NU Success Indicators
2024 Assessment Report of University Goals & Objectives (IEP)
2024 Assessment Report of University Goals & Objectives (IEP)
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “My faith was increased due to my studies at NU.”
97.5% agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The education I received from NU trained me to become a Christian leader.”
97.5% (up from 90.24%) agreed or strongly agreed. This score greatly improved in the GCBS, which received 100% (up from 78.57%). We changed the final GCBS course last year to emphasize practical teaching skills. It appears this worked.
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.)
66.66% of 2024 B.R.S. graduates have been admitted to graduate studies at NU. There are no indications of students pursuing studies elsewhere.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The NU curriculum portrayed the biblical Scriptures in a positive manner.”
100% agreed or strongly agreed.
100% of courses will be taught by professors holding appropriate credentials and education or equivalency 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.
All faculty were evaluated for their 2024 performance with an average score of 2.91 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 2024 cycle were reviewed.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The examinations adequately tested the subject matter.”
95% agreed or strongly agreed for all programs.
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will agree with the statement “The examinations appropriately tested the course material presented in the syllabus, lecture notes, videos, and additional readings.”
86.77% (down from 94.77%) agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The NU curriculum was easy to apply to my culture and life experience.”
97.5% (up from 87.8%) agreed or strongly agreed curriculum was easy to apply to their culture.
97.5% agreed or strongly agreed that curriculum was easy to apply to their life experience.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The NU personnel interact in ways that reflect the teachings of Jesus Christ.”
97.5% agreed or strongly agreed.
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 in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “NU books and materials are affordable.”
92.5% (up from 87.8%) agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will indicate the admission process (f.k.a., “registration”) was extremely easy or moderately easy.
97.5% indicated registration was extremely or moderately easy.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will indicate course materials were extremely or moderately accessible.
97.5% indicated materials were extremely or moderately accessible.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will indicate course exams were extremely or moderately accessible.
97.5% 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.
92.5% 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.
72.5% (down from 80.49% last year but up from 62.90% previously) indicated electronic textbooks were very easy or easy to access. (EBSCO updated its process, which complicated the process for students.)
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will indicate it was easy to register (enroll) for courses.
87.92% (up from 71.51% and 67.86%) of students indicated it was easy or very easy to register on elearning.nationsu.edu.
85% of students in the Course Completion Survey will indicate the instructional website (Moodle) was easy to navigate.
93.76% 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.”
97.5% 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.”
90.0% (down from 97.56%) agreed or strongly agreed.
85% of online students in the Course Completion Survey will report that their advisor responded to their requests within 3 days.
95.92% reported a response within 3 days. (76.92% reported a response within 24 hours.)
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?”
98.19% (up from 89.07% and consistent with previous 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.”
100% 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.
89.86% of students agreed or strongly agreed that feedback was beneficial. Online students were 89.67% but 92.85% (highest in many years) for prison survey respondents.
85% of online students in the Course Completion Survey will report that their professor responded to their request within 6 days.
92.86% (up from 83.61%) reported a response within 6 days. 83.57% (up from74.59%) reported a response within 3 days.)
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?”
93.57% (up from 90.16%) of students were highly satisfied or satisfied with the professor’s assistance or additional information.
66% of first-year undergraduate students will continue taking courses in the next academic year.
Using IPED data, 67% (up from 53% last year) of first-time, part-time undergraduate degree-seeking students who entered in Fall 2022 were still studying in Fall 2023.
65% of students will graduate within 150% of the time expected for each degree.
C.B.S. 150% Completion Rate for 2024 (using a 2022-2023 cohort) was 63.16% (up from 46.2%). DEAC standard for non-degree/non-credit-bearing programs is 60%, though for undergraduate credit-bearing programs, it is only 43%. 84.21 % (down from 96.2%) of students who completed admission requirements graduated or are still studying.
B.R.S. Graduation Rate for 2024 (using a 2018 cohort) was 45% (up from 33.33%). All students who graduated did so on-time. DEAC minimum standard is 43%. 81.82% (up from 50%) of students who completed the admission requirements graduated or are still studying.
G.C.B.S. 150% Completion Rate for 2024 (using a 2022-2023 cohort) was 60.78% (up from 52.3%). DEAC standard for non-degree/non-credit-bearing programs is 60%, though for graduate credit-bearing programs, it is 54%. 92.16% (up from 88.6%) of students who completed the admission requirements graduated or are still studying.
MTS Graduation Rate for 2024 (using a 2021 cohort) was 69.57 (down from 100%). DEAC standard is 62%. 82.61% (down from 100%) of students who completed the admission requirements graduated or are still studying.
M.Div. Graduation Rate for 2024 (using a 2018 cohort) was 85.71% (up from 41.18%). DEAC standard is 62%. 100% of students who completed the admission requirements graduated or are still studying.
The average completion rate for undergraduate courses will be no less than 50% and no less than 65% for graduate courses. The statistic uses students who enrolled in the previous year who had completed or dropped before the end of the assessment year. (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 2024 was 54.47% (up from 52.44%). Undergraduate courses experienced a 49.88% (down from 53.66%) completion rate, while the graduate completion was 59.15% (up from 51.3%).
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 87.77%, in line with 87.09%
Average course grade for General Education courses was 87.51%, in line with 87.07%.
Average course grade for all graduate courses was 88.68, in line with 88.97%.
100% of student’s requests for refunds will be addressed according to the University’s Refund Policy.
All refunds were handled according to NU policy.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey will agree or strongly agree with the statement “The information I received before enrolling proved to be accurate.”
100% (up from 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?”
99.15% (up from 98.81%) indicated “Yes” to this question.
Student-Faculty Ratio will be maintained at 24:1 or less.
Using IPEDS data, which does not account for all factors of a self-paced, asynchronous program, NU’s Student-Faculty Ratio is 43:1.
85% of students in the Program Completion Survey indicate that they will achieve the goals they had when they started the program as indicated.
97.5% 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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