Wisdom Sharing: Student Success Strategies at T ribal Colleges - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Diane Reyna Koreen Ressler, Ph.D. T aos/Oke Owingeh Wachinkiya Yuha Win Student Success Ctr. Program Vice President of Academics Coordinator Sitting Bull College Santa Fe, New Mexico Fort Yates, North Dakota

Wisdom Sharing: Student Success Strategies at T ribal Colleges

Presenters :

Tribal Colleges

• Established by tribes to educate Native people and preserve Native ways.

There are 34 fully accredited tribal colleges in the USA serving more than 30,000 students who represent more than 250 tribes from across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

http://www.collegefund.org/content/tribal_colleges

• Operate on or near Indian

reservations, providing access to higher education for people in remote areas who

• therwise could not afgord

to leave home to attend college

• Native culture is infused

throughout the tribal college curriculum;

• Promote academic

achievement, self-esteem, and cultural identity;

Tribal Colleges

• 1972 the fjrst six T

ribal Colleges organized the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). Role research, advocacy and lobbying.

• 1975 the T

ribally Controlled Community College Act was introduced as Senate Bill

• 1017. Signed into law in 1978 by President

Jimmy Cater.

• 1994 T

ribal Colleges were designated as Land Grant Institutions from US Congress. http://www.aihec.org/about/index.cfm

Walmart Minority Student Success Grant Program

• Help fjrst-generation students achieve their

higher education goals

• MSIs — including historically and predominantly

black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities

• Grants of $100,000 to improve classroom

practices and expand the role of faculty

• Support existing efgorts by MSIs to close

retention and persistence gaps and improve graduation rates

• Train the trainer model – Mentor/Mentee

Institutions

Mentor/ Mentee Model to Foster Student Success

Mentor – Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)

Mentee – Sitting Bull College (SBC)

• Located on Standing Rock Sioux

Reservation

• Reservation is 2.3 million acres
• Commuter College
• Accredited through North Central

Association of Colleges and Schools

• Located south of Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 152 acres
• Residential and Commuter College
• Accredited through North Central

Association of Colleges and Schools

History

IAIA

• Established 1962
• Congressionally Chartered

1986

• Accredited through the Higher

Learning Commission of the North Central Associations of Colleges and Schools

SBC

• Began as Standing Rock

Community College (SRCC) on September 21, 1973

• Chartered by the Standing Rock

Sioux Tribe

• One of the original fjve tribal

colleges established

• Accredited through the Higher

Learning Commission of the North Central Associations of Colleges and Schools

• On March 6, 1996, the Standing

Rock Sioux Tribal Council voted to offjcially amend the charter, changing the college's name to Sitting Bull College (SBC)

Vision and Mission

IAIA

VISION T

• be the premier educational

institution for Native peoples and Native Arts and Culture MISSION T

• empower creativity and

leadership in Native Arts and Cultures through higher education, live long learning and

• utreach.

SBC

VISION Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. Wakháŋyeža kiŋ lená épi čha táku waštéšte iwíčhuŋkičiyukčaŋpi kte. MISSION Guided by Lakota/Dakota culture, values, and language, Sitting Bull College is committed to building intellectual capital through academic, career and technical education, and promoting economic and social development.

Program of Study

IAIA

• Bachelor’s of Fine Arts
• Bachelor’s of Arts
• Associate of Fine Arts
• Associate of Arts
• Certifjcates

SBC

• Bachelor’s of Science
• Associate of Arts
• Associate of Science
• Associate of Applied

Science

• Certifjcates

IAIA

• Board of Trustees
• T

welve members – appointed by the President of the United States

• Personnel
• 8 Administrators
• 4 Native American
• 2 Ph.D.

1 J.D.

• 3 Masters

2 Bachelors

• Faculty:
• 21 full time
• 67% Native American
• 19% Ph.D.

