{"id":626,"date":"2024-02-09T14:19:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T20:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/president\/?page_id=626"},"modified":"2024-08-22T10:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T15:03:38","slug":"student-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/president\/strategic-direction\/strategic-plan-2023-2025\/student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Student Success Goal 1<\/h2>\n<p>Advance high-quality in-person and online instruction and educational programs to prepare students for valuable careers, economic and social mobility, and contributions to the public good.<\/p>\n<h3>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Goal Indicators<\/h3>\n<p>Design and implement a new college and department\/school organizational structure during the 2023-2024 school year that reduces overhead expenses, facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration, and showcases academic offerings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Status<\/u>: <strong>Complete<\/strong>. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ successfully reorganized into two colleges with the following nine schools:\n<ul>\n<li>Business<\/li>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<li>Humanities<\/li>\n<li>Technology, Art, and Design<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics, Computing, and Physical Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Music<\/li>\n<li>Nursing, Health, and Sport Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Social and Community Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability and Life Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u>Next Steps<\/u>: During the 2024-2025 school year, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has proposed that faculty focus on the advancement of multimodal instruction, simplified curricula, and accelerated delivery to increase enrollment capacity while enhancing preparation for future career skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Northwest Technical College Goal Indicators<\/h3>\n<p>Consolidate the current six &ldquo;core abilities&rdquo; to three and map the new framework to all academic programs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Status<\/u>: <strong>Complete<\/strong>. NTC&rsquo;s newly adopted institutional learning outcomes (or core abilities) are:\n<ul>\n<li>(a) communication &mdash; effectively communicate ideas through written, spoken, or visual formats appropriate for a target audience, social or professional context;<\/li>\n<li>(b) critical thinking &mdash; apply critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and technology skills to implement solutions; and<\/li>\n<li>(c) citizenship &mdash; demonstrate citizenship, equity, inclusion, and environmental sustainability through ethical and responsible behavior across personal, academic professional, social and society contexts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u>Next Steps<\/u>: During the 2024-2025 school year, NTC faculty and administrators will begin to assess student learning using the three new core abilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Student Success Goal 2<\/h2>\n<p>Utilize strategic enrollment management planning and guided learning pathways to enhance college and university access to students throughout Northern Minnesota and to increase student enrollment.<\/p>\n<h3>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ New In-Person Students Enrollment<\/h3>\n<p>Benchmark applications to statewide demographics for first-generation college students, students from low-income families, and students of color; analyze disaggregated application, admit, and matriculant data; and enact strategies to address equity gaps.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Status<\/u>: <strong>Complete<\/strong>. Data analysis conducted in 2023-24 will inform policy and practice changes in 2024-25.<\/li>\n<li><u>Next Steps<\/u>: Enact the proposed policy and practice changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ New Transfer and Online Student Enrollment<\/h3>\n<p>Using the same benchmarks as for in-person students, compare disaggregated application, admit, and matriculant data; enact strategies to address any equity gaps.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Status<\/u>: <strong>Complete<\/strong>. Data analysis conducted in 2023-24 will inform policy and practice changes in 2024-25.<\/li>\n<li><u>Next Steps<\/u>: Enact the proposed policy and practice changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ First-Year Student Retention<\/h3>\n<p>Disaggregated assessments for (a) orientation\/welcome, (b) mid-term alerts, (c) first-year FYE course signature assignments (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ only), (d) retention to the second semester, and (e) retention to the second year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Status<\/u>: <strong>Complete and In-Process<\/strong>. Beginning in August 2024, all students will be assigned core advisors in addition to their faculty advisors; in partnership with the new senior student affairs officer, enrollment management will enact first-year pathway experiences and assessments by Fall 2025.<\/li>\n<li><u>Next Steps<\/u>: Monitor and assess core advising and first-year experience implementation in 2024-25; adjust as needed for future years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>NTC Strategic Enrollment Management Plan<\/h3>\n<p>Implement the strategic enrollment management plan developed in collaboration with AACRAO.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Status<\/u>: <strong>Complete<\/strong>. Since implementing this strategic enrollment management plan, NTC increased its full-year equivalency enrollment by 100 from 2022-23 to 2023-24 and by another 35 from 2023-24 to 2024-25 (as of August 1, 2024).<\/li>\n<li><u>Next Steps<\/u>: Continue implementation of the strategic enrollment management plan components.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Success Goal 1 Advance high-quality in-person and online instruction and educational programs to prepare students for valuable careers, economic and social mobility, and contributions to the public good. 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