School Support

The MSL team offers a range of support services to assist you across all phases of the study:

Before Data Collection

Kick–off Meeting

This 60–minute conference call with your designated School Coordinator is your orientation to MSL and a forum for your questions about the study. After your school enrolls, you will receive a meeting agenda and a link to the School Guide.

School Coordinator

CSS will appoint a dedicated School Coordinator to assist you in preparing for data collection. These individuals liaise with three principal investigators, two research teams, and the resources of CSS—so they are equipped to answer any questions you might have.

School Coordinators welcome you to MSL with the Kick–off Meeting and offer continued support by supplying you with:

  • Answers to your questions
  • Information about MSL protocol
  • Updates as new information emerges
    • Assistance in making informed choices
  • Reminders about deadlines for project task submission
  • Suggestions to enhance the value of participation

School Coordinators are dedicated to understanding your needs. They will work closely with you to customize MSL for your campus.

MSL School Guide and MSL EXCHANGE

After you enroll, you will have full access to the MSL School Guide. This comprehensive resource will walk you through all phases of the study. It features a collection of resources—such as progress reports, data, questionnaires, and templates—to streamline the work of participation. MSL EXCHANGE is the document–exchange portion of the site. It facilitates the instant, secure, paperless transmission of important documents.

During Data Collection

Respondent Support

CSS personnel provide comprehensive support to MSL participants. This service spares you the burden of addressing technical concerns and user issues.

Survey Reporting

CSS manages a portal site to that provides daily updates on response and completion rates while MSL is fielding. By monitoring this information, you may address a low response rate before the data–collection period ends. You may respond proactively to low response rates, ensuring that potential issues are recognized and resolved before they jeopardize data quality.

After Data Collection

Executive Summary

In addition to your raw institutional data and national statistics, you will receive a customized report synthesizing your school’s data. This executive summary highlights unique institutional type and findings and compares student outcomes on your campus with those of similar institutions across the nation.

Webinar

This teleconference with the MSL team will familiarize you with the data–reporting format. You will learn to read and interpret your results. You will also receive suggestions for performing future analysis on your raw data. By performing additional, custom analyses, you will get the most from your enrollment.

MSL User’s Group

These half–day sessions at the 2010 NASPA and ACPA conferences will train MSL 2010 participants in how to understand and implement their data—with an emphasis on both practical application and further analysis.

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Latest News

Enrollment Still Open Through October!

October 2011 Enrollment for MSL 2012 is still open! Schools may enroll through the month of October. To learn more about the benefits of participating, please go HERE. To enroll now, please fill out our Enrollment Survey.

STEM School Coalition Started for MSL 2012

Summer 2011 The STEM Coalition will allow for powerful benchmarking of learning outcomes and critical college experiences. Participating campuses will be provided direct comparisons between an individual school, the set of coalition schools, and national normative data..

Catholic Schools Coalition Expands Significantly for 2012 MSL

Summer 2011 Registration for the 2012 MSL is currently underway and 16 Catholic schools have already registered with another 14 institutions actively considering participation. The MSL Catholic Schools coalition formed in 2009 and collects data together every three years. This provides a rich, shared dataset that allows for benchmarking with other Catholic institutions as well as the ability to differentiate results based on affiliation (e.g., Jesuit, Dominican).

MSL Announces New Three Year Research Cycle

6.8.2011 MSL research advisory board has committed to a new strategic plan for the future of this study - a three year research cycle - 2012/2015/2018.

Recent Publication

March/April 2011 Article based on MSL data now available examining leadership across US and Mexican cultures published in the Journal of College Student Development.

Recent Publication

March/April 2011 Article based on MSL data now available! Published in the Journal of College Student Development.

Recent Publication

Spring 2011 The 2nd edition of The Handbook For Student Leadership Development, is published.

Measuring Quality Inventory

4.28.2010 MSL has been included in the Measuring Quality Inventory, an online inventory of resources designed to assist higher education faculty and staff in the challenging task of assessing academic and support programs as well as institutional effectiveness, more broadly.

MSL Co-PI Honored by NASPA

3.11.2010 NASPA announced an award named in honor of MSL's Co-PI. The Susan R. Komives Student Leadership Researcher Award will be awarded annually by the Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community.

MSL Receives NASPA Award

3.11.2010 MSL received the 2010 Spotlight of the Year Award from the NASPA Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community at the 2010 annual conference in Chicago.

Student Leadership Research Award

1.28.2010 John P. Dugan is the first recipient of the "Student Leadership Research Award" presented by the NASPA Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community.

ILA Board Appointment

10.13.2009 Susan R. Komives has recently been appointed to the Board of the International Leadership Association (ILA).

Example Custom Report

8.10.2009 An example of the complete MSL custom report is now available for download.

Recent Publication

7.1.2009 NCLP partner Jossey-Bass has recently published a book on leadership by MSL PI Susan Komives and research team member Wendy Wagner. Leadership for a Better World: Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership Development is available to NCLP members at a 20% discount.

MSL 2012 Timeline

May 31 and June 30, 2011

Early enrollment and payment deadlines

October, 2011

Final enrollment deadline

July - December, 2011

Schools prepare for data collection

January - April, 2012

Data collection

Summer, 2012

School reports distributed

View the full MSL Timeline »