62% Masters

• 3 Ph.D. candidates
• Average length of service: 8.3 years
• 72 Full-time stafg

Stafg and Faculty Demographics

SBC

• Board of Trustees
• Eight members – one elected

from each district on reservation

• Personnel
• 3 Administrators
• 2 - Ph.D. 2 Native American
• 1 - Master

1 Caucasian

• 22 Full-time Faculty
• 23% - Ph.D. 32% Native

American

• 64% - Masters 55%

Caucasian

• 2 PhD Candidates
• Average Length of Service – 8.62

years

• 58 Full-time Stafg

Student Demographics

IAIA

• 402 Enrollment Spring 2013
• Largest program of study – Studio

Arts

• 63% Female/ 37% Male
• 78% Native American
• 31 Average Age
• 68 Percentile for Student

Persistence from Fall to Spring Semesters

• 54 Percentile for Student

Retention from Fall to Fall Semesters

• 34% Graduation rate for an

Bachelor Degree – within six years

SBC

• 300 Students Average Enrollment

per Semester

• Largest Programs of Study –

Business Administration, Environmental Science and Practical Nursing

• 62% Female/38% Male
• 91% Native American
• 82% Single
• 30 Average Age
• 60 Percentile for Student Persistence

from Fall to Spring Semesters

• 40 Percentile for Student Retention

from Fall to Fall Semesters

• 24% Graduation rate for an

Associate Degree – within three years

Timeline of Activities

• 9/8-10/2011 Grant kickofg meeting at SBC
• 10/26-29/2011-SBC to IAIA
• 11/29/2011—IAIA to SBC
• 2/17-20/2012—1st year Experience Conference/ San Antonio, TX
• 3/1-2/2012—Grant meeting---Durham, SC
• 6/25-26/2012-Grant meeting (AIHEC)—IAIA
• 9/13-14/2012-Grant Meeting—Denver, CO
• 10/31/2012-SBC Counselor took two students to IAIA Student

Summit

• 12/13-14/2012-Grant Meeting- Santa Fe, NM
• 1/24-25/2013 – Data Collection meeting (AIHEC) – Minneapolis,

MN

New or Revised Activities and Program SBC

• 1. First-time Freshman Advising
• 2. Efgective Orientation Program
• 3. At Risk Advising
• 4. Aggressive Counselor Interventions
• 5. Community wide discussion of student retention

and engagement

• 6. Student Summit
• 7. Workshops/Activities
• 8. T

alking Circles

SBC Student Summit

New or Revised Activities and Program

IAIA

• 1. Student Success Center established at IAIA
• 2. Revised Orientation ensures a balance of

academics and transition topics

• 3. Student Success Center comprehensive

assessment planning

• 4. Group Mentoring model instituted S13

semester

• 5. First Year Advising Learning Community

IAIA Orientation Leaders

AIHEC Bundles

• f Strength

Results New or Revised Activities and Program Implemented

SBC

1. Establishment of baseline data 2.Establishment of a Retention Committee 3.Establishment of a Student Retention Plan

Objectives, Outcomes, Measurement T

• ols, Findings,

and Recommended Action

4. Policy changes to advising, fjrst year courses, counseling, and student activities

Results New or Revised Activities and Program Implemented IAIA

1.Streamlined the assessment process of tutoring services 2.Student Success Center institutes a Group Mentor Program as required by the campus 2013 plan

Additional Benefjts

SBC

1.Professional development opportunities for both fjrst year faculty and student support services stafg. 2.Most importantly the grant required SBC to stay on task. 3.Complied Retention Plan presented to SBC BOT.

Additional Benefjts

IAIA

1.Cross cultural awareness. 2.Formal and informal professional development

• pportunities throughout

the grant period. 3.Closer collaboration between the Student Success Center and Student Life stafg. 4.Former Ilisagvik grant project director hired as the Student Success Center’s Retention Director.

Conclusion

“Let us put our minds together to see what we can build for our children.”

–Tataŋka Iyotaka (Sitting Bull)