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32HorizonsNorthernagainappearsinthetoptierobestMidwestregionaluniversitiesplacinginthetop100inU.S.NewsandWorldReports2014editionoBestColleges.AdditionallytheCollegeDatabasehasreleaseditslistotheTopU.S.CollegesandUniversitiesorTeachingEducation.NMUranks46thnationwidebasedonthenumberodegreeprogramsdesignedtopreparestudentsorcareersinteachingeducationadministrationcurriculumdevelopmentandstudentcounseling.ThisisnotaullreviewoourprogrambutitsreassuringthatwhattheyuseinparttodeterminetheserankingssupportstherigorouspeerreviewprocesswegothroughonastateandnationallevelonanannualbasisoraccreditationsaysJoeLubig91BS00MAEassociatedeanotheSchooloEducationLeadershipandPublicService.Itsworthnotingthatwearesincerelyworkingtoaddressthehigh-needareasthathavebeenidentiedonanationallevellearningdisabilitieslanguagesandSTEMsciencetechnologyengineeringandmathematics.Eighty-onepercentothecerticatesweissuedlastyearwereinthoseareas.Thatshuge.LubigidentiedotherpointsoprideortheSchooloEducationStudentgrade-pointaveragesincontentareasareatorabovethenationalnorm.Thecompletionrateo93percentranksnearthestateshighesto94percentandcomortablyabovethestateaverageo86.7percentTheaveragepassrateorthetestorteachercerticationis92percentor7percentabovethestateaverage.Thoseareallthingswereexceptionallyproudobutthatarentactoredintotheserankingsheadds.Oneareawearecommittedtoworkingtoimproveisdiversityocandidates.Only4percentoourgraduatesrepresentminoritypopulations.Thestateaverageis13percent.TheCollegeDatabaseisareenon-commercialwebsitethatreliesondatasetsromtheederalgovernmentandtheCarnegieFoundation.Northerns10thdayenrollmentreportshowsthenumberoincomingreshmenpursuingbachelorsdegreesincreasedby22studentsor2per-centoverlastyearsgure.Theriseinnewreshmenhelpedtocountersomeotheexitingeectooneotheuniversityslargestgraduatingclassesonrecordlastspring.Theiracademiccredentialsalsoimproved.TheaverageACTscoreis22.9andtheaveragehighschoolgrade-pointaverageis3.17.WeveseentheincreaseinbaccalaureatereshmanwhilethehighschooldemographicisshrinkingveryquicklyinMichigansaysKatieSchoonveld01BSNMUInstitutionalResearchassistant.About80percentoourstudentbodycomesromMichigansoitsgoodtoregistersomegrowthinreshmendespitethedecliningdemographicsparticularlyinthewest-centralUpperPeninsula.Thenumberorst-timegraduatestudentsisatitshighestpointinthelastveyearswithanincreaseo39studentsor35percent.ButwithadecreaseintranserstudentsrefectiveoastatewidetrendacingallMichiganpublicuniversitiesalongwithsmallersophomoreandseniorclassesNMUstotalheadcountis8879downby219studentsor2.4percentromlastyear.NMUisintensiyingitsocusonretainingenrolledstudents.Ateranewinitiativewasimplementedlastyearinitialoutcomesshoweda7.4percentincreaseinretentionamongacontrolgroupoat-riskreshmenwhoarenowsophomores.CampusNewsNMUgetstoprankingsJumpinfreshmenandgradstudentenrollment