{"id":12484,"date":"2010-02-17T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T18:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=12484"},"modified":"2013-09-13T12:22:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T19:22:23","slug":"nau-yavapai-wins-high-praise-from-arizona-dignitaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-yavapai-wins-high-praise-from-arizona-dignitaries\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU-Yavapai wins high praise from Arizona dignitaries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Jan Brewer, left, Yavapai College President Jim Horton, and Susan Johnstad, assistant vice president and campus executive officer for NAU-Yavapai, right, share a laugh with NAU President John Haeger, foreground, during the governor’s visit to the NAU-Yavapai campus last week. Photos by Amanda Voisard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gov. Jan Brewer visited the NAU-Yavapai campus Friday, meeting with NAU President\u00a0John Haeger<\/strong>, Yavapai College President Jim Horton, Prescott Valley civic and business leaders, board members from Yavapai College and local school district superintendents.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick visited the campus and met with another contingent of local educational and community leaders.<\/p>\n

Both Brewer and Kirkpatrick threw their backing to NAU-Yavapai, which is part of Haeger and Horton\u2019s plans to deliver affordable and accessible bachelor\u2019s degrees to the citizens of Arizona.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is visionary,\u201d Brewer said. \u201cIt sets an example for the entire state and the nation.\u201d Pointing around the room, Brewer added, \u201cAnd these are the visionaries. These are the people who said, \u2018We can do this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Kirkpatrick called NAU-Yavapai a dream come true. \u201cThis is what we should be doing,\u201d the congresswoman said. \u201cThis is a model project.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brewer and Kirkpatrick were referring to NAU\u2019s partnership with Yavapai College, through which students will be able to earn bachelor\u2019s degrees in a system that is truly unique among Arizona\u2019s public institutions. NAU-Yavapai will offer structured programs that will continue throughout the year.<\/p>\n

NAU-Yavapai is the first visible sign of the Arizona Board of Regents and governor\u2019s call to revise the current structure, or architecture, of the university system. The intent is to offer students lower-cost options to obtaining baccalaureate degrees.<\/p>\n

Beginning in the fall, NAU-Yavapai will offer three degree programs: community development and sustainability; entrepreneurship; and service industry management.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will offer very structured programs with limited choice, but all your courses will count toward your degree,\u201d Haeger said. \u201cWe will have classes running 12 months a year instead of a semester system. Students can go as fast as they want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because of its structure, NAU-Yavapai will cost considerably less than the research universities in Arizona. It is hoped that NAU-Yavapai will have a student population of between 3,000 and 5,000 in 10 years.<\/p>\n

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President John Haeger, left, U.S. Representative Ann Kirkpatrick and Yavapai College
President Jim Horton, exit the NAU-Yavapai Campus following a tour of new facilities on
Tuesday afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAffordability has long been a big stumbling block for attracting students into higher education,\u201d Kirkpatrick said. \u201cNAU-Yavapai offers quality in a community setting for less. With models of higher education like this, we can remain competitive in the global market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haeger, Horton and city officials also see the institution as an economic boon to the region. Food service would be outsourced, and city officials see increased use of restaurants, apartments, hotels and entertainment areas. Some day, city officials say, student housing could be constructed by private firms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we\u2019re successful with this experiment, if it grows to a reasonable size, it will mean lots of jobs for area residents,\u201d Haeger said.<\/p>\n

NAU-Yavapai<\/a>\u00a0sits adjacent to the Prescott Valley Library on land donated by the Fain Signature Group. Currently it is offering a few courses but will welcome its first freshman class in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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New partnership in Prescott smoothes path to bachelor\u2019s degree<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nAnother Northern Arizona University project in the Prescott area also is designed to increase access to higher education.<\/p>\n

The university recently announced another partnership in Prescott with Yavapai College that provides students a seamless transition from the community college experience to earning an NAU bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n

The YC2NAU<\/a> program provides students with tailored and collaborative advising to put them on the right track for an eventual NAU graduation. The focused advising of YC2NAU offers a cost-effective path toward the same high-quality bachelor\u2019s degree available to those starting at the university as a freshman. Students who recently started in the program are already on the path to earning degrees.<\/p>\n

The program is similar to NAU\u2019s partnership with Coconino Community College, called CCC2NAU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Benefits from both programs include admission to NAU with a waived application fee, advising from academic advisors at both institutions, library privileges at both institutions, an NAU e-mail address and access to many programs, services and events and a free, online first-year-experience course that helps students navigate university resources and systems.<\/p>\n

“Universities and community colleges traditionally have seen themselves in competition with each other,” said NAU President John Haeger<\/strong>. “In a sense, the education system has to rearrange and restructure itself\u2026and show students, ‘you can move to a baccalaureate degree, and it’s essential for your future.'”<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Gov. Jan Brewer visited the NAU-Yavapai campus Friday, meeting with NAU President\u00a0John Haeger, Yavapai College President Jim Horton, Prescott Valley civic and business leaders, board members from Yavapai College and local school district superintendents. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick visited the campus and met with another contingent of local educational and community leaders. Both…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}