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Arizona
Universities
Plan to Offer
More Degrees
The presidents
of Arizona's
three public
universities
told Gov. Jan
Brewer that
they're on pace
to double the
amount of
bachelor's
degrees they
award in the
next 10 years.
(New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/29/business/AP-US-Cheaper-Degrees-Arizona.html)
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ABOR plans
degree increase
By Taylor Avey.
UA president
Robert Shelton
and the
presidents from
the two other
state
universities
outlined their
individual
models to
improve college
affordability
and enrollment
during the
Arizona Board of
Regents meeting.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/abor-plans-degree-increase-1.1092042)
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UA president and
student
president react
to the
governor's
progress report
By Becky Pallack.
Robert Shelton,
UA president,
and Chris
Nagata, UA
student
president
comment on the
governor's
progress report.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/blogs/campus-correspondent/article_f869e876-0c6f-11df-80b6-001cc4c002e0.html)
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Universities
make plans for
degrees costing
less
By Becky Pallack.
Plans by the
presidents of
the state's
three
universities to
offer less
expensive
bachelor's
degrees
impressed Gov.
Jan Brewer on
Thursday at the
Arizona Board of
Regents meeting
in Glendale.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_6dd34d5a-d9c6-52da-bca5-51e374115fa9.html)
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State won't help
fund low-cost
degree program
By Anne Ryman.
The state will
not contribute
any money to
help Arizona's
university
system provide
lower-priced
bachelor's
degrees to
students. That
was the message
Gov. Jan Brewer
brought to the
Arizona Board of
Regents on
Thursday.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/01/29/20100129lowcostdegrees0129.html)
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Mesa's Killian
nominated for
Board of Regents
By Garin Groff.
Gov. Jan Brewer
nominated former
House speaker
Mark Killian to
the Arizona
Board of
Regents.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/01/25/daily61.html?s=industry&i=education)
(East Valley
Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/149999)
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ASU law center
commemorates
25th anniversary
By Janie
Magruder. A
quarter-century
of academic
study at the
intersection of
law and science
was commemorated
on Jan. 27, as
the Sandra Day
O'Connor College
of Law unveiled
its new Center
for Law, Science
& Innovation
(ASU State
Press:
http://asunews.asu.edu/20100128_LSIRenaming)
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New ASU school
marries politics
and global
studies
By Carol Hughes.
ASU’s new School
of Politics and
Global Studies
“sits at the
intersection of
two of the key
ideals of the
New American
University:
access and
excellence,”
said Patrick
Kenney, founding
director of the
school, during a
launch ceremony
Jan. 27.
(ASU State
Press:
http://asunews.asu.edu/20100128_newschool)
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5 Tucson docs in
Haiti, helping
fix broken bones
By Stephanie
Innes. Five
local doctors
are in Haiti
this including
three surgeons
from the Tucson
Orthopaedic
Institute, one
orthopedic
surgeon from the
University of
Arizona and an
anesthesiologist
who practices at
Tucson Medical
Center.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/science/health-med-fit/article_43065a59-23fe-512e-932e-5df919704dce.html)
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Community-college
board endorses
efficiency
effort
By Mary Beth
Faller. The
Maricopa County
Community
College District
governing board
has given the
chancellor
sweeping power
to lead an
effort that
would make the
10-college
system more
efficient and
save millions in
taxpayer money.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/01/29/20100129mcc0129.html)
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Smokers Needed
to Help With
Smoking Vaccine
Research
By Stephanie
Innes. The
Arizona Cancer
Center needs
smokers to help
with a research
study into a
vaccine that
would treat
nicotine
addiction.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/blogs/health/article_e8e59c0c-0c3c-11df-9d1b-001cc4c03286.html)
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