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ASU
Sep 25, 2024

ASU tuition surcharge, cuts in response to state budget reflect lower Arizona higher education spending

Arizona State University announced measures on Monday to deal with higher education budget cuts passed by the state Legislature. They include a tuition surcharge, cuts to programs such as the […]

Grand Canyon University, GCU, tuition, appeal, U.S. Department of Education
Nov 16, 2023

GCU announces it will appeal $37 million fine 

Grand Canyon University officials announced Thursday the university is appealing a $37.7 federal fine levied against it for misrepresented tuition costs.   

Afghanistan, students, Arizona State University, girls, Taliban
Jul 24, 2023

Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses

As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her fellow university students tried for days to get into the Kabul airport, only to be turned away by gun-wielding extremists. Nearly two years later, Sultani, now 21, is safely in the U.S. and working toward her bachelor's degree in data science at Arizona State University in Tempe on a scholarship.

Phoenix, Census
May 30, 2023

Phoenix becomes largest US city to successfully challenge 2020 census numbers

Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census after claiming that dozens of group homes, jails and drug and alcohol treatment centers were overlooked during the nation's head count.

ASU, Barrett, The Honors College, speakers, Arizona State University, Charlie Kirk, Dennis Prager, Robert Kiyosaki, Tom Lewis
Feb 3, 2023

ASU Barrett faculty condemn upcoming speakers’ planned engagement

More than 35 of the 46 faculty at Arizona State University’s Barrett, The Honors College signed a letter condemning an upcoming speaking engagement featuring Dennis Prager of Prager University and Charlie Kirk of Turning Point and entered a vote of no confidence in the leadership of the event’s sponsor, the T.W. Lewis Center for Personal Development.  

debt, Biden, student loans, Pell Grant, Grijalva, Lesko, Department of Education, ASU, NAU, Arizona Students’ Association
Feb 2, 2023

ASU, NAU, UofA lead in resolving challenges

Challenges are nothing new to Arizona. No matter the challenge — drought, disease, economic prosperity and many other s— transforming problems into opportunities has been our state’s hallmark. At every step, Arizona’s public universities have helped lead the way. 

Virginia, Arizona, State Board for Community Colleges, Virginia Community College System, Pima Community College, Michigan, Tucson, Pepperdine University
Jan 4, 2023

Arizona education executive to join Virginia community college system

An experienced higher education executive from Arizona has been tapped to lead Virginia's system of 23 community colleges after a lengthy search.

Feb 8, 2022

Higher-ed pushes back on campus carry

Students, administrators and faculty are lining up to oppose a bill currently moving through the Senate that may prohibit universities and colleges from enforcing any policy restricting the possession of […]

philanthropy, Arizona, nonprofits, Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, Covid pandemic, Arizona Gives, the CARES Act, donors, recession, economy, inflation, holidays
May 30, 2021

Grand Canyon U. launches partnership to help needy

I get excited about a lot of things that are happening at Grand Canyon University, but I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited as I am about the potential of our new partnership with CityServe.

Apr 12, 2021

Boyer gives caucus price for vote on budget

A Republican senator is prepared to withhold his crucial vote on the state’s budget unless it contains at least $160 million in ongoing funding for higher education and another $20 million for firefighters with cancer.

Jan 12, 2020

Legislature 2020: How to spend surplus of money

State lawmakers return to the Capitol Monday to deal with something they appear to have plenty: Money and who gets it.

Sep 11, 2019

Arizona needs to increase student success for the other half

In the coming weeks, we are inviting leaders of business, education and philanthropy to learn more about the changing demographics of Arizona and explore how we can work together to improve opportunity for all high school graduates, no matter their life path.

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