Organization: SITTING BULL COLLEGE
Mission: TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS.
Activities: FOUR YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE PROGRAM THAT SERVED 221 STUDENTS IN FALL 2019 AND 203 STUDENTS IN SPRING 2020.ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE LAY ADVOCATE/PARALEGAL (AASLA/P) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM DATA FOR THE 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR WERE GATHERED, ANALYZED, AND PRESENTED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTRUCTOR IN CONNECTION WITH PROGRAM OUTCOMES, CULMINATING IN THIS REPORT PRESENTED MAY 22, 2020.STATISTICSFALL 2019ACCORDING TO PROGRAM ENROLLMENT DATA, SIX (6) STUDENTS WERE REGISTERED AS AAS LAY ADVOCATE/PARALEGAL (AASLA/P) MAJORS FOR THE FALL, 2019 SEMESTER AND ALL WERE ENROLLED IN LAY ADVOCATE/PARALEGAL CORE COURSES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER. FIVE (5) AASLA/P STUDENTS WERE ALSO DOUBLE MAJORS IN THE ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (ASCJ) PROGRAM AND ONE HAD ALREADY EARNED THE ASCJ DEGREE. ALL AASLA/P STUDENTS FINISHED THEIR COURSES IN THE FALL, 2019 SEMESTER, REPRESENTING A 0% PROGRAM ATTRITION RATE.NO CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENTS SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION WITH AN AASLA/P DEGREE IN DECEMBER, 2018.OF THE SEVENTEEN (17) AASLA/P CLASSES COMPLETED BY PROGRAM STUDENTS, GRADES OF C OR HIGHER WERE GIVEN IN ALL (100%). GRADES OF B OR HIGHER WERE GIVEN IN ELEVEN (11), OR 64.7%, AND GRADES OF A WERE GIVEN IN FOUR (5), OR 29.4%.SPRING 2020PROGRAM DATA AGAIN LISTED SIX (6) STUDENTS REGISTERED AS AAS LAY ADVOCATE/PARALEGAL (AASLA/P) MAJORS FOR THE SPRING, 2020 SEMESTER AND ALL WERE ENROLLED IN AASLA/P COURSES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER. FIVE (5) WERE ALSO DOUBLE MAJORS IN THE ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (ASCJ) PROGRAM. ONE (1) OF THOSE FAILED TO FINISH THE SEMESTER. THIS REPRESENTS AN ATTRITION RATE OF 16.7%.OF THE SEVEN (7) AASLA/P CLASSES COMPLETED AMONG THE FIVE (5) REMAINING STUDENTS, GRADES OF C OR HIGHER WERE GIVEN IN ALL SEVEN (7), OR 100%. GRADES OF B OR HIGHER WERE GIVEN IN SIX (6), OR 85.7%, AND GRADES OF A WERE GIVEN IN THREE (3), OR 42.9%. ONE STUDENT FAILED TO FINISH THE SEMESTER AND RECEIVED AN F IN ONE CLASS, A 12.5% FAILURE RATE.THREE (3) STUDENTS SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION WITH AN ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE LAY ADVOCATE/PARALEGAL DEGREE IN THE SPRING, 2019 SEMESTER. ALL THREE WILL ALSO BE AWARDED ASSOCIATE DEGREES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND ONE WILL RECEIVE A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GENERAL STUDIES.REVIEWAS A RESULT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SBC ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE AND OTHERS, THE AASLA/P ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT WAS REFORMULATED IN THE SPRING OF 2015. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO SHORTEN THE EXAMINATION CONSIDERABLY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PRESERVE ITS COMPREHENSIVENESS, TO ADDRESS SOME MINOR CURRICULUM CHANGES THAT HAD OCCURRED SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE THREE PROGRAM OUTCOMES. WHILE THE OUTCOME 1AND OUTCOME 2 SECTIONS REMAINED THE SAME, CONSISTING OF THIRTY (30) QUESTIONS WORTH THIRTY-FOUR (34) POINTS AND TWENTY-FOUR (24) QUESTIONS WORTH TWENTY-SIX (26) POINTS, RESPECTIVELY, THE OUTCOME 3 SECTION WAS ABBREVIATED TO INCLUDE SIXTY-TWO (62) QUESTIONS WORTH