2009-10 Native American Status Report

1. 2009-10 Native American Status Report Marcia Gumpertz Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Diversity September 2010 gumpertz@ncsu.edu

2. TOPICS • Purpose of Native American Status Report • Undergraduate Students • Graduate Students • Staff • Faculty

3. Purpose of the Status Report • Monitor the status and trends of Native American students and faculty presence, performance and success, and staff demographics and turnover • Provide information and analysis to the senior campus leadership • Assess our progress, pinpoint where we have been successful, where changes are needed • Inform decisions on policy and practice

4. 2009 Status Report Highlights • Undergraduate Students • Applications, Admissions, Scholarships • Graduation rates • Graduate Students • Admissions – Masters and Doctoral Programs • Masters and Doctoral Degrees Conferred • Staff • distribution among occupations • changes from last year • Faculty • 5-year trends, by tenure status

5. Note: Race and Ethnicity categories for domestic students were changed for 2008-09 year. In Fall 2009 Check one: Are you Hispanic or Latino? – yes, no If you check “yes”, you are counted as Hispanic no matter what else you check. And then Check one or more: Black or African American, Asian, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White If you are not counted as Hispanic, you are counted as one of these, “not specified” or “2 or more races”.

6. Fall 2009 – What Boxes were Checked?

7. Status of Native American Undergraduate Students

8. Fall Freshman Applications and Admissions - Native American * Dashed lines indicate all applicants who checked the Native American category; Solid lines indicate those who identified as Native American only

9. Native American Freshman Fall Applications, Admits, Enrolled *In 2009, the first value indicates students who checked Native American only, the second indicates all students who checked Native American regardless of whether they checked more than one race or ethnicity.

10. Native American Freshman Admission Rate and Yield *In 2009, the first value indicates students who checked Native American only, the second indicates all students who checked Native American regardless of whether they checked more than one race or ethnicity.

11. Native American High School Students in North Carolina • ~950 graduate from NC high schools per year • ~25% (237) graduate with college prep course of study • 97 applied to NC State in 2009 • 45 admitted in 2009 (46% admission rate) • 21 enrolled in 2009 (47% yield)

12. 2008 NC College-Readiness public high schools – Native American • 1.3% of SAT takers in NC (705) • 0.5% of AP Test Takers (128) • 0.5% of AP scores of 3 or better (67) – big increase over 2003 (0.3% - 36 students) • 0.5% (97) of 2009 NCSU applicants – Native only • 1.5% (280) of NCSU applicants – checked Native Am. • 0.4% (45) of admitted freshmen – Native only • 1.1% (115) of admitted freshmen – checked Native Am.

13. What Are We Doing to Increase Under-Represented Admits and Enrollments? • K-12 outreach • Visitors’ Center and ODI provide campus visits to high school and middle school groups • Many pre-college programs - http://www.ncsu.edu/precollege/ • Planning Native Youth Congress for 2011 • Native American Visitation Day • Pack Preview – visits to high schools/community colleges • Annual Native American Pow Wow • New American Indian Advisory Group • Holistic admissions process • Provide financial aid to eligible students

14. 2009-10 NC State Undergraduate Financial Aid Applicants By Ethnicity

15. Pack Promise – Started in 2006 • Eligibility • No separate application required other than regular financial aid application • Family income at or below 150% of poverty level • Benefits • Have 100% need met for up to 9 semesters of enrollment • Maximum need-based loan of $2,500 per year + $1,500 in FWS • Scholarship and grant funding to meet remaining need • Priority for undergraduate research work-study opportunities, more focused financial aid and academic advising • About 320 awarded each year, but fewer in 2009-10. • 2006-07: 315 • 2007-08: 319 • 2008-09: 329 • 2009-10: 279

16. Chancellor’s Leadership Awards • Separate scholarship application required • Applicants rank-ordered by total scores from folder review process • Rank order and financial need used to allocate scholarships • Award valued at $5,000 per year for a total of 4 years • 50 Scholarships Awarded each year

17. UNC Campus Scholarships for Native Americans (formerly called Native American Incentive Grant and Incentive Scholarship for Native Americans) • Selection Criteria • Demonstrate significant financial need • NC resident, tribal enrollment card • Admitted to NC State and enrolled full time

18. Retention of 2006 Freshman CohortPercent returning after 1,2, 3 years 2003 Cohort 3 year retention rate, 4-5-6 year graduation rates

