Rather, tuition paid by Flagstaff College students will go toward their single course of study, the faculty that will guide them, the austere infrastructure (they will, at the outset, lease a seminar room from Coconino Community College) and community outreach to partner with local businesses and nonprofits to give students internship-type experience in fields ranging from conservation to waste management. It might be a risky proposition for that first cohort of students taking the plunge at Flagstaff College — Lubarsky and Ford are actively recruiting via high school outreach and targeted social media — but the college’s leaders say the response so far has been positive. They point to their partnership with Coconino Community College as proof that a micro-college can reach into the community for alliances. He said he was introduced to the concept as a graduate student at the University of Utah, where the president of Deep Springs College, Jack Newell, served as an adjunct professor. (Newell now is on Flagstaff College’s board.)

Source: Daily Sun February 07, 2021 12:11 UTC