{"id":590,"date":"2012-05-09T16:40:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T23:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.nau.edu\/news-p\/wordpress\/?p=590"},"modified":"2012-10-30T14:39:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T21:39:39","slug":"cabinet-highlights-may-8-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/cabinet-highlights-may-8-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet Highlights: May 8, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Extended Campuses to launch new efforts to increase enrollment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Northern Arizona University is doubling efforts across the state to bolster statewide enrollment, said\u00a0<strong>Fred Hurst<\/strong>, senior vice president for Extended Campuses. Extended Campuses uses centralized advising, allowing other staff to concentrate on recruitment. Additionally, it is exploring new offerings in the Yuma area, where local leaders are seeking more programs. Hurst also said NAU is \u201caggressively moving forward\u201d with a personalized learning initiative, which would allow students to take assessment tests to demonstrate their competency and take courses at their own pace. Hurst said NAU hopes to launch the initiative in January.<\/p>\n<p>The state Legislature has ended its session, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/nau-receives-additional-funding-in-fy13-budget\/\">NAU has received some additional funding<\/a>\u00a0in Arizona\u2019s budget, said\u00a0<strong>Christy Farley<\/strong>, vice president for Government Affairs and Business Partnerships. Additionally, the state will return to a 50\/50 employee-employer contribution for state retirement fund members. The contribution will be retroactive to July 1. Notable bills that failed to pass this year include mandatory tuition contribution and guns on campus.<\/p>\n<p>President\u00a0<strong>John Haeger<\/strong>\u00a0said that now that the state has finalized university budgets, NAU must decide how it will invest its funds. The president said NAU is considering increasing investments in technology and, if possible, salary increases for faculty and staff. He also said NAU is planning on increasing the number of international students and reducing the subsidy to Athletics, which can be replaced with other funding. Haeger discussed these issues during his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/haeger-outlines-links-between-funding-technology-and-retention\/\">campus-wide forum in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Jones<\/strong>, a director in Planning and Institutional Research, said \u201caccepts and admits\u201d for fall 2012 should increase in all areas.\u00a0<strong>Pat Haeuser<\/strong>, vice president for Planning, Budget and Institutional Effectiveness, showed results from the AAUP Faculty Compensation Survey. NAU showed a small improvement in compensation. Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www4.nau.edu\/pair\/CabinetReports\/Cabinetindex2012.htm\">here<\/a>\u00a0for the full cabinet report.<\/p>\n<p>A search committee for a new women\u2019s head basketball coach has been formed, said\u00a0<strong>Lisa Campos<\/strong>, vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics. She also said that she expects NAU to fare well when the NCAA announces its APR and GPA rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/cabinet-highlights-may-8-2012\/\">Extended Campuses to launch new efforts to increase enrollment Northern Arizona University is doubling efforts across the state to bolster statewide enrollment, said\u00a0Fred Hurst, senior vice president for Extended Campuses. Extended Campuses uses centralized advising, allowing other staff to concentrate on recruitment. Additionally, it is exploring new offerings in the Yuma area, where local leaders&hellip;<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590","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=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}