FAIRBANKS, Alaska - COVID-19 pandemic-era digital shifts in postsecondary education are contributing to a new proposal to consolidate two University of Alaska campuses.
The CTC has over 50 certificate and degree programs, with studies ranging from aviation maintenance to nursing, and its main building sits near the outer edge of downtown Fairbanks, along Barnette Street. Before the pandemic, IAC was often the sole higher-ed provider in rural communities, and did so via on-site teaching and learning, according to Stern.
Precisely which CTC programs the university would deliver to the IAC communities is yet to be determined. Many of the expanded course and program offerings would be online, but Stern added that traveling instructors could enable some in-person CTC course offerings in the remote communities IAC currently serves.