SIXTY-SEVEN (67). THE REWRITTEN EXAM NOW INCLUDES ONE-HUNDRED-SIXTEEN (116) QUESTIONS WORTH ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-SEVEN (127) TOTAL POINTS. THIS EXAM FORMAT WAS USED THROUGH THE 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR.THE NEWLY-FORMATTED EXAMINATION CONTINUED TO BE EVALUATED AND SCORED BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND CUMULATIVELY ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF HOURS EACH STUDENT HAD TAKEN FOR CREDIT AT THE POINT IN TIME AT WHICH THE TEST WAS TAKEN. THE SCORES WERE THEN EVALUATED AS THEY RELATE TO EACH OF THE THREE OUTCOMES IDENTIFIED FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM, AGAIN INDIVIDUALLY AND CUMULATIVELY. THE RESULTS WERE THEN GRAPHED, CHARTED, AND SUBMITTED IN NARRATIVE FORM TO THE INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE.THE LAY ADVOCATE/PARALEGAL ASSESSMENT TEST IS INTENDED TO MEASURE NOT ONLY THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVERY STUDENT TAKING LA/P CLASSES RELEVANT TO THE THREE PROGRAM OUTCOMES AT AN IDENTIFIABLE POINT IN TIME, BUT IS ALSO ADMINISTERED TO EVERY STUDENT ONCE EACH YEAR TO ASSESS EACH STUDENT'S PROGRESS OVER TIME. THE ASSESSMENT TEST IS ALSO ADMINISTERED TO EVERY PROGRAM GRADUATE WHEN THEY COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION AS A FINAL MEASURE OF EACH STUDENT'S FINAL STANDING IN COMPARISON TO THE 70% ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD ESTABLISHED FOR EACH OUTCOME AND THE CUMULATIVE TEST SCORE. ALTHOUGH SUSPECTED WEAKNESSES AND LIMITATIONS ARE CANDIDLY PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED IN EACH YEARLY PROGRAM ASSESSMENT PLAN, THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE DATA IS UNKNOWN,THE SPRING, 2015 ASSESSMENT REPORT ALSO INCLUDED FOR THE FIRST TIME DATA GATHERED USING NEWLY-WRITTEN COURSE AND PROGRAM SURVEYS INTENDED TO REFLECT STUDENT OPINIONS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD INDIVIDUAL COURSES AND THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE THREE PROGRAM OUTCOMES. COURSE SURVEYS AREBUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMASSOCIATES, BACHELOR'S DEGREES, AND MBA PROGRAMSTATISTICSTWENTY-EIGHT STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE AA DEGREE FOR THE FALL 2019 SEMESTER AND THIRTY-SEVEN STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR THE SPRING 2020 SEMESTER. FOUR STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE BS DEGREE FOR BOTH FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS. SIXTEEN STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE MBA PROGRAM FOR FALL 2019 AND NINE STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED FOR THE SPRING 2020 SEMESTER. SUMMARYTHE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM WENT ONLINE BEGINNING MID-MARCH 2020. CHALLENGES INCLUDED INTERNET AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS TO A COMPUTER. COMPUTERS WERE OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF FINANCIAL AID TO ASSIST STUDENTS WHO NORMALLY DEPENDED ON USING THE COMPUTER LABS. BUSINESS FINANCE, ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, GRANT WRITING, ACCOUNTING 2, AND MICRO-ECONOMICS MET ONLINE USING ZOOM AT THEIR NORMAL SCHEDULED TIMES. IN ADDITION, ACCOUNTING 2 HAD TWO DIFFERENT CHAT OPTIONS FOR TUTORING AND EXTRA HELP ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS IN THOSE CLASSES EXPRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF MEETING FACE-TO-FACE. SOME STUDENTS EXPRESSED HAVING A LACK OF MOTIVATION SINCE THEY WERE AT HOME FOR THE MOST PART. OTHER