A BUSINESS PLAN WITH A BROADLY BASED RESEARCH COMPONENT

FOR THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN

LAKE HAVASU CITY

Not for public distribution. The 3-8-09 draft is for review and critique only. For the complete draft document, contact the Foundation. To date, this project has consumed 1,400 hours and would have cost $630,000 with an [...]

As stated in one of the articles of the Education Blog, the modern system of higher education, which fully meets the requirements of the times, is one of the most important factors in the growth of the quality of human capital, a generator of new ideas, and a guarantee of the dynamic development of the economy and society as a whole. Higher education is now considered a necessary (but increasingly not sufficient) condition for obtaining a better job in the future and moving up the social ladder. Of course, the relevance of obtaining a higher education is confirmed by the increase in demand (in this case, the demand is measured by the number of submitted applications to higher educational institutions in general across the country). Statistical data show trends of increasing quantitative and relative indicators over the past three years, but these rates decrease every year. In order to improve growth rates, developed countries must first of all implement social and economic programs to overcome demographic crises. From the management of higher education institutions it is worth monitoring changes in market situations. In late May 2004 the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) http://www.abor.asu.edu/ announced plans to restructure the university system to meet the growing demands for higher education from the expanding Arizona population. The Regents identified several issues that must be ad-dressed in the public university system of the future. Among those issues were;

Arizona’s projected [...]

One challenge for the HFHE plan is the small but growing population of Mohave County. We believe our town and county does have the population base to support a full campus of a university operation. Interestingly, Lake Havasu City now has a larger and faster growing population than Flagstaff.

So, how can NAU make [...]

On July 11, 2007, the Lake Havasu City Council approved several items related to the proposed university, including a Marketing Study to find out where potential students are and whether they will come to a university campus on Lake Havasu with all the amenities illustrated on Land Use Plan map:

Which geographic landscape would [...]

Several factors go into estimating the cost of the master plan. One might look to similar projects in our area such as SARA Park to get a rough idea of the work that goes into master planning. Much of the master planning work can be done by staff.

Moreover, the partnership already includes individuals [...]