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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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Regents hear
mixed report on
student pipeline
By Becky Pallack.
Arizona doesn't
do a good job of
moving high
school graduates
on to college.
The Arizona
Board of Regents
heard findings
on the student
pipeline in a
report on
Thursday.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/article_3eeb9be0-66c0-5c1d-aa1e-77c8fb6ff6fc.html)
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ABOR Update:
Last meeting for
two regents
By Taylor Avey.
As the Arizona
Board of Regents
meeting for
January came to
an end, the
regents said
farewell to
long-time board
members, Robert
Bulla and Fred
Boice.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/abor-update-last-meeting-for-two-regents-1.1092771)
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New regent
assumes post at
tough time
By Becky Pallack.
Rick Myers is
ready to get
involved in
higher-education
policy, even at
one of the most
critical and
difficult
periods in the
university
system's
history. The new
regent from
Tucson sat at
the table with
the Arizona
Board of Regents
at its meetings
last week in
Glendale.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_fdad1c90-f5c7-5598-b261-1ce7da446c68.html)
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Pima College has
unique role
helping more
Arizonans get
degrees
By Barbara
Grijalva.
Community
colleges are
facing the same
financial
challenges as
the universities
according to
Pima Community
College
Chancellor Dr.
Roy Flores.
(KOLD-TV (CBS)
Ch. 13:
http://www.KOLD.com/global/story.asp?s=11904666)
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Student
apprentices
thrive at
business academy
By Georgann Yara.
Marcos Business
Academy is a new
business magnet
school created
through a
partnership with
the W. P. Carey
School of
Business at
Arizona State
University.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/news/articles/2010/01/29/20100129tr-bizclass0129-CP.html)
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Streetcar would
ease congestion,
enhance UA,
planners say
By Becky Pallack.
University of
Arizona planners
see the proposed
streetcar as the
solution to
campus
congestion as
they plan for
booming student
enrollment.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_0ba31cd0-e40e-56c2-87a7-b40e8ec87eea.html)
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UMC says
farewell to CEO
By Rodney Haas.
In the 22 years
Greg Pivirotto
served as
president and
chief executive
officer of
University
Medical Center,
he made it a
point to treat
all of his
staff, including
doctors, nurses
and custodians,
as family.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/umc-says-farewell-to-ceo-1.1108681)
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/article_734924c8-bfa7-5224-ac07-5f650954a7aa.html)
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Saks honored as
Regents'
Professor
By Janie
Magruder.
Professor
Michael J. Saks
was honored as a
Regents'
Professor during
a ceremony, Jan.
28, at Arizona
State
University's
