Dive Brief:
- The Santa Fe University of Art and Design has partnered with Santa Fe Community College to offer reduced-price degrees to the two-year graduates.
- The reduction amounts to a discount of between 45% and 66%, depending on the original program cost, which varies by major.
- The partnership is in place for fall 2015 enrollees, who will be charged about $10,000 per year for the final two years of their degrees.
Dive Insight:
Four-year institutions across the country have created articulation agreements with nearby community colleges to provide a structured pathway for local talent to continue their educations from one institution to the other. For private colleges and universities, this can provide a way to better engage with the local population and serve the community, a role that is not necessarily entrenched in their traditional operating procedures. It is also an almost-guaranteed way to increase diversity on campus, both along racial or ethnic lines as well as by income.