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TODAY'S LOCAL
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TODAY'S NATIONAL
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TODAY'S OPINIONS
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LOCAL HEADLINES
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ASU expands MBA
program to west
campus
By Angela
Gonzales.
Arizona State
University is
launching an MBA
program at its
west campus.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/01/18/daily76.html?s=industry&i=education)
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NAU-Yuma
biologist is
Teacher of the
Year
By William
Roller. Northern
Arizona
University Yuma
selected Tim
Whittier,
biology and
environmental
science teacher,
as its 2010
Teacher of the
Year.
(Yuma Daily Sun:
http://www.yumasun.com/news/students-55723-whittier-science.html)
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Electronics
retailers,
manufacturers
form
Sustainability
Consortium with
ASU
A group of
electronics
retailers and
manufacturers is
banding together
to let consumers
know which
products are
green
electronics, all
with the help of
Arizona State
University.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/01/18/daily79.html)
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Mayor says if
not ASU, some
other college
will be built on
forest land
By Suzanne
Jacobson. A
university will
eventually be
built on the 320
acres adjacent
to The Rim Club
on Highway 260,
whether or not
it’s Arizona
State
University,
Mayor Kenny
Evans told the
crowd at
Thursday’s
Citizens
Awareness
Committee
meeting.
(Payson Roundup:
http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2010/jan/22/mayor_says_if_not_asu_some_other_college_will_be_b/)
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ASU plans big
change in
teacher training
By Pat Kossan.
In a quest to
turn out better
teachers,
Arizona State
University is
shaking up its
training program
for K-12
educators,
requiring
students to take
more courses in
subjects they
will teach and
fewer on how to
teach and
understand
children.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1396912)
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UA team is part
of $43M study to
make use of a
slimy resource
By Tom Beal.
University of
Arizona
researchers are
participating in
a $43 million
federal study
aimed at solving
a variety of
problems that
have kept algae
from being
economically
turned into a
fuel.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_f29eddde-914a-5a92-b34a-adfd38c50101.html)
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Innovative
prosthetic ankle
to mobilize
amputees
By Rheyanne
Weaver. ASU's
progressing
research with a
prosthetic ankle
will allow many
amputees the
opportunity to
walk and
eventually jog
and run
gracefully.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/10107)
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$4.6M grant to
fund high school
summer
journalism
program for next
5 years
By Allison
Oswalt. The High
School
Journalism
Institute at ASU
will continue
educating high
school teachers
from across the
country for the
next five years
thanks to a $4.6
million grant
from the
Reynolds
Foundation.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/10098)
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ASU to replace
Daytona school?
By Jackie
Leatherman.
Middle school
doors may close
in Lake Havasu
City this fall —
but college
doors could open
in their place.
David A. Young,
Arizona State
University’s
senior vice
president of
Academic
Affairs,
announced at the
foundation’s
annual dinner
Jan. 20 that
college
officials would
talk about a
possible
agreement to
allow further
data gathering
to determine if
a four-year
college here is
feasible.
(Today's News
Herald:
http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2010/01/23/news/doc4b5a92feba8d1364170067.txt)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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Students Face a
Class Struggle
at State
Colleges
By Katharine
Mieszkowski.
Terry Hartle,
the senior vice
president of the
American Council
on Education, a
trade
association
representing
colleges and
universities,
confirmed that
higher education
in California
has become akin
to navigating an
obstacle course.
(New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/education/24sfstudent.html?partner=rss&emc=rss)
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OPINIONS
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Aggressive
pursuit of
economic
competitiveness
key to our
long-term
prosperity
By Michael Crow.
Today, Arizona
is in the throes
of a great
recession with
the loss of
300,000 jobs. As
the economy
recovers in the
next five years,
many jobs
requiring
minimal skills
and paying low
wages will be
re-created -
only to vanish
again with the
next inevitable
downturn. A
strategy
designed to
address
long-term
priorities, not
just the current
cycle, offers
hope.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/arizona2020/articles/2010/01/22/20100122crow24-vision.html)
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A clear vision
for Arizona's
future
[Editorial]
Arizona's
community
colleges and
state
universities are
a tool for
economic
development.
This financial
crisis creates
problems for
them, too.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2010/01/24/20100124sun1-24vip.html)
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Do college
admissions
practices
violate Title
IX?
By Anna Swenson.
At colleges
across the
world,
admissions
officers are
trying
desperately to
keep the two
genders at equal
numbers, which
might involve
making
admissions
decisions that
do not promote
gender equality.
Has the UA been
letting in men
based on
something other
than admissions
qualifications?
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/opinions/do-college-admissions-practices-violate-title-ix-1.1085004)
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10 steps to
building a
smarter Arizona
By Craig R.
Barrett. Arizona
has not
recognized that
its universities
need to be
competitive
worldwide if the
state is to
succeed. The
recent example
of the state
defunding
Science
Foundation
Arizona, whose
primary role was
to match
public-sector
research funds
with
private-sector
money, gives a
graphic example
of how little
importance the
state places on
smart ideas.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2010/01/24/20100124barrett24.html)
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