Tag: ASU
Arizona’s public universities unveiled plans to increase their tuition costs by less than 3 percent for incoming resident undergraduates. However, some of the most substantial price increases are not classified...
Republican lawmakers aim to create separate state university governing boards
Saying the Board of Regents is “out of control” in its spending, two Republican representatives want to blow up the system and give each university its own governing board. The...
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Salmon leaves Washington – for a second time – with no regrets
ASU campus opens voting precinct
For the first time in 10 years, voters cast a ballot on the Arizona State University Tempe campus. A coalition of ASU student groups had lobbied the Maricopa County Recorder’s office...
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Tobin: My institute isn’t the place for quid pro quo
Tobin told our reporter today that his vision for his planned “Legislative Affairs Institute” through ASU is to expand training for new lawmakers. To read more on this item plus...
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State universities slated to get $5M for little-known ‘freedom schools’
The state university system is still reeling from last year’s $99 million cut, and higher education advocates for the three state universities are pleading with lawmakers to restore some of...
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Arizona pollster, political scientist Bruce Merrill dies
Prominent Arizona political scientist and pollster Bruce Merrill has died. Merrill died Saturday of stomach cancer at age 78, said Jack August, an Arizona Capitol Museum historian and a longtime...
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Official seeks $123,000 after university mascot jumps on him
ASU student asks court to declare medical pot legal on college campuses
An Arizona State University student is asking the Court of Appeals to rule that he — and all others with state-issued medical marijuana cards — can legally have their drugs...
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ASU’s Public Service Academy is a model that must be emulated
Michael Crow and his wife Sybil Francis recently made headlines for their donation of $1.2 million to fund an Arizona State University program to train the next generation of leaders....
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Federal records show ASU has lobbied for DREAM Act
Republican lawmakers are troubled that Arizona State University and University of Arizona have been lobbying Congress to help “dreamers” gain citizenship. ASU president Michael Crow has made clear his support...
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Immigrant youths want in-state tuition
Immigrant youths who are protected from deportation under a federal program say they deserve to pay in-state tuition rates at Arizona universities. The Arizona Board of Regents will consider a...