The Arizona Daily Star
Aug. 12, 2009
The budget for the University of Arizona — considered one of the 25 best research universities in the nation — was cut by the Legislature this year by $76 million. In discussions with legislators, the question often arises: Why does Arizona need research universities?
The Arizona Daily Sun
Aug. 10, 2009
At Northern Arizona University's teachers' college, good enough isn't good enough.
NAU trains aspiring teachers as well as experienced ones, traditionally and as their schedules allow. For the latter, the Arizona K-12 Center can be a major resource. The Phoenix-based center, an arm of NAU's College of Education, offers short-form courses and workshops to more than 500 teachers per year statewide on topics ranging from technology in the classroom to teacher leadership.
Daily Wildcat
Aug. 10, 2009
Tempe - While topics of discussion ranged from neuroscience research to the revised Arizona University System architecture, all of the issues brought up at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting on Aug. 6 and 7 in Tempe shared one concern - managing the budget.
The first day of the Board meeting focused heavily on approving research funds and institutions for the 2010 Fiscal Year.
KVOA
Aug. 10, 2009
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona State University has announced plans to raise $5 million to invest in technology developed by the school.
University officials say the money will help develop promising bioscience and renewable energy ideas.
Backers say it will make the university's technology more appealing while improving the odds that ASU can spin out successful companies that could lead to the creation of hundreds of jobs and possibly millions of dollars in licensing fees for the school....
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 7, 2009
The Arizona Board of Regents says it supports the idea of providing options for lower-priced bachelor's degrees but worries about how to fund the initiatives when state revenue is down and university budgets are declining.
Regent Fred Boice encouraged the board to lean strongly on partnerships with community colleges, which are likely to be the quickest and most efficient route to enabling the universities to produce more bachelor's degrees.
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 6, 2009
Maricopa Community Colleges' incoming students who major in one of the 20 most-popular transfer-degree programs will be treated like Arizona State University freshmen this fall under a novel agreement between the two higher-education institutions.
The agreement intends to keep tuition costs down for students pursuing one of those degrees who transfer to ASU within three years of starting community college.
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 5, 2009
For the first time, students from UA's downtown Phoenix medical school are making the rounds at Valley hospitals.
Students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix in partnership with Arizona State University began making rounds in late July.
University of Arizona has had a Tuscon medical school for 40 years, but in 2007, it opened a Phoenix campus at 550 E. Van Buren St. with 24 first-year students. The downtown campus school now has 119 students. That initial c...
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 4, 2009
Arizona's three state universities will start receiving $154 million in federal stimulus funds next week.
The money won't make up for all the cuts in their state funding, but university officials say the infusion will help save hundreds of jobs.
Arizona Capitol Times
Aug. 3, 2009
Gov. Jan Brewer announced on Aug. 3 that Arizona’s three universities would receive $154 million next week as part of the first installment of money from the federal stimulus package’s education fund.
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Arizona State University will receive $69.8 million, the University of Arizona will receive $60.8 million and Northern Arizona University will receive $23.4 million, according to the Governor’s Office. The money is from th...
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 2, 2009
It has been an unusually challenging year for education. Many positive stories were likely drowned out amid the ongoing debates about how best to prepare our students for the future while dealing with our difficult economic times.
This column has continued to focus on the bright spots in our education system: programs that are working. The responses I've been receiving show that there is never a shortage of interest in improving education.
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 1, 2009
Some students find it hard enough to get their bachelor's degrees in four years because they change their majors and like to have a good time.
Yet a growing number of colleges, including Arizona's three state universities, are considering offering three-year degrees as a way to give students more choices and an option that will save money.
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