STUDENTS WERE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND WERE WORKING OVERTIME ALONG WITH HOMESCHOOLING THEIR CHILDREN, HAVING LITTLE ACCESS TO CHILDCARE, AND TRYING TO COMPLETE THEIR OWN COLLEGE COURSES. THIS CREATED SOME CHALLENGES. THE COUNSELOR WAS CONTACTED TO REACH OUT TO STUDENTS AS NEEDED. WHEN LOOKING AT THE NEW MBA PROGRAM THAT BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2019 MANY STUDENTS RETURNED TO COLLEGE AFTER BEING OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND FOR MANY OF THEM THE ONE DAY PER WEEK OF FACE-TO-FACE TIME WAS NECESSARY TO KEEP THEM ON PACE WITH THE RIGOR OF THE PROGRAM. THE MBA STUDENTS OVERALL ARE/WERE WELL EQUIPPED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSITION TO THE ONLINE ONLY FORMAT. IN THE FALL OF 2019 THE "CORE GROUP" OF STUDENTS HAD GOOD FOLLOW THROUGH INTO THE SPRING OF 2020 UNTIL THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT. AFTER THE FIRST SEMESTER THERE WERE STUDENTS THAT DECIDED THAT THE MBA PROGRAM WAS NOT FOR THEM AND DROPPED, THUS THESE STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED THE SPRING 2020 DATA. A MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS IN SPRING 2020 WERE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND WERE WORKING OVERTIME ALONG WITH HOMESCHOOLING THEIR CHILDREN, HAVING LITTLE ACCESS TO CHILD CARE, AND TRYING TO COMPLETE THEIR OWN COLLEGE COURSES THUS FALLING BEHIND IN THE ACCELERATED NATURE OF THE PROMAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COLLEGE DURING THE YEAR INCLUDE:DUE TO COVID-19, THE COLLEGE HELD A DRIVE THROUGH GRADUATION ON JUNE 5TH FROM 1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM. THE GRADUATES WERE LINED UP ALONG THE CAMPUS ROADS IN THE GRASS, WITH EVERYONE SPACED OUT 10 TO 12 FEET APART. THE GRADUATES WERE LINED UP BY THE BUILDING IN WHICH THEY HAVE TAKEN MOST OF THEIR CLASSES. EACH GRADUATES HAD A SIGN THAT HAD THEIR NAME AND DEGREE ON IT. EACH GRADUATE RECEIVED A LAWN CHAIR AND AN UMBRELLA FOR THE SUN AND THE LITTLE BIT OF RAIN WE GOT THAT DAY. WE HAVE PRE-TAPED THE GRADUATION CEREMONY AND KLND PLAYED IT FROM 1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM ON JUNE 5. THE GRADUATES EACH RECEIVED A BLUE TOOTH SPEAKERS TO LISTEN TO IT. ND FIRST LADY KATHRYN BURGUM WAS THE GRADUATION SPEAKER AND WAS PART OF THE PRE-TAPED GRADUATION PROGRAM. TO HELP FACILITATE INSTRUCTION DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AND MOVING COURSEWORK TO DISTANCE LEARNING, FACULTY MEMBERS UTLIZED A VARIETY OF COURSE DELIVERY OPTIONS INCLUDING THE COLLEGE'S LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EMAIL, INDIVIDUAL AND CONFERENCE CALLS, VIDEO MEETINGS, POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS WITH LECTURES VOICED OVER, VIDEO LECTURES ON YOUTUBE, PRINTED HANDOUTS AND ASSIGNMENTS MAILED DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS, AND WEB-BASED VIRTUAL LAB SIMULATION. THE COLLEGE SUPPORTED STUDENTS AS THEY DEALT WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 SITUATION. THE COLLEGE'S COUNSELORS MAINTAINED CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH STUDENTS TO HELP ADDRESS ANY NEEDS OR PROBLEMS THEY EXPERIENCINED. THE COLLEGE THROUGH GRANTS WAS ABLE TO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH EMERGENCY AID TO HELP WITH GROCERIES, UTILITIES, AND INTERNET SERVICE, AND THAT DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF MOVING COURSES ON-LINE, A TRUCK LOAD OF FOOD WAS DISTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
NTEE category: Education
Secondary category: Crime & Legal-Related