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An open letter to members of the Arizona Legislature
As you work on a budget that best serves Arizona families today, we hope you bear in mind the fundamental role higher education and our system of public universities play in shaping the kind of future we all want for Arizona.
University Regents member Mark Killian resigning
On the heels of a nearly $100 million cut in state aid to universities, Mark Killian is quitting the Arizona Board of Regents.
UofA planning layoffs
Officials at the University of Arizona are planning layoffs to help deal with budget cuts. The Arizona Daily Star reports the Arizona Board of Regents' finance committee Wednesday approved a $1.9 billion operating budget for the university and its two medical schools.
Arizona Regents approve university tuition hikes
Most students attending Arizona public universities will see tuition and fee increases between 3 and 4 percent next fall after the Arizona Board of Regents approved the boosts Monday to deal with cuts in state funding.
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.
Lawmakers work all night to pass budget
Arizona lawmakers pulled an all-nighter and worked well past sunrise Saturday morning to approve a $9.1 billion budget proposal after Republican leadership spent the day rounding up the votes to get it across the finish line.
DuVal lashes out at Ducey over “tooth fairy math”
The outcome of the race for governor could turn on who can scare the middle class more, especially over the high cost of college.
Board to review Arizona universities’ student fees
The board that oversees Arizona's state university system plans to take a look at fees that students pay in addition to tuition. Those fees can add up.
Appropriations chair: AZ spending too much on unneeded college educations
Arizona is spending too much money providing a university education to students who really do not need it, according to the head of the House Appropriations Committee.
Report: Arizona saw nation’s largest in-state tuition hikes
Arizona’s four-year public universities had the nation’s largest in-state tuition and fees increase over the past five years, according the nonprofit organization that oversees the SAT.
Free ride
Clear path to general election provides a boost to DuVal, but …
After five Republican gubernatorial hopefuls held their first candidate forum, some observers said the big winner was a candidate who wasn’t in the room — Democratic nominee-in-waiting Fred DuVal.
Brewer: India trip will pay dividends
Gov. Jan Brewer doesn’t expect to be the only governor seeking to woo Indian businesses, but hopes that getting an early jump on the competition will help.
