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Five public New Mexico colleges including Northern New Mexico College on Friday announced a ground-breaking partnership that will fundamentally change the higher education student experience.
Northern New Mexico College, Clovis Community College, Central New Mexico Community College, San Juan College, and Santa Fe Community College have come together to develop a single, shared system of student, continuing education, workforce, financial, and human resources services. The first of its kind in the nation, this project will transform the student experience. It has received endorsement from New Mexico Independent Colleges, the New Mexico Higher Education Department and institutional leaders. Their leadership will serve as a model for other higher education initiatives.
A new student experience is in the works at five New Mexico colleges.
Through a collaborative effort three years in the making â the first of its kind in the nation â one admissions application could one day open the door to a wider variety of classes and support and ease the process of transferring from one school to another.
The project, announced Friday, has the potential to grow to more state institutions.
The move is expected to affect student recruitment, registration, financial aid and advisement at each of the five participating schools.
âWeâre trying to put studentsâ needs ahead of what has been a little bit easier for [colleges to do] in the past and look at it from a studentâs perspective,â said Becky Rowley, president of Santa Fe Community College, which is participating in the partnership.