Assessment
The American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment II (NCHA)8 is a national research survey created to assist institutions of higher education collect data about their students’ habits, behaviors, and perceptions of prevalent health topics. Our Health Education Resource Office (HERO) has collected NCHA data since 2003. Data collection occurs every two years in the Spring semester when HERO staff surveys a random sample of student participants. KU’s survey results can be compared with the national dataset, which includes over 100,000 students at 153 institutions of higher education. These reports summarize the latest findings:
