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AIHEC AIMS Fact Book 2005 Tribal Colleges and Universities Report AMERICAN INDIAN MEASURES FOR SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION American Indian AIMSMeasures For Success AIHEC AIHEC AIMS Fact Book 2005 Tribal Colleges and Universities Report Based on the AIMS Key Indicator System (AKIS-2005) A Report From American Indian Higher Education Consortium Prepared By Systemic Research, Inc. OCTOBER 2006 AIMS Advisory Panel Members: EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS: • JOE MCDONALD, President of Salish Kootenai College and Former President of the AIHEC Board of Directors • GERALD GIPP, Executive Director, AIHEC PANEL MEMBERS: • KAREN SWISHER, President, Haskell Indian Nations University • CHERYL CRAZY BULL, President, Northwest Indian College Systemic Research, Inc. Staff: • JAMES SHANLEY, President, Fort Peck Community College • JASON J. KIM, President • LESLIE LUNA and ANNE MARIE STEVENS, Registrars, • LINDA M. CRASCO, Executive Director Tohono O’odham Community College • JARED WEINER, Project Manager • JAMIE MERISOTIS, President, The Institute for Higher Education Policy • KYLE PATTERSON-CROSS, Research Director, • DAVID LEAVITT, Research Associate United Tribes Technical College • PATRICK MAROIS, Research Assistant • JOHN GRITTS, Director of Recruitment, Admissions and • ALEX CHARALAMBOUS, Research Assistant Financial Aid, Institute of American Indian Arts • BRIAN MILCHUNES, Editor • KAREN SOLOMON, Assistant Director for Accreditation • SANDRA J. CUNNINGHAM, Administrative/Research Assistant Services, The Higher Learning Commission • LLOYD KING, IT Assistant AIHEC Staff: • BRIANA TOURJEMAN, Senior Graphic Designer • CARRIE BILLY, Deputy Director • ROBYN HIESTAND, Data Coordinator and Policy Analyst The materials contained within this report are the intellectual property of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and Systemic American Indian Higher Education Consortium Research, Inc. Any use or reproduction thereof must contain the following 121 Oronoco Street citation: “Used with permission of the American Indian Higher Education Alexandria, VA 22314 Consortium and Systemic Research, Inc.” All other rights are reserved. 703-838-0400 © 2006 Systemic Research, Inc. American Indian Measures for Success in Higher Education in American Indian Measures Success for www.aihec.org ISBN 978-0-9761402-3-8 Systemic Research, Inc. 150 Kerry Place, 2nd Floor Norwood, MA 02062 781-278-0300 www.systemic.com • Cover photo credits: Graduation (Diné College), Chemistry Lab (College of Menominee Nation) ii | AIMS FACT BOOK 2005 AIMS Fact Book 2005 AIMS Book Fact BMCC WETCC BCC UTTC AIHEC-AIMS Tribal Colleges and Universities CCCC • Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) TMCC CDKC • Blackfeet Community College (BCC) • Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC) TOCC • Chief Dull Knife College (CDKC) CMN • College of Menominee Nation (CMN) • Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) SCC CIT • Diné College (DC) • Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) DC • Fort Belknap College (FBC) SIPI • Fort Berthold Community College (FBCC) • Fort Peck Community College (FPCC) • Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) FDLTCC • Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) SBC • Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) • Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) FBC • Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) SWC • Little Big Horn College (LBHC) • Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC) • Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC) American Indian FBCC AIMSMeasures For Success • Northwest Indian College (NWIC) SGU • Oglala Lakota College (OLC) • Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (SCTC) FPCC • Salish Kootenai College (SKC) AIHEC SKC • Sinte Gleska University (SGU) • Sisseton Wahpeton College (SWC) HINU SCTC • Sitting Bull College (SBC) • Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) • Stone Child College (SCC) IAIA OLC • Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) • Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) NWIC • United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) KBOCC • White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC) NICC LCOOCC LPTC LLTC LBHC AMERICAN INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION CONSORTIUM | iii American Indian Measures for Success (AIMS) AIMS Key Indicator System (AKIS) and AIMS Fact Book The American Indian Measures for Success (AIMS) project was initiated The AIMS Key Indicator System (AKIS) was developed in 2004 by Systemic in 2004 by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). Research, Inc. with guidance from AIHEC, the AIMS Advisory Panel, and The major goal of the AIMS project is to define relevant quantitative and Tribal Colleges and Universities’ presidents, registrars, and institutional qualitative indicator data of American Indian success as determined by research staff. AKIS consists of two parts: Part A–quantitative indicators, the tribal colleges, and to develop and implement a strategy for collecting, and Part B–qualitative indicators. AKIS was customized for each institution analyzing, and presenting annually the success indicators. based on their major and degree offerings and academic calendar. AKIS is updated annually; this report is based on the second year of data At the Spring 2004 meeting, the AIHEC Board of Directors passed the collection in AKIS-2005. following resolution in support of the AIMS project: “The AIHEC Board of Directors should take an active role in the development of a definition of Systemic Research compiled the data collected in AKIS-2004 and 2005 tribal college and university student success and should support the AIHEC- and delivered AIMS Fact Book 2005 to 32 TCUs. Each Fact Book contains Lumina initiative. Further, each tribal college should participate, to the ten sections with a total of 45 indicators of quantitative and qualitative data. maximum extent possible, in all activities associated with the initiative.” Numerous American Indian student success stories are also presented. The AIMS project was initially funded by the Lumina Foundation. This publication, AIMS Fact Book 2005, presents aggregated data from Vision and Goals Defined by AIHEC in 2005 32 TCUs. Comanche Nation College and Wind River Tribal College have Through capacity building in data collection and analysis at this nation’s recently become AIHEC member institutions and will be included in the American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), this project will 2006 report. be the foundation for systemic reform that significantly increases– and, for the first time, accurately measures– American Indian success in higher education. This important initiative has four goals: 1. Define relevant quantitative and qualitative indicator data of American Indian student success, as determined by the tribal colleges and their communities. 2. Develop and implement a strategy for collecting, analyzing, and presenting annually the student success indicator data using electronic information management tools. 3. Develop American Indian specific student engagement and student satisfaction survey instruments for use by TCUs as part of their ongoing accreditation and assessment processes. American Indian Measures for Success in Higher Education in American Indian Measures Success for 4. Implement a plan for sustaining a comprehensive and coordinated data collection strategy at all TCUs and within the umbrella organizations of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and the American Indian College Fund. iv | AIMS FACT BOOK 2005 AIMS Fact Book 2005 AIMS Book Fact American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Tribal Colleges and Universities American Indian Measures for Success (AIMS) AmericanAMERICA IndianN INDIA HigherN MEA SURESEducation FOR ConsortiumSUCCESS (A (AIHEC)IMS) Tribal Colleges and Universities Northwest Indian C. Blackfeet C. C. Stone Fort Belknap C. Turtle Mountain C. C. Salish Kootenai C. Child C. Fort Peck C. C. Fort Berthold C. C. Cankdeska Cikana C. C. Keweenaw Bay Leech Lake Ojibwa C. C. White Earth Tribal C. Bay Mills C. C. Tribal & C. C. United Tribes Technical C. Fond du Lac Tribal & C. C. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa C. C. Sitting Bull C. Little Big Horn C. Chief Dull Sisseton Wahpeton C. Knife C. C. of Menominee Nation Saginaw Chippewa Tribal C. Oglala Lakota C. Wind River Tribal C. Sinte Gleska Univ. Little Priest Nebraska Indian Tribal C. C. C. Haskell Indian Nations Univ. Diné C. InstituteInstitutteof of AmericanAmerican Crownpoint Institute Indian Arts of Technology Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Comanche Nation C. Tohono O'odham C. C. Systemic Research, Inc. © 2006 AMERICAN INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION CONSORTIUM | v AIHEC Higher Education That Is Uniquely Tribal Thirty-five Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) currently constitute the The first Tribal College was established in 1968 in response to unmet higher American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). Located primarily education needs of American Indians. TCUs generally serve geographically in the central and western parts of the United States, with one member in isolated populations that have no other means of accessing education Canada. at the post-secondary level. As a result, they are essential in providing educational opportunities for American Indian students. Tribal Colleges and Mission Statement Universities provide higher education that is uniquely tribal. They strive to AIHEC is the collective spirit and unifying voice of our nation’s Tribal provide culturally relevant curricula, extended family support systems, and Colleges and Universities. AIHEC provides leadership and influences community educational services to overcome the socioeconomic challenges public policy on American Indian higher education issues through
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