ANSEP students can go from finishing eighth grade to a Bachelor’s degree in five years with Acceleration Academy!
- ANSEP families can save $75,000 or more in college costs when their students attend an ANSEP full time Acceleration Academy high school.
- Starting the clock in ninth grade, the expected cost to local/state/federal government of a degree at the University of Alaska Anchorage is nearly $300,000 because only about one third of students attempting degrees succeed after 10 years.
- Using the same criteria with the ANSEP model, the cost is less than $100,000, remediation is eliminated, and the social cost of failure is reduced.
ANSEP is working with thousands of students from more than 100 communities starting in Kindergarten and every year through the PhD.
ANSEP Alum Returns as Program’s Chief Operating Officer
ANSEP has appointed Dr. Michele Yatchmeneff as the Chief Operating Officer. An ANSEP alumnus and the only Alaska Native with a doctoral degree in engineering education, Yatchmeneff will work alongside ANSEP Executive Director Matt Calhoun to further expand the program’s impact. Yatchmeneff was previously ANSEP’s assistant director before becoming UAA’s executive director of Alaska Native Education and Outreach in 2021. Read more here.
Nome Students Learn about Local Water Science
The Nome ANSEP Acceleration Academy students spent the day with community partners learning about the scientific processes and various community efforts behind local water testing and emergency health monitoring! On the shores of West Beach in Nome, students participated in hands-on seawater sampling where they learned how to identify both beneficial and harmful types of algae species. The students were also visited by several belugas and seals feeding nearby! Read more here.
