{"id":42046,"date":"2016-02-25T16:39:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T23:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=42046"},"modified":"2016-02-25T16:39:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T23:39:42","slug":"put-the-dream-of-higher-education-within-reach-of-all-arizona-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/put-the-dream-of-higher-education-within-reach-of-all-arizona-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Put the dream of higher education within reach of all Arizona students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Eileen Klein, President, Arizona Board of Regents<br \/>\nRita Cheng, President, Northern Arizona University<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Ann Weaver Hart, President, University of Arizona<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-42060 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/23891486225_3c2a5b9f23_k-e1456431684386-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"NAU graduates\" width=\"382\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/02\/23891486225_3c2a5b9f23_k-e1456431684386-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/02\/23891486225_3c2a5b9f23_k-e1456431684386-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/02\/23891486225_3c2a5b9f23_k-e1456431684386-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/02\/23891486225_3c2a5b9f23_k-e1456431684386.jpg 1761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/>What do you want in life for your child?\u00a0A good job, no doubt. A meaningful career. Self-reliance. Opportunity. A university education is one of the surest paths toward the American Dream.<\/p>\n<p>Consider this: By 2018, an estimated two-thirds of Arizona jobs will require at least some post-secondary education. Over the course of a lifetime, someone with a bachelor\u2019s will earn roughly $1 million more than with a high-school diploma alone. Adults with a college education also reap a wide range of personal,\u00a0financial, and other lifelong benefits, such as better access to health care and higher employment rates.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why it is so critical we keep that dream within reach of Arizona high-school graduates.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: The full statement by the Arizona Board of Regents Enterprise Executive Committee can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expectmorearizona.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/11\/put-dream-higher-education-within-reach-arizona-students\/\">Expect More Arizona website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/put-the-dream-of-higher-education-within-reach-of-all-arizona-students\/\">By Eileen Klein, President, Arizona Board of Regents Rita Cheng, President, Northern Arizona University Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University Ann Weaver Hart, President, University of Arizona What do you want in life for your child?\u00a0A good job, no doubt. A meaningful career. Self-reliance. Opportunity. A university education is one of the surest paths toward&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":42060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-views-from-nau"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42046","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=42046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}