Growth Mindset for College Students is available year-round, however, your college must register for the program each school year. In addition, students must participate during the reporting periods for their data to be included in your college’s reports. Please refer to the Program Information Packet for key program dates.
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About Ascend
- Why Ascend
- Learning Conditions in Ascend
- Ascend Eligibility & Pricing
- Ascend Demos & Webinars
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About Elevate
- Why Elevate
- Learning Conditions in Elevate
- Elevate Eligibility & Pricing
- Elevate Demos & Webinars
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Lead an Ascend Community
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Lead an Elevate Community
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Growth Mindset for 9th Graders FAQ's
- About Growth Mindset for 9th Graders
- Registration
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Cost and Eligibility
- How much does Growth Mindset for 9th Graders cost?
- Does my school qualify for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
- Can my international school participate in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
- Can Growth Mindset for 9th Graders be administered to students who are not in 9th grade?
- Is there a minimum or maximum number of students that must participate in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
- Do we need IRB approval to participate in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
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Program Implementation
- What are the expectations of faculty/staff facilitating Growth Mindset for 9th Graders in their classes?
- How should schools describe Growth Mindset for 9th Graders to students?
- When can students participate in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
- Where are my participation codes for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
- Do students have to complete Growth Mindset for 9th Graders in one sitting?
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Data & Reports
- Can I get a list of students who have completed Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
- How can I access data describing the impact of Growth Mindset for 9th Graders at my school?
- Why didn’t I receive an impact report for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
- What type of data does PERTS collect for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders and why?
- Do schools participating in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders have to provide PERTS with follow-up data?
- Can I use data from Growth Mindset for 9th Grades for my research?
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Growth Mindset for College Students FAQ's
- About Growth Mindset for College Students
- Registration
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Cost and Eligibility
- How much does this program cost?
- Does my college qualify for Growth Mindset for College Students?
- Can my international school participate in Growth Mindset for College Students?
- Can Growth Mindset for College Students be administered to students in a graduate or professional program at my college?
- Can Growth Mindset for College Students be administered to students who are not in college?
- Is there a minimum or maximum number of students that must participate in Growth Mindset for College Students?
- Do we need IRB approval to participate in Growth Mindset for College Students?
- Can I implement both Social-Belonging and Growth Mindset for College Students?
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Program Implementation
- What are expectations of faculty/staff facilitating Growth Mindset for College Students with students in their classes?
- How should schools describe Growth Mindset for College Students to students?
- When can students participate in Growth Mindset for College Students?
- Where is my college’s participation code for Growth Mindset for College Students?
- Do students have to complete Growth Mindset for College Students in one sitting?
- Should we provide students incentives to participate in Growth Mindset for College Students (e.g. a $5 gift card, entry to a raffle)?
- How do I know a student has given me a valid completion code for Growth Mindset for College Students?
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Data & Reports
- How can I access data describing the impact of Growth Mindset for College Students at my college?
- Can I get a list of students who have completed Growth Mindset for College Students?
- Why didn’t I receive an impact report for Growth Mindset for College Students?
- What type of data does PERTS collect for Growth Mindset for College Students and why?
- Do colleges participating in Growth Mindset for College Students have to provide PERTS with follow-up data?
- Can I use data from Growth Mindset for College Students for my research?
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Social-Belonging for College Students FAQ's
- About Social-Belonging for College Students
- Registration
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Cost and Eligibility
- How much does Social-Belonging for College Students cost?
- Does my college qualify for Social-Belonging for College Students?
- Can my international school participate in Social-Belonging for College Students?
- Can Social-Belonging for College Students be administered to students at two-year or community colleges?
- Can Social-Belonging for College Students be administered to students at women’s or men’s colleges (i.e. colleges that are not co-ed)?
- Can Social-Belonging for College Students be administered to 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year students at my college?
- Is there a minimum or maximum number of students that must participate in Social-Belonging for College Students?
- Do we need IRB approval to participate in Social-Belonging for College Students?
- Can I implement both Social-Belonging and Growth Mindset for College Students?
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Program Implementation
- How should colleges describe Social-Belonging for College to students?
- When should colleges offer Social-Belonging for College Students to students?
- When can students participate in Social-Belonging for College Students?
- Where is my college’s participation code for Social-Belonging for College Students?
- How do I know a student has given me a valid completion code for Social-Belonging for College Students?
- Do students have to complete Social-Belonging for College Students in one sitting?
- Should we provide students incentives to participate in Social-Belonging for College Students (e.g. a $5 gift card, entry to a raffle)?
- How should colleges invite students to participate in the Social-Belonging for College Students?
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Data & Reports
- Can I get a list of students who have completed Social-Belonging for College Students?
- How can I access data describing the impact of Social-Belonging for College Students at my college?
- Why didn’t I receive an impact report for Social-Belonging for College Students?
- What type of data does PERTS collect for Social-Belonging for College Students and why?
- Can I use data from Social-Belonging for College Students for my research?
- Do colleges participating in Social-Belonging for College Students have to provide PERTS with follow-up data?
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Privacy, Security & Terms of Use
- Policy & Terms
- Student Privacy & Anonymity
- Educator Privacy & Communication
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Program Set Up & Participation Monitoring
- Registration
- Communities
- Members (People & Permissions)
- Classes and Rosters
- Schedules
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Student Survey
- What are students asked on the survey?
- Why can’t a student access the survey?
- How can I preview the survey?
- What accessibility features are available in the survey?
- Is the Elevate survey available in Spanish or other languages?
- Can I edit or select a subset of survey questions in Elevate?
- How do I administer the survey to my students?
- What about survey fatigue with students?
- Do the surveys collect any qualitative data?
- How can I be sure students understand the questions?
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Participation
- How to use the Community Participation Dashboard
- How do I maximize student participation?
- How do I know which students completed the survey?
- How do I obtain a more representative sample of survey respondents?
- How do I check which instructors gave the survey?
- What’s a good response rate?
- How to use the Network Participation Dashboard
- Networks
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Reports
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Report Basics
- What do reports include?
- How do I use my report?
- How do I access and share reports?
- Help! I can’t find my reports, or they didn’t update.
- How are data calculated in reports?
- Why are there missing values?
- How are responses to negatively worded questions displayed, where “agree” means students are having a negative experience? (e.g. “Sometimes I feel like I don’t belong.”)
- What do we do with missing data (when students skip a survey)?
- What does “structurally disadvantaged race” mean in the report tables and bar graphs?
- What does “high financial stress” mean in Ascend?
- What does "rated positively" mean, and why is it used?
- For Target Group counts, what do you mean by “in some classes”?
- How is # of respondents calculated?
- How is percent participation calculated?
- Are partial survey responses included in reports?
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How to Read Your Reports
- How to Use the Student Experience Overview
- How to Use the Equity Overview
- How to Use the Participation by Subpopulation Table
- How to Use the Survey Fidelity Table
- How to Use the Student Experience by Survey Graph
- How to Use the Results by Subpopulation Graph
- How to Use the Student Experience by Community Table
- How to Use the Equity Summary by Community Table in Network Reports
- How do I see results for each Survey Cycle?
- Data Disaggregation in Reports
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Report Basics
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Updates
- Release Notes