Data & AssessmentSummary Report

Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College 

2017-18

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INTRODUCTION

01 STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS

02 EMPLOYEE DEMOGRAPHICS

03 RETENTION RATES

04 2018 GRADUATE SURVEY

05 SENSE SURVEY

06 CO-CURRICULAR ASSESSMENT

07 ICAT SURVEY

08 CCSSE SURVEY

09 ADDITIONAL DATA EFFORTS

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Successful students atNueta Hidatsa SahnishCollege are proud oftheir culture(s) andproject self-confidence. Successful NHSCstudents are motivated,disciplined, goal-oriented, and financially-literate.  SuccessfulNHSC students areeffective communicatorswith success plans fortheir daily lives andfutures.  

Degree completion toemployment, onesuccessful semester at atime.  

This statement was created for thestudents and by the students in Spring 2018in order to define success and support thatan education is more than a major and apiece of paper.   

Helping ourstudentsachieve, onedream at atime...

Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC)was tribally chartered by the ThreeAffiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa,Arikara) on the Fort BertholdReservation in 1973.  The College’s maincampus is located in New Town, NorthDakota but has satellite classrooms infour of the five other segments on thereservation: White Shield, Parshall,Mandaree, and Twin Buttes.  TheCollege was formerly known as FortBerthold Community College, but waschanged via a Tribal Business Councilresolution on March 27, 2015 to moreappropriately reflect the culture of theMandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribalmembers.

NHSC was first granted accreditation onFebruary 12, 1988 via the HigherLearning Commisison (HLC) and hascontinued its accreditation.  NHSC was 

approved by HLC on February 21, 2011to offer three baccalaureate programs, asignificant accomplishment to facilitatestudents earning a four year degreewithout having to leave FortBerthold.  The mission and vision of theCollege has changed little since itsinception and continues to be aninspiration to the faculty and staff whostrive to make life better for theirstudents.  

INTRODUCTION

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Mission: Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College will

provide quality cultural, academic,and vocational education and

services to the Mandan, Hidatsa,and Arikara Nation.

Vision:

Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College: Adynamic presence that preservesour past and prepares us for the

future.

StudentDemographics

The NHSC 2017-18 academic year began with 228 students in the fall, coincidentally theexact 10-year fall enrollment average.  The spring semester registered 195 students, 40students below the 10-year spring enrollment average of 235 students.  Summerregistered 66 students, also below the 10-year summer enrollment average of 82students.    

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Fall Enrollment = 228 Average = 228 students Spring Enrollment = 195 Average = 235 students

Summer Enrollment = 66 Average = 82 students

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In 2017-18, NHSC students were: 

64% Female 36% Male

60% Full-Time 40% Part-Time

40% Ages 22 & Under 46% Ages 23-39

14% Ages 40 & Over

81%

The percent of AmericanIndian/ Alaska Nativestudents enrolled at NHSCin 2017-18.  

At a glance:

2017-18 Student Enrollment by Race

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Percent of 2017-18 students in: 

Associate Degree Programs (72%)

Bachelor Degree Programs (10%)

Certificate Programs (7%)

Dual Credit Programs (6%)

Non-Degree Seeking (6%)

Fall 2017 Fall Majors

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Business Administration & Management (53) General Studies (45)

Human Serivces (19) Dual Credit (13)

Elementary Education AA (8)

Equine Studies (9)

Non-Degree Seeking (9)

51%

Pre-Engineering (9)

The top three programs atNHSC made up over half ofFall 2017 student majors.  

Native American Studies AA (9) At a glance:

Environmental Science BS (9)

Early Childhood Certificate (7) Welding (7)

Construction Technology (6) Elementary Education BS (6) Environmental Science BS (5)

Native American Studies BA (5) Science (4)

Marketing/ Entrepreneurship (1) Mathematics (1)

Addiction Studies (1) Administrative Assistant (1)

Early Childhood AA (1)

EmployeeDemographics

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As of August, 2018, NHSCemployed 61 full-timeemployees.  Of those:  

Full-Time Employees

64% wereFemale

36% were Male

Fun Fact!

NHSC employs five marriedcouples

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Full-Time Staff by the Numbers

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Full-Time Employeesemployed for morethan 10 years

20 employed for 0-1 years

21 employed for 2-5 years 7 employed for 6-9 years

Ethnicity

 Department

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Full-Time Employeeshave doctoral degrees

18 have Masters Degrees

12 have Baccalaureate Degrees

American Indian/ Alaska Native (34) White (19)

Black/ African American (7) Asian (1)

Academics (34) Campus Services (11)

Student Services (8) Business Office (4)

President's Office (4)

RetentionRates

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Retention, persistence, completion,and graduation are important termsin higher education.  NHSC isworking to clean its data and todevelop reports to accurately andprecisely measure these rates.  

