College may also have to buy or lease its own airplanes

If Congress has its way, Yavapai College, originally created to serve the needs of County residents, may soon own or lease its own fleet of airplanes and recruit wealthy foreign students to train in them.  This is a far cry from the original purpose of the Community College.  However, this is the reality of the Veterans Administration recent crack down on Yavapai College’s failure to meet student ratio guidelines of 15% non-veterans in its aviation program. 

College slide used at Board Meeting

The consequence of the VA decision about the College means the loss of thousands of dollars in tuition to the College, which charges $662 per credit to veterans in the program rather than the $75 normal per credit tuition.  It also means millions of dollars in lost revenue to Guidance Aviation, which can charge somewhere around $200,000 per veteran for some programs—all paid by the Federal Government.

CTEC Dean John Morgan reported these possibilities to the Governing Board at the October 7 meeting. You may view Dean Morgan discussing this issue with the Governing Board by clicking here. 

Data shows that students from Mingus and Camp Verde High Schools attended Career Day

This Blog ran a story in November based on a newspaper article stating that only students from the West side of the Valley attended a career day on November 21, 2014 at the Career and Technical Education Center at the Prescott airport. The Blog has been informed that this was inaccurate.

Data from the Community College indicates that 40 students from Mingus Union High School and 30 students from Camp Verde High School attended the event. No students from Sedona Red Rock attended the event.

Here are the attendance figures as provided by the College:
Number of students who attended (and schools represented)
• Aspire = 6
• AAEC = 30
• Bagdad HS = 40
• Bradshaw Mountain HS = 50
• Camp Verde HS = 30
• Chino Valley HS = 40
• Mingus Union HS = 40
• Mingus Mountain Acd. = 10
• Prescott HS = 60
• Seligman HS = 13

The Blog encourages its readers to send corrections from reliable sources whenever it publishes information that appears to be in error. It appreciates receiving the above information from the Community College.