Student Achievement Initiative

Student Achievement Initiative

Meeting the Rapidly Changing Demands of Higher Education

The mission of NWF State College is to improve lives. Our team of dedicated instructional and student success professionals support this mission by providing the best in transfer degrees and an ever-expanding portfolio of job-readiness training. However, the landscape of higher education is changing rapidly. To continue improving, to serve as an educational influencer and to stimulate regional economic growth, the College must implement emerging best practices.

Preparing Students for Lifelong Success

NWF aspires to always be at the forefront of this change to prepare students for lifelong success. With an increasingly diverse student body, our challenge is to provide high-quality, relevant instruction that reaches students where they are, recognizes where they come from and takes them where they want to go.

Opportunities

  • Textbook costs are significant. For high-enrollment classes at NWF State College, the average textbook cost is one-third the amount of tuition for a three credit hour class; some are as high as two-thirds the tuition.
  • Many students, 56% of whom are enrolled part-time, must work to pay for educational and living expenses. As a result, their attendance and completion depend on a flexible schedule.
  • The College’s dual enrolled population has increased by 11% over the past five years and continues to grow as more students desire to begin college studies early.

Solutions

  • Create an Open Education Resource Fund (Increasing Access to Higher Education) which provides free online textbooks for high-enrollment courses.
  • Establish on-demand online programs to meet the scheduling needs of highly transient populations, such as military students, who want to learn on demand and on the go.
  • Connect faculty and industry leaders through a Teaching Innovation Center to jointly prepare students for tomorrow’s workforce.
  • Focus on preeminence by scaling nationally recognized best practices for early college, job placement and guided pathway programs.

What You Can Do to Help

Give to the Student Achievement Fund

Provide modern equipment, cutting edge technology, and on-trend programs that meet the needs of our local economy.

Give to Student Achievement Fund

Establish Your Own Program Enhancement Fund

If you’d like to generously create your own fund, we’ll walk you through the steps.

Create a Fund

Support the Highest Campaign Priority

Give the College the flexibility to use funds toward one of the three initiatives that is needed most.

Give to the Take Flight Fund

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