Northern Arizona University is one of four universities in the country to be named a finalist in the Association of Public and Land-grant University’s (APLU) 2020 Degree Completion Award, which recognizes institutions that use innovative approaches to improve degree completion while maintaining a high quality of education. The other finalists are California State University, Sacramento; Kent State University; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a result of various strategies to increase student success, NAU’s overall four-year degree completion rate has increased by 12 percentage points, while its six-year graduation rate has increased 7.2 percentage points. NAU has also increased the number of bachelors’ degrees it awards by more 1,500 each year. “It is such a tremendous honor to be recognized,” said K. Laurie Dickson, vice provost of curriculum, assessment and accreditation.

Source: Daily Sun October 31, 2020 17:15 UTC