The Northwest Career Colleges Idaho (NWCC Idaho) is a subsidiary of the Alliance for Career Education in the States (ACES). All institutions located in the state of Idaho are encouraged to join in support of private career education and state-based advocacy.
NWCC Idaho exists to protect and advance the interests of private career colleges and learners. Join us in making a difference that will last a lifetime.
For the past 15 years, we have partnered with the Northwest Career Colleges Federation in Washington and have represented the interests of hundreds of member institutions, their leadership, their faculties, and thousands of students served by members. Effective August 1, 2018, each state (Washington, Oregon, and Idaho) established independent non-profit status and now focuses more specifically on the needs of that state.
We believe that career education is essential to the state’s economy and makes an enormously positive contribution to hundreds of graduates entering the job market with the valuable skills, education, and training attained from attending our member schools.
NWCCI provides a range of valuable services, including:
We work closely with state legislatures, government officials, and regulatory agencies to advocate for support and development of the region’s private career colleges and schools and the students who attend them. Our state director, legislative lobbyist, and proactive board of directors work to ensure that private career colleges are recognized as an essential component of higher education.
The NWCCI helps career colleges and schools achieve continuing educational excellence. Here’s a summary of how we help.
NWCC Idaho members receive timely updates and regular communications covering all the political, business, and higher education news impacting Idaho schools.
The advocacy work of NWCC Idaho is tailored to the unique needs of schools in Idaho. All NWCC Idaho members will receive regular communications related to legislative, regulatory, and political activities important to the sector in the state capital, as well as a complimentary subscription to the Career Education Review magazine.
The ACES webinar series is available as a complimentary benefit to all ACES partners including members of NWCC Idaho.
The webinars have been developed for the advancement of professional development offerings in the states though the ACES partnership.
The Careers That Work! scholarship program provides tuition assistance for high school graduates pursuing education at participating private career colleges in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The scholarship program was launched in 1999 in Washington state when 88 scholarships were awarded. Since then, hundreds of graduating seniors have been awarded the scholarship by their high school.
For more information, listings of past scholarship recipients, and the 2024 on-line application, please visit the Careers That Work! scholarship page.
President
Nathan Shaw, Aveda Institute Boise, Twin Falls and Nathan Layne Institute Chubbuck
Vice President
Ty Walker, Paul Mitchell The School Rexburg
Secretary
Lydia Benson, American Institute of Clinical Massage
Treasurer
Margarita Castellanos, The Salon Professional Academy, Nampa
Past President
Lou Starita, Paul Mitchell The Schools Boise, Nampa, Twin Falls, Coeur d’Alene
Director-at-Large Position One
Paul Mitchell, Northwest Lineman College
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