NU Success Indicators
2021 Assessment Report of University Goals & Objectives
2021 Assessment Report of University Goals & Objectives
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “My faith was increased due to my studies at NU” in the Program Completion Survey.
96% agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The education I received from NU trained me to become a Christian leader” in the Program Completion Survey.
90% agreed or strongly agreed, down from 91.02% and 97.8% in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
30% of graduates in the B.R.S. program will apply to graduate studies as measured by applications to NU’s graduate programs or requests for transcripts to be sent to other programs. (Current national average is about 39% but is generally lower in liberal arts and humanities.)
62% of 2021 B.R.S. graduates entered graduate studies. (100% are studying at NU.) In 2020, 57.14% of B.R.S. graduates applied to graduate school.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The NU curriculum portrayed the biblical Scriptures in a positive manner” in the Program Completion Survey.
100% agreed or strongly agreed.
100% of courses will be taught by professors holding appropriate credentials and education for the subject matter as determined by an annual review of faculty appointments.
95% of classes are taught by faculty with appropriate degrees with the remaining 5% taught by faculty with approved equivalency.
100% of faculty will be evaluated annually using the Faculty Evaluation Form with an average rating among all faculty of 2.5 on a 3.0 scale. (Score and scale were revised to match assessment.)
All faculty were evaluated for their 2021 performance with an average score of 2.9 on a 3.0 scale.
100% of courses will be reviewed by an appropriately credentialed faculty or administrator a minimum of one time in three years to ensure content, readings, exams, and writing assignments remain current and appropriate to the course’s level of instruction (undergraduate or graduate).
All courses due for revision in the 2021 cycle were reviewed.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The examinations adequately tested the subject matter” in the Program Completion Survey.
93% (down from 94.87%) agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students will agree with the statement “The examinations appropriately tested the course material presented in the syllabus, lecture notes, videos, and additional readings.” in the Course Completion Survey.
94% (down from 97.79%) agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The NU curriculum was easy to apply to my culture and life experience” in the Program Completion Survey.
91.93% (down from 92.31%) agreed or strongly agreed the curriculum was easy to apply to their culture.
96.77% agreed or strongly agreed that the curriculum was easy to apply to their life experience.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “I felt no prejudice from NU personnel and/or materials because of my religious orientation” in the Program Completion Survey.
95% felt no prejudice from NU personnel.
95% (down from 96%) felt the NU material was not prejudiced against their religious orientation.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The NU personnel interact in ways that reflect the teachings of Jesus Christ” in the Program Completion Survey.
100% agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “I felt safe and secure in my dealings with NU” in the Program Completion Survey.
100% agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “NU books and materials are affordable” in the Program Completion Survey.
85% agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will indicate registration was extremely easy or moderately easy.
96.77% indicated registration was extremely or moderately easy.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will indicate course materials were extremely or moderately accessible.
95.16% indicated materials were extremely or moderately accessible.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will indicate course exams were extremely or moderately accessible.
98.39% indicated exams were extremely or moderately accessible.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will indicate their student records indicating progress in the program were extremely or moderately accessible.
95.16% indicated student records were extremely or moderately accessible.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will indicate course electronic textbooks (EBSCO) were extremely or moderately accessible.
62.90% indicated materials were extremely or moderately accessible.
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will indicate it was easy to register for courses.
67.86% of students agreed or strongly agreed that it was easy to register on elearning.nationsu.edu. (Another 22.62% were neutral.)
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will indicate the instructional website (Moodle) was easy to navigate.
81.55% of students agreed or strongly agreed that the course site was easy to navigate.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “I received sufficient encouragement from the NU personnel.”
98.39% agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “I experienced positive interaction with NU Student Services representatives.”
91.94% agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will answer “yes” to the statement “If you [contacted your advisor] did your advisor respond quickly?”
98.8% answered “Yes,”
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will agree with the statement “If you [contacted your advisor] how satisfied were you with the help provided?”
98.8% were satisfied or highly satisfied.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “I experienced positive interaction with NU Faculty.”
95.16% agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree that feedback from professors on graded material was beneficial.
95.51% of students agreed or strongly agreed that feedback was beneficial.
