Higher Education in Northern Arizona

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Higher Education in Northern Arizona

• The Honorable Liz Archuleta, Coconino County
  Supervisor and Coordinator of Multicultural
  Outreach at NAU
• The Honorable Joseph Donaldson, Mayor of the City
  of Flagstaff
• Dr. William Grabe, Professor, English Department,
  NAU
• Dr. Susan M. Fitzmaurice, Dean of the College of
  Arts Letters, NAU
• Dr. Tom Jordan, President, Coconino Community
  College

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NAU Statewide
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Mayor of Flagstaffs University Reorganization
Stakeholders Group principles

• Collaboration and integration
• Access to good quality education
• Structure of the higher education system
• Capacity for growth and development
• Mission independence

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Full Access to Higher Education 1

• 1. Students enter the university as freshmen
• 2. Students begin in community colleges and
  transfer to the university for a BA degree
• 3. Students complete the BA degree and proceed to
  an MA or professional degree
• 4. Students continue their education through
  completion of a doctoral degree

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Full Access to Higher Education 2

• 1. Access to educational degree programs on a
  university main campus
• 2. Access through many statewide extension sites
  or branch campuses
• 3. Access through well-established and consistent
  articulation agreements among community colleges
  and university programs
• 4. Access through partnerships with community
  colleges in 22 arrangements

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NAU Support for Hispanic/Latino students

• NAU ranks 64th in U.S. in total undergraduate
  Hispanic/Latino students
• NAU ranks 6th in U.S. in total graduate
  Hispanic/Latino students
• NAU awarded 279 graduate degrees to
  Hispanic/Latino students in 2004
• NAU-Yuma is an official Hispanic Serving
  Institution

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NAU Support for Hispanic/Latino students

• 2199 Hispanic/Latino students enrolled at NAU in
  Fall 2004
• 23 of all NAU students in 2004 are minority
  students
• NAU provides many support programs for
  Hispanic/Latino students
• NAU is a mature Doctoral Intensive university
  providing full access to qualified students at
  all degree levels

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Northern Arizona Task Force on Higher Education
(WWW.NAZHigherEd.org)

• Integrity of instruction and learning in diverse
  modes and settings
• Opportunity for access to the full range of
  degree programs.
• Transferability to expand experience creating
  opportunities for integrated environments where
  undergraduate teaching, graduate teaching, and
  research create a stimulating university
  experience.

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Expand on Demand

• Ability to respond quickly to changing
  demographic patterns and pressures by utilizing
  multiple delivery mechanisms 22 partnerships
  with community colleges ? branch campuses ? new
  four-year colleges
• Fiscal responsibility incremental expansion in
  response to demand is cost-effective