Goal is to work together to benefit students and communities
The presidents of Coconino Community College, Mohave Community College, Northland Pioneer College, and Yavapai College recently signed an intergovernmental agreement called the Northern Arizona Community College Partnership (NACCP). According to a press release from Yavapai Community College, the agreement calls on the districts to collaborate and combine resources to better serve citizens and communities throughout northern Arizona. This includes sharing college courses to improve student success and completion and enhancing workforce development by utilizing each district’s vast array of unique programs.
The agreement states that the districts will “exercise efficient and maximal use of available educational resources through common and complementary resources of each institution.”
The colleges will specifically focus efforts to collaborate in areas of credit and non-credit offerings, curriculum development, data sharing, business functions, student services, and other support services to provide a cooperative higher education network for residents of Northern Arizona which includes Mohave, Navajo, Apache, Yavapai and Coconino Counties.
It is not clear how they will carry out their collaboration and no examples were given at the September Governing Board meeting.
The four northern Arizona college districts claim they will also work together to strengthen their partnerships with K-12 institutions, universities, and workforce development partners.
Board members from each district approved the agreement, and the districts began working together under the agreement on October 1, 2022. The issue was placed on the September 27 consent agenda for approval by the Yavapai Community College District Governing Board. It was approved without comment by the President or discussion.
Sources: Yavapai Community College Governing Board meeting September 27, 2022; Yavapai Community College press release dated October 3, 2022.