Student Success Assessment - Pilot Data

Project description: This two-year research project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (funding number: IMLS LG-252338-OLS-22), develops assessment tools to capture the undergraduate students’ academic engagement including library use, psychological factors, and their own academic success. It explores how students define success, the library’s role in their achievement, and factors correlating with GPA.

The Student Academic Engagement and Success (SAES) Survey and the eight-week Online Journals (OWJ) were developed and tested during the Year 1 pilot phase at UIC in Spring 2023. The SAES survey, a one-time survey conducted in Jan–Feb with a 25% random undergraduate sample (N = 4,870), received 426 responses. The OWJ, conducted from March to May with SAES participants, had 64 of 77 compensated students complete all eight weeks.

Required software: SPSS or Excel

Downloads: Datasets (SPSS, and Excel), codebooks 

Data analysis: Details on how data can be analyzed, please refer to the publications:

• Scoulas, J. M., De Groote, S. L., Shotick, K., & Osorio, N. L. (2024). A holistic approach to understanding undergraduates: Campus engagement, library use and psychological factors. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 50(5), 102936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102936
• Scoulas, J. M., Shotick, K., De Groote, S. L., & Osorio, N. L. (2025). From grades to growth: Understanding undergraduate perceptions of academic success. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 51(1), 102982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102982

Assessment tools (survey instruments): Refer to 

• Scoulas, Jung Mi; De Groote, Sandra; Shotick, Kimberly; Osorio, Nestor (2024). Student Success Data and Codebooks. University of Illinois at Chicago. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25417/uic.c.7241047

Instructional Videos: https://libscholar.digital.uic.edu/assessment-tools/recordings/

Questions about dataset, please contact at assessmenttools@uic.edu

Funding: IMLS LG-252338-OLS-22 (https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-252338-ols-22)