Welcome to Resources for Student Learning!

The resources here are designed to promote optimum student learning and development at NTU through planning, assessment, and reporting processes based on Diné Philosophy of Education, accreditation criteria, and best practices.

Program Assessment

Assessment is the process of establishing learning goals, providing learning opportunities, assessing student learning, and using results to implement improvements. The process is ongoing. It follows the logic of the Life Principles of Diné Philosophy of Education: Nitsáhákees (critical thinking), Nahat’á (planning), Iiná (implementation), and Sih Hasin (reflection). This takes place for every certificate and degree program.

Templates

Academic Prompts with Rubrics

Other Assessment Measures

General Education Assessment

Assessment of the GenEd program takes place one goal/semester at a time. Data summaries of direct and indirect measures are compiled on an annual basis by the University’s Offices of Assessment and Institutional Research. An annual summary that includes recommendations for program improvement is prepared by the Student Learning Committee and included in the University’s Annual Student Learning Report. Curriculum revisions as needed are designed by the Student Learning Committee and reviewed and approved by the Faculty Congress.

HLC GenEd Assessment Workshop 2021

NTU participated in a workshop sponsored by the Higher Learning Commission focused on improving GenEd assessment. The workshop took place in September and early October, 2021. Team members included Colleen Bowman, Kelly Chiquito, Bruce Lewis, Peter Moore, and Lola Natay. Workshop resources are posted below:

New Mexico Higher Education Department Links

• New Mexico General Education Curriculum
• New Mexico Common Course Numbering System

Arizona

• Overview of General Education requirements in Arizona

Co-curricular Assessment

The goal of Co-Curricular Student Learning and Development at NTU is to provide value to Diné communities through research, community engagement, and service learning projects, and projects that foster cultural preservation, environmental sustainability, and economic development.

Co-Curricular activities are organized by faculty members as course assignments for course credit, and by faculty sponsors in student organizations. Projects require at least five hours of out-of-class participation and are assessed through a reflective essay or survey.

Students who complete an end-of-project survey do so using an online instrument. Data are organized by the Student Learning Coordinator. Copies of students’ reflective essays are submitted to the Student Learning Coordinator for program improvement analysis. The CCP is overseen and improved annually by NTU’s Student Learning Committee.

Assessment Reports

Assessment Guides

Student Learning Committee

The Student Learning Committee consists of members of the Faculty Congress who represent the University’s academic departments and campus locations. Members are self-nominated and affirmed by Faculty Congress leadership and academic administration.

SLC members in 2023-2024 include:

Prince Boahene (Chair)
Dr. Irene Anyangwe
Dr. Dianna Dekelaita-Mullet
Shasha Han
Virgil House
Christine Reidhead
Dr. Franklin Sage
Tsosie Schneider
Dr. Frank Stomp
Dr. Siri Tuttle
Dr. Casmir Agbaraji

Student Learning Committee Minutes

2023 – 2024 Student Learning Committee Minutes

2021 – 2022 Student Learning Committee Minutes

2020 – 2021 Student Learning Committee Minutes

2019 – 2020 Student Learning Committee Minutes

2018 – 2019 Assessment Committee Minutes

2017 – 2018 Assessment Committee Minutes