NSSE, n.d.). The Pew Charitable
Trusts charged the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
(NCHEMS) with essentially the development of the entire survey project, from constructing the instrument, to creating a strategy for a pilot administration of the survey.
The NCHEMS put together a design team to develop a survey instrument. The design team consisted of several experts in higher education research in the areas of student involvement, student engagement, student development, and survey research. Some of the experts included on the team were Alexander Astin, George Kuh, Arthur