Retention vs.Persistence 

According to the National Centerfor Education Statistics, "retentionis an institutional measure andpersistence is a student measure." NHSC currently does not measurestudent persistence, as it does nottrack transfer students yet. However, future enrollment in theNational Student Clearinghousemay allow NHSC to collect data onstudents who leave NHSC to pursuetheir degree.  

Completion vs.Graduation

According to MN Private Colleges,completion rates are a measure ofhow many students earned a degreein a period of time at the sameinstitution.  Graduation rates arelower because they look at a cohortof entering students and considerhow many of them stayed at thatinstitution and earned a degree. Students who stop-out, drop-out, ortransfer lower the graduation rate. NHSC has not typicallydifferentiated between the two ratesin the past.  This report containsneither completion, nor graduationrates, but the College aims toimprove methodology of datacollection for the 2018-19 report.

     

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Fall to Spring Retention Average = 57.0%

Fall to Fall Retention Average = 33.8%

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Retention Rates from Fall 2010 toFall 2017

"The faculty I havehad the pleasure oflearning from gave

me a sense of familythat I haven't felt

anywhere else in along time."  

-2018 graduate survey

2018 GraduateSurvey

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Each year, graduates complete a survey with their graduation application.  In 2018, 22students completed the survey.

63% Female

39% Male

63%  TAT Members

27% Aged 19-24

“I LOVED TAKINGHISTORY OF THE TATBECAUSE I LEARNED ALOT ABOUT HOW LIFEWAS AND WHERE I CAMEFROM.”

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more if... ...there were more activities and if

more students were involved.   ...if NHSC offered more classes. ...if NHSC offered four year degrees.

...if the Business Office wasn't sohard to deal with.

...if there was on-campus childcare. ...if degrees didn't keep changing.

...if there were more sports activities.

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Degrees Earned (22 Total)

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Environmental Science, BS

Native American Studies, BA

Construction Tech, Certificate

General Studies, AA

Welding, Certificate

Native American Studies, AA

Early Childhood, AA

Business Administration, AA

Graduates were asked to rank the following statements from 1 (stronglydisagree) to 4 (strongly agree).   

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NHSC provided quality student support services. (3.73)

My experience at NHSC enables me to meet the challenges of life on or off the reservation. (3.14)

NHSC provided quality retention and success counseling to its students. (3.36)

NHSC provided "out of class" activities such as: guest speakers, special presentations, powwows, and field trips;   Enabling me to understand the history, culture, and future of Native American society. (2.0)

While at NHSC I developed leadership skills that will benefit my community and the Three AffiliatedTribes. (2.68)  

My education at NHSC helped me to learn the culture and languages of the Three Affiliated Tribes. (3.14)

NHSC provided quality advising to its students. (3.59)

NHSC provided quality preparation for my education goals and career objectives. (3.45)

NHSC integrated cultural aspects of the Three Affiliated Tribes into its curriculum. (3.32)

I developed skills and obtained knowledge that I did not have prior to attending college. (3.36)

"Students are lookingfor sports, dorms,

transportation,money, andfunding."  

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SENSE  Survey

Fall 2017 SENSE, the Survey of Entering Student Engagement, is designed to provide a clear picture of both

student behaviors in the earliest weeks of college and the institutional practices that affectstudents during this critical time.  

The following results show how NHSC compares to all other colleges who participated in the surveyduring the 3-year cohort (2015-2017) and how NHSC compares against the top-performing collegesof the cohort.  

The SENSE benchmarks are groups of conceptually related survey items/questions that addresskey ares of entering student engagement.   

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Early Connections

A strong, earlyconnection to

someone at thecollege.  

High Expectations  and Aspirations

Perception of clear,high expectationsfrom college staff

and faculty

Effective Track to Readiness

Effective assessmentand placement into

courses andstrategies for

support

Clear Academic Plan and Pathway

Assistance in settingacademic goals and a

plan for achievingthem

Engaged Learning

Instructionalapproaches thatfoster engaged

learning

Academic and SocialSupport Network

Personal networksthat enable students

to obtaininformation about

college services

NHSC

SENSE Cohort

Top-Performing Colleges

Effective Track to  College Readiness

Academic and Social Support Network

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High Expectations and Aspirations

Clear Academic  Plan and Pathway

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Co-CurricularAssessment

The NHSC co-curricular programsstrive to meet the College'sInstitutional Learning Outcomes toenhance the educational experience ofthe students.  The co-curricularassessment is completed annually andevaluates the  following co-curricularactivities:

 - All Chief's Society  - American Indian Business Leaders

    (AIBL)  - AIHEC Annual Conference

 - American Indian Science &     Engineering Society (AISES)  - Athletics

 - Horse Nation  - Student Senate

 - Writer's Conference

NHSC Institutional Learning Outcomes:     1. Students will develop critical

thinking skills.       2. Students will be able to clearly

communicate both orally and in writing.     3. Students will effectively utilize

quantitative reasoning, scientificmethods and technology.

