Metrics & Progress: Northern Kentucky University, Greater Cincinnati Region

Metrics and Progress

Metrics can be seen as the bridge between the Vision of the institution and the Execution of the strategic plan. Monitoring and assessment of progress towards our strategic goals requires a combination of qualitative and quantitative evaluations. Our focus on these metrics will further our quest to become a student centered University. Following are the metrics for the three pillars of our Success by Design Strategic Framework. Download: Print Friendly Version

Access

NKU will expand programs, services, and delivery options to increase access and become a preferred destination for learners across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the nation, and the world.

Pipeline: Yield Rate

Objective

Reduce barriers and simplify processes so diverse learners can successfully apply, be admitted, and enrolled for NKU educational opportunities.

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Yield Rate is tracking the % of new students that enroll at NKU out of the total number of students admitted to NKU each fall. We provide the number students applying to give a sense of the overall enrollment pipeline, but the Yield Rate is calculated using just the admitted students and the students who actually enroll at NKU.

Pipeline: Proportions by Student Level

Objective

Increase the number of first-generation, post-traditional, international, and underrepresented students at NKU, particularly in fields where their underrepresentation is most significant.

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This metric is looking at the profile of our student population and how diverse it is. Students can appear in multiple categories (e.g., URM and Online) and as such, the totals will not add up to 100%.

Affordability: Net Price and Unmet Need

Objective

Implement innovations to improve affordability of an NKU education.

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Total Cost of Attendance is the sum of published tuition and required fees for in-state students, including books, supplies, and the weighted average for room and board. Average Net Price is generated by subtracting the average amount of federal, state/local government, or institutional grant and scholarship aid from the total cost of attendance (COA). Unmet Need is the expected out of pocket expenses after financial aid, loans, and family contributions are subtracted from the total Cost of Attendance.

Pipeline: P12, Community College, and Community Engagement

Objective

Expand outreach and partnerships with P-12 schools, community colleges, non-profits, and business/industry to increase educational opportunities that serve the needs of both students and the community.

Completion

NKU will align the institution so more learners, particularly first-generation, post-traditional, low-income, and underrepresented individuals, earn highly-valued degrees, certificates, and credentials.

Curriculum and Coordinated Care: Sense of Belonging and Culture of Service

Objective

Design a welcoming and desirable NKU experience to create a sense of belonging for all students. Enhance the culture of service-orientation that respects the realities of our students’ lives and provides consistent, responsive care, and support across all areas with special emphasis on wellness, advising, financial aid, and career preparation.

Curriculum and Coordinated Care: Overall Retention and Opportunity Gaps

Objective

Significantly improve retention, persistence, and graduation rates with special emphasis on closing the achievement gap through meaningful use of predictive analytics and technology-based student success tools.

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Retention will be tracking the % of new freshmen who enter in the fall semester and return the next fall semester. Students can appear in multiple categories (e.g., URM and Online) and as such, the totals will not add up to 100%.

Curriculum and Coordinated Care: Overall Graduation Rates and Opportunity Gaps

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Graduation Rates are tracking the number of new freshmen who enter each fall and then graduate within 6 years. Students can appear in multiple categories (e.g., URM and Online) and as such, the totals will not add up to 100%.

Curriculum and Coordinated Care: Overall Persistence (Term to Term) and Opportunity Gaps

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Retention and Graduation rates are looking at just New Freshmen. Persistence Rates are looking at all degree-seeking students and the % of them that return from one semester to the next (after we remove graduates). There is a calculation for students returning from each Fall to Spring term and then also for each Spring to the next Fall. Students can appear in multiple categories (e.g., URM and Online) and as such, the totals will not add up to 100%.

Curriculum and Coordinated Care: Degrees Conferred

Objective

Increase flexible, experiential, and modular learning pathways that allow students to earn credentials along the way to their degree, and implement components of competency-based education in majors where possible.

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Degrees and Credentials Conferred includes all certificates and degrees awarded during an academic year to students at the undergraduate and graduate level (including law). Students can appear in multiple categories (e.g., URM and Online) and as such, the totals will not add up to 100%.

Curriculum and Coordinated Care: Credit Hours to Degree

Objective

Implement innovative instructional and curricular approaches to reduce time-to-degree.

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Time to degree is looking at the average number of credit hours a student earned when they completed their bachelor’s or master’s degree. The typical bachelor’s degree requires 120 credit hours and the typical master’s degree requires 30-40 hours, although some require more.

Career & Community
Engagement

NKU will increase its contributions to the economic, social, and civic prosperity of the region through talent development, research and innovation, and the stewardship of place.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Experiential Learning Opportunities

Objective

Build experiential and co-curricular learning into all majors at NKU to enhance students’ career readiness and lifelong learning.

NOTE: All Career & Community Engagement metrics still in development by campus constituents.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Creativity, Global Awareness, Cultural Competence, and Data Literacy

Objective

Ensure that creativity, global awareness, cultural competence, and literacy in technology and data are hallmarks of NKU’s undergraduate education.

NOTE: All Career & Community Engagement metrics still in development by campus constituents.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Public- Private Partnerships

Objective

Expand public-private partnerships to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship across the university.

NOTE: All Career & Community Engagement metrics still in development by campus constituents.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Community and Alumni Engagement

Objective

Strengthen engagement among alumni, business, and other external organizations with NKU students, faculty and staff.

NOTE: All Career & Community Engagement metrics still in development by campus constituents.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Post Graduation Outcomes

Objective

Improve post-graduation outcomes to enhance graduates’ economic and social mobility.

NOTE: All Career & Community Engagement metrics still in development by campus constituents.

Definitions:

Under-Represented Minority (URM) students are students that identify as one of five race or ethnicity categories. These categories are: Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and students that identify with Two or More Races.
First Generation students are students where neither parent completed a bachelor’s degree or higher (i.e., Master’s or Doctorate).
Low Income students are students who received a Pell grant.
School-Based Scholars (SBS) is a dual enrollment program for high school students that allows them to earn college credit. NKU continues to track these students as previous SBS participants in this program even after they enter NKU as new freshmen.

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