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will answer “yes” to the statement “If you [contacted faculty] did your professor respond quickly?”
95.35% answered “yes” to this question.
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will indicate satisfaction with the statement “If you [contacted faculty] how satisfied were you with the comments?”
95.35% of students were satisfied with the professor’s response.
65% of students will graduate within the 150% of the time expected for each degree.
C.B.S. Completion Rate for 2021 (using a 2019-2020 cohort) was 22.22%, down from 36%. DEAC standard for non-degree programs is 60%. The Graduation Rate for online students was 22.73% and for prison students was 21.43%. (The DEAC benchmark for non-degree, correspondence programs, which is what our prison program is considered, is 28%.)
B.R.S. Graduation Rate for 2021 (using a 2015 cohort) was 55.6%. DEAC minimum standard is 43%.
G.C.B.S. Completion Rate for 2021 (using a 2019-2020 cohort) was 31.4%. DEAC standard for non-degree programs is 60%. Only six months’ worth of students were eligible for this cohort since this program is brand new. 0 of 3 prison students graduated on time, but all are still studying.
MTS Graduation Rate for 2021 (using a 2018 cohort) was 52.6%. (2020 was 57.5%.) DEAC standard is 54%. The Graduation Rate for online students was 60.0% and for prison students was 25.0%. Both rates were impacted by COVID protocols, but the prisons were disproportionately impacted due to being on lock-down most of 2019 and 2020.
M.Div. Graduation Rate for 2021 was not calculated as an insufficient number of students enrolled in this program in the cohort year of 2015.
33% of first-year undergraduate students will continue taking courses in the next academic year. Traditional Retention Rate is calculated using first-time, full-time undergraduate students. Given that NU does not have full-time students and uses open, rolling enrollment with no quarter or semester designation, this metric is almost impossible to assess. However, it is possible to count the number of students who are admitted into a program in one year who are still active at the end of the following year. Dividing the number of students remaining active by the number of students who were admitted to the C.B.S. in the previous year gives a general assessment of the “retention rate.” C.B.S. is used instead of B.R.S. as it is a better reflection of first-time students.
In 2020, 107 students were admitted into the C.B.S. At the December 1, 2021, Student Snapshot, 82 students were still active, resulting in a Retention Rate of 76.64%, in line with 74.6% for 2020 (up from 47.54% in 2019). According to NCES, the national average for private, nonprofit schools with open enrollment is 62%.
The average completion rate for undergraduate courses will be no less than 50% and no less than 65% for graduate courses. (These benchmarks are well above the 6% completion rates reported in a study on Harvard and MIT online courses and the 10% completion rate reported in SAGE Journal.)
Overall completion rate for all students in all courses in 2021 was 20.4%, up from 13.76% in 2020. Undergraduate courses experienced a 19.7% completion rate (compared to 11.32% in 2020), while the graduate completion was 21.3%, up from 16.67%.
The average course grade for all completed undergraduate courses will be no less than 80% and no less than 85% for graduate courses.
Average course grade for all undergraduate Bible courses was 85.94%, down from 88.97%
Average course grade for General Education courses was 85.84%
Average course grade for all graduate courses was 87.86%
85% of student-initiated communications will be responded to within three (3) business days.
Director of Advising reports all student-initiated communication is responded to within 48 hours.
100% of students’ requests for refunds will be addressed according to the University’s Refund Policy.
All refunds were handled according to NU policy.
85% of students will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The information I received before enrolling proved to be accurate” in the Program Completion Survey.
98.39% indicated the information was accurate or very accurate.
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will answer “Yes” to the question “Did the course description and summary accurately reflect the content of the class material?”
98.81% indicated “Yes” to this question.
Student-Faculty Ratio will be maintained at 24:1 or less.
On January 1, 2022, the Student-Faculty Ratio was 13.2:1.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey indicate that they will achieve the goals they had when they started the program as indicated.
100% indicated “Yes.”
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey indicate that they would refer a friend to study at NationsU.
100% indicated “Yes.”
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey indicate they were satisfied with their experience with NationsUniversity.
100% indicated they were satisfied with their studies with NationsUniversity.
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