19. Factors Related to Retention and Success • Cultural identity- maintain strong bonds with heritage • Native American Student Association, NASA office, AISES • Pow Wow and other campus ceremonies • Academic preparation • Native American Symposium • summer bridge programs – Summer Start • Help early in first year – Peer mentor program • Family support; institutional support for first generation college students, alcohol and drug use, help dealing with instance of campus hostility • Asst Director of Native American Student Affairs • Pack Promise • Financial resources – recognize stepping out, need for more than 4 years of aid • Scholarships, particularly UNC Campus Scholarships

20. NC State Programs to Increase Retention and Graduation Rates • Guaranteed 4.0 Academic Bootcamp • Pack Promise coaches, research experiences • AGEP Research Experiences in STEM fields • Online Center for Student Success http://www.ncsu.edu/success/index.html • Advisory CounCil for Enhancing Student Success (ACCESS) http://www.ncsu.edu/uap/committees/access/index.html • Student Success Inventory – over 100 programs across campus

21. Number of Bachelor’s Degrees Conferred to Native Americans

22. Native American Undergraduate Summary • Native American Freshmen • 2009 is lowest in 2003-2009 period – 21 students • Fluctuates from .5% to .7% of applications • Admission rate has declined from 2003 to 2009 • Transfers to NC State: 3 students in 2009 • Undergraduate Enrollment: decreased from 177 in 2005 to 131 in 2009 • Retention and Graduation • 4/21 of 2006 cohort left before sophomore year (retention rate=81%). One left each year after that. • Graduation rate: 15/25 (60%) in 2003 cohort • Degrees awarded fluctuates: 25 to 35 per year

23. Graduate Students

24. Native American Graduate Admissions

25. Number of Graduate Degrees Conferred to Native Americans Masters Doctorates

26. What We Are Doing to Increase the Enrollment and Success of Underrepresented Graduate Students? • Graduate School Diversity Enhancement Grants • Ladders Programs for Graduate Students: Initial Summer Research (ISR), First Year Masters Ladder (FYM), Master’s to Doctorate (MPhD). • Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity: Funded by NIH to recruit and retain graduate and undergraduate students majoring in biomedical, behavioral, and veterinary medicine. • Bridge to the Doctorate: NSF Funds 2-year fellowships for 12 graduate students in engineering and sciences • CHAMPS Program - NC State partnership with UNCF and private HBCUs

27. Native AmericanGraduate Student Summary • Doctoral: • 4 to 10 students apply each year (.1% of applicants in 2009) • 14 admitted over past 5 years – .2% of all admitted • 44% admission rate (31% over all ethnic grps) • 5 doctoral degrees awarded 2005-2009 • Masters: • 6 to 12 apply each year (.1% of applicants in 2009) • 25 (52%) admitted over past 5 years – .2% of all admitted • 52% admission rate (44% admission rate overall) • 19 masters degrees awarded 2005-2009

28. Native American Staff

30. Native American Staff Exits in 2009

31. Native American Staff Hired in 2009

32. Staff Presence and Turnover • Number of Native American staff (16) is tiny and is small compared to NC population (0.3% of total staff compared to 1.3% of NC population) • 2 Native American staff resigned in 2009 • 3 were dismissed. • Proportion leaving NCSU is far higher (31% compared to 12%) than in other groups

33. Native American Faculty

34. Number of Native American Faculty

35. Native American PhD Pool Selected Fields

36. Initiatives to Increase the Pipeline and Improve the Climate • Building Future Faculty Program: Professional development workshop for diverse graduate students preparing for academic careers • Alliance for Building Faculty Diversity in the Mathematical Sciences: postdoctoral fellowships • ADVANCE Developing Diverse Departments at NC State: climate workshops for department heads, network of faculty working to promote diversity in hiring, mentoring • Target of Opportunity Hire Program

37. Native American Faculty Summary • In 2009 • no tenure track assistant professors • only 1 tenured faculty member • 3 non-tenure track faculty • Since 2003 • 2 TT asst professors, both have resigned • 3 tenured assoc professors; 1 still here, 1 retired, 1 resigned • 1 tenured full professor, now deceased.

38. Sources: • NCSU University Planning and Analysis websites http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/ • NCSU Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid • College Bound Seniors 2008. http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/cb-seniors-2008 • College Board AP Summary Reports: 2008 http://www.collegeboard.com/html/aprtn/pdf/state_reports/09_0467_St_Report_NORTHCAROLINA_X1a_081223.pdf • McAfee, M.E. April 2000. From their voices: American Indians in higher education and the phenomenon of stepping out. Making Strides, AAAS, 2(2): http://ehrweb.aaas.org/mge/Archives/5/Macafee.html • Survey of Earned Doctorates 2007. http://www.norc.org/projects/Survey+of+Earned+Doctorates.htm