RALEIGH (Aug. 17, 2007) – For the sixth year in a row, Peace College has earned top-ranking evaluations in the National Survey of Student Engagement.

Ratings by Peace College seniors placed the college in the top 10 percent in all five categories of the National Survey of Student Engagement, which surveyed 316,000 students at 610 four-year colleges and universities around the country. Survey results were released to participating schools this month.

“The results from the NSSE survey demonstrate once again that the Peace College experience is one that strongly engages students,” said Peace College President Laura Bingham. “The data show that our students and faculty create substantive learning collaborations that help our students prepare for their careers and for meaningful lives.”

The NSSE results are intended to give participating schools feedback from students concerning their learning environments, how well they are learning and what they are getting out of their undergraduate experiences.

The 2007 NSSE results were consistent with results from the previous five years that put Peace College at the top ranks among all participating schools in several survey categories. In this year’s survey, seniors’ evaluations placed Peace College in the top 10 percent in all five NSSE categories: student-faculty interaction, supportive campus environment, active and collaborative learning, level of academic challenge and enriching educational experiences. First-year students’ evaluations placed Peace in the top 10 percent in three categories: student-faculty interaction, enriching educational experiences and supportive campus environment.

NSSE provided Peace College with data that allows comparisons to students’ responses at other women’s colleges, liberal arts colleges and all other colleges and universities that took part in the survey. Those data demonstrated that Peace seniors rated their experiences at Peace in all five categories higher than did students at the other women’s colleges, liberal arts colleges and the co-educational colleges that took part in the survey.

NSSE's 2007 annual report is sponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. More information about the NSSE report is available at the organization's web site: http://nsse.iub.edu.

Located in the heart of downtown Raleigh, Peace is a four-year liberal arts and sciences college for women. For more information about the educational opportunities available to women at Peace College, visit the Peace web site – www.peace.edu.