Student Resources Contact:
Katherine Elkins, ASID
Katherine Elkins Designs, Ltd.
(775) 287-8201
klelkins@gmail.com
Endorsed College Program
The goals of the NKBA Endorsed College Program are:
- To encourage and support excellence in kitchen/bathroom design by establishing standards for developing and evaluating college programs for endorsement.
- To promote quality education through the attainment of professional standards within the kitchen and bathroom industry.
- To provide assurance to the kitchen and bathroom industry, and the public, that student who graduate from NKBA endorsed programs have met educational and industry design standards.
- To provide assistance in developing and establishing new endorsed programs.
- To provide ongoing assistance to endorsed programs for improvement of their educational offerings.
- To ensure that the unique characteristics of a curriculum will be recognized and encouraged within endorsement guidelines.
- To increase professional employment opportunities for students.
- To encourage and support excellence in kitchen/bathroom design by establishing standards for developing and evaluating college programs for endorsement.
- To promote quality education through the attainment of professional standards within the kitchen and bathroom industry.
- To provide assurance to the kitchen and bathroom industry, and the public, that student who graduate from NKBA endorsed programs have met educational and industry design standards.
- To provide assistance in developing and establishing new endorsed programs.
- To provide ongoing assistance to endorsed programs for improvement of their educational offerings.
- To ensure that the unique characteristics of a curriculum will be recognized and encouraged within endorsement guidelines.
- To increase professional employment opportunities for students.
