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Systems, institutions and researchers in Canada started using the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) in 2004. This chapter begins with a brief review of the postsecondary education sector in Canada. It discusses the introduction of NSSE and how it came to be administered by the majority of university-level education providers. Harvesting insights from rich data, the chapter describes the main findings of the initial engagement surveys and samples, and reactions of the various stakeholders, including a suite of research projects, which flowed from these reactions. The chapter concludes by speculating on the future developments of NSSE in Canada.
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Norrie, K., Conway, C. (2014). A Canadian Perspective on Student Engagement. In: Coates, H., McCormick, A. (eds) Engaging University Students. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-63-7_3
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