January 10, 2008


	News Item forwarded from phyllis.auernheimer@azregents.edu

The Arizona Republic - 01/10/08 12:00 AM
Arizona teachers always complain they are underpaid. A national study released Wednesday shows they may have a point. Public-school teachers make about 81 cents for every dollar earned by Arizona residents in comparable careers, such as accountants, computer programmers and nurses. It's not as if teachers elsewhere are raking in the cash, but the state lags behind ...

More Valley baby boomers heading to college
The Arizona Republic - 01/09/08 12:37 PM
Thousands of young college students will start classes on Saturday in the Maricopa County Community College Districts. So will their parents and grandparents. Twenty percent of 11,097 students at Phoenix College are age 40 and above. At Paradise Valley Community College, more than 17 percent of 8,500 students are baby boomers ...

Lawmaker targets needy university students
East Valley Tribune - 01/10/08
Needy students at Arizona’s three public universities might be forced to pay more under a plan to help balance the state budget. The proposal Wednesday by Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, would require universities to charge students at least 40 percent of what it costs to attend the schools. Now, some students can get full-ride scholarships — including room and board....

State gets C-minus on education issues
East Valley Tribune - 01/10/08
A report card for the nation’s public schools, released Wednesday by Education Week with support from the Pew Charitable Trust’s Center on the States, gives Arizona a C-minus, compared with a nationwide average of C, in six areas of education performance and policy.
The Quality Counts 2008 report ranked Arizona highest in the category of standards, assessments and accountability, receiving an A-minus ...

ASU Tops Values List
East Valley Tribune - 01/10/08
Arizona State University was ranked 92 on a list of the top 100 best values among colleges. The list, compiled by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, takes into consideration a college’s education value with its economic value. ASU was last among the three state universities on the list. Northern Arizona University was No. 63 while the University of Arizona was No. 85.

Settling in at SkySong
East Valley Tribune - 01/10/08
The first tenants are moving into the SkySong project this week — the vanguard of what developers hope will be many companies that will turn the former Los Arcos Mall site into a hub for technological development in Scottsdale. Leading the charge was American Solar Electric, which set up shop Monday in 5,000 square feet on the fourth floor of the first building at the Arizona State University innovation center. The next tenants, all affiliated with ASU ...

State next to bottom nationally in per-pupil spending, report says
Arizona Daily Star – 01/10/08
Arizona ranks worst in the nation when it comes to education funding, according to a new report.
Only Utah spends less per student, according to Quality Counts 2008, an annual education report by Education Week, a non-profit organization based on the East Coast. But when other economic variables are considered, the study concludes Arizona is worst in the nation.

UA astronomer says his model will boost search for exoplanets
Arizona Daily Star – 01/10/08
A University of Arizona planetary scientist who correctly predicted the discovery of a "missing planet" in a distant solar system said he expects the proof will help make the search for other exoplanets more efficient. The discovery of another planet in the HD 74156 solar system was the result of noticing that distant system didn't fit the pattern of other known star and planet systems, said Rory Barnes....

Olson divorce proceedings sent to conciliation court
Tucson Citizen – 01/10/08
Divorce proceedings for University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson and his wife, Christine, are on hold while the case is in conciliation court. Christine Olson requested the services of conciliation court to help the couple reconcile or reach an "amicable settlement." Pima County Superior Court Judge Sarah Simmons granted the request Monday.

Our Opinion: Tribal college will preserve culture, boost achievement
Tucson Citizen – 01/10/08
Tohono O'odham Community College is about to bloom, increasing enrollment fivefold, erecting a permanent campus with dormitories and preserving the tribe's ancient culture even amid the modernization. These changes hinge on a new capital campaign in which the college aims to raise $18 million, adding to the $6 million already provided by the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Our Opinion: A pathway to college access
Tucson Citizen – 01/10/08
One-stop shopping is the goal of the Metropolitan Education Commission's new Regional College Access Center. The center - at 10 E. Broadway - is preparing to launch a Web site to provide information on how to prepare for college, how to apply to colleges and how to apply for scholarships. The site should be of great help to parents and youths, most of whom are daunted by the byzantine searches necessary to find and tap such opportunities.

Science Foundation Arizona chief works to create an innovative future
The Business Journal of Phoenix - 01/04/08
Innovation, whether in the laboratory or in life, always will be a characteristic associated with Bill Harris, president and CEO of Science Foundation Arizona. Despite leading some of the world's greatest scientific institutions, Harris' story is an unlikely one. Coming from nothing, he went to college and became a scientist, teacher and business leader. Harris sees a future where many do not.

Arizona lawmakers get glimpse into forces that will transform fading 'Celtic Tiger' tech economy
Tucson Citizen– 01/09/2008
In the past 30 years, few countries have risen higher and faster in the global economy than Ireland. The country transformed itself from a desolate market, dependent on tourism and agricultural sales, into a haven for global manufacturing companies by the late 1990s. But as the Celtic Tiger showed signs of slowing down at the turn of the century, the Irish government faced a new challenge.

Haeger: Cutting $16M this spring nearly impossible
Arizona Daily Sun – 01/10/2008
PHOENIX -- A proposal to cut $110 million in spending just as classes are about to resume for the spring semester is a near impossibility, Arizona's three state university presidents told lawmakers Wednesday. The chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations committees want to cut state funds to each institution by 10 percent. That translates to nearly $50 million for Arizona State University, more than $44 million for the University of Arizona and $16 million at Northern Arizona University.

Stop the posturing on budget deficit
Arizona Daily Sun – 01/10/2008
It's easy to be an Arizona lawmaker when the state treasury is flush. But when tax revenues head south in the middle of a budget year, as they are currently doing, the going gets tougher. Legislative leaders and the governor can either sit down early and work out a compromise or sit down later after they've postured for their respective constituencies to the point of stalemate.

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