Global Student Engagement Policy Insights and International Research Perspectives

Drawing together major global studies from leading researchers, this book presents novel results, ideas, and developments from the world’s largest collaborative study of student engagement in higher education. It builds insight into contemporary higher education practice, policy, and research. The chapters are written by experts who lead student engagement research in nine diverse countries in Asia Pacific, North and South America, Europe and Africa. The book presents analysis, results, benchmark data, and case studies. It deep-dives into research programs, analytical capabilities, empirical situations, and development trajectories. The book updates earlier publications and charts emerging perspectives and development opportunities. The research contributions are for students of higher education, as well as for policymakers, advisors, and university administrators. Higher education practitioners and leaders around the world will enjoy this book.

Part I: Introduction1. Charting research on student engagementHamish Coates et al.2. Engaging perspectives and insightsHamish Coates and Xi GaoPart II: Development and research3. CCSS and student engagement in China: From an academic concept to institutional practices and policy implicationsFei Guo, Xi Gao, Ji Yang and Jinghuan Shi4.Student engagement in research and practice in KoreaSang Hoon Bae, Su Youn Byoun and Song Ie Han5. A retrograde analysis of Chile’s student engagement hypothesisPete LeihyPart III: Case study contexts6. Engagement with learning and the development of skills in United Kingdom students: Findings from the UK Engagement SurveyJonathan Neves and Jason Leman7. Using the Irish Survey of Student Engagement to understand the impact of COVID-19 on first-year undergraduate studentsSiobhán Nic Fhlannchadha, Janice Lau and Brian Stanley8. Proving student competence in South Africa: A closer look at the student experienceFrancois Strydom and Sonja Loots9. Quality of interaction and environment support as perceived by first-year students in IndonesiaPaulus Insap SantosaPart IV: Applications and offshoots10. The well-travelled (bumpy) road to using NSSE dataJudith Ouimet11. Constructing higher education with students as partners in learning and teachingKelly E. Matthews12. Progressing perspectives and innovationsHamish Coates and Xi Gao

Hamish Coates is a Tenured Professor at Tsinghua University’s Institute of Education, and Director of the Higher Education Research Division. Xi Gao is a doctoral student at Tsinghua University’s Institute of Education. Fei Guo is an Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University’s Institute of Education. Jinghuan Shi is a Professor and the Chair of the Academic Committee of the Institute of Education, and the Director of the Research Center for the Assessment of College and Student Development,Tsinghua University.