    4. Students will acquire intellectualconcepts and dispositions that enablethem to live and contribute as active andsuccessful tribally educated participantsin a diverse and global society.

   5. Students will have an awareness ofemotional, mental, physical, social, andspiritual wellness.

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"I have presented research onmultiple occasions and that

helped me communicate moreclearly each time.  "

"I have metand dealt with

a bunch ofother peoplewith different

personalities."

ILO 1: Students will develop critical thinking skills.

ILO 2. Students will be able to clearly communicate bothorally and in writing.

ILO 3. Students will effectively utilize quantitative reasoning,scientific methods and technology.

ILO 4. Students will acquire intellectual concepts anddispositions that enable them to live and contribute as activeand successful tribally educated participants in a diverse andglobal society.

ILO 5. Students will have an awareness of emotional, mental,physical, social, and spiritual wellness.

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ICAT Survey

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The Institutional CapacityAssessment Tool (ICAT) wasadministered to 58 NHSC employeesand Board of Directors members inSpring 2017 as part of the Achievethe Dream (ATD) participation.  Theresults were utilized by the ATDteam to put focus on whereimprovement efforts should bemade.  

The survey allowed employees tomark "I don't know" for any questionor topic with which they wereunfamiliar. The results here aresurface; the ICAT report gives muchmore detail, per question, per role,and per answer - especially to the "Idon't know" answers.     

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Level 3

Level 4

Levels Key

Minimal level of capacity in placewith a clear need to build strength

Moderate level of capacityestablished

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Strong level of capacity in place

Exemplary level of capacity inplace

Leadership & Vision (3.0)

Teaching & Learning (2.9)

Policies & Practices (2.8)

Data & Technology (2.5)

Equity (2.7)

Engagement & Communication (2.8)

Strategy & Planning (2.8)

NHSCscored

Level 3 inall areas.

CCSSE Survey

Spring 2018 CCSSE, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement groups conceptually related survey

items that address key areas of student engagement.  The five benchmarks denote areas thateducational research has shown to be important to students' college experiences and educationaloutcomes. 

Students completed this survey in the Spring.  The results show how NHSC compared to all othercolleges who participated in the survey during the 2-year cohort (2017-2018) and how NHSCcompared against the top-performing colleges of the cohort.  

 

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Active and  Collaborative Learning

Active involvementand opportunities to

collaborate withothers to solve

problems

Student Effort

Students' ownbehaviors

contributing to theirsuccess

Student-Faculty Interaction

Increasedinteractions with

instructors lead toincreased learning

Academic Challenge

Challengingintellectual andcreative work

Support for  Learners

Higher studentperformances result

from positiverelationships and

support

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Student Effort

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NHSC  Full-Time

Students

Top-Performing  Colleges

100% of NHSCfaculty feel

students can learnall material being

presented and canchange their basic

intelligence.

Additional DataEfforts

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President's Lunches

Each semester, Dr. Twyla Bakerinvites all students to have lunchwith her and discuss issues atNHSC from a student perspective. Dr. Baker has an open door policy,but also enjoys the open forumdiscussion atmosphere while diningin the NHSC Pita Ru TakaCafeteria.  

Accuplacer

Accuplacer is a test used by NHSCto accurately determine whichComposition and Math courses new

students should take at NHSC. Data from the Accuplacer examsare being collected and aggregatedand will be presented in the 2018-19 Data and Assessment SummaryReport.  

ACT-CAAP/ WorkKeys

The ACT-CAAP tests have beenutilized at NHSC for several years,but will be replaced by WorkKeysbeginning fall 2018.  Theassessments are given as pre-testsduring the students' first semesterat NSHC and as post-tests duringthe students' last semester beforegraduating.  The test assessesmath, writing usage mechanics,and rhetoric skills.  NHSC will becompiling and aggregating thescores in a way that will be moreuseful in the future.     

Kaizen Events

Kaizen Events are used at NHSC forinstitutional improvement.  AKaizen Event is a concentratedeffort that maps out a currentprocedure that has been identifiedas problematic and determineswhat steps need to be taken, bywhom, in order to improve it.  In2017-18, NHSC held two KaizenEvents, both on data.   

Course Evaluations

NHSC administers courseevaluations to its students eachsemester for every class offered. The results are shared with the VPof Academics and the faculty.  

Program Reviews

The Academic Department reviewsits programs each year duringAssessment Week.  Each AcademicProgram must prepare a reportthat is presented to and scored bythe other faculty.  The programreviews are comprehensive andcontain information such as student

learning assessment data, programcosts, graduation rates, andstudent data.  

Employee Evaluations

NHSC staff complete evaluationseach year in February with theirsupervisors, which are maintainedin Human Resources.  Facultycomplete evaluations following theacademic year, which aremaintained in the Office of the VP ofAcademics.  

SGID

Faculty utilize a Small GroupInstructional Diagnosis in one oftheir courses each year to receivefeedback from students in order toimprove their teaching.   

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