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NAU announced as winner of The Great Admissions Redesign Challenge

ls2724 | April 3, 2024

NAU, which is one of seven organizations awarded in a national competition to transform how students get into college, will expand its universal admissions program to nine community colleges… Read more

NAU leads $7.6M Arizona College Excellence initiative to support rural college attainment in partnership with six community colleges

ag4486 | May 8, 2023

A $3.8 million grant from the Helios Education Foundation, matched by $3.8 million from the Northern Arizona University Foundation, will create the Arizona College Excellence (ACE) initiative to help community college students persist, transfer to NAU and graduate prepared for personal and professional success… Read more

Northern Arizona University joins National Data Labs program representing Arizona

mhe9 | April 24, 2023

To advance the crucial mission of the Arizona Attainment Alliance (A++), led by Northern Arizona University (NAU), the State of Arizona recently supported NAU’s successful application to the national Data Labs program to strengthen and better integrate data and technical infrastructure between A++ partners… Read more

Increasing access to higher ed

mhe9 | February 21, 2023

The Arizona Attainment Alliance (A++)—an innovative partnership between Northern Arizona University (NAU), the state’s 10 community college districts and the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) that collectively serves more than 320,000 students—announced its first alliance-wide initiative, the Universal Admissions program, which will ensure seamless admissions for all students who attend A++ member institutions… Read more

Arizona Attainment Alliance

mhe9 | September 29, 2022

Through transformative statewide partnership, NAU, Arizona community college districts and Arizona Commerce Authority seek to dramatically boost the state’s educational attainment rate to fuel the needs of Arizona’s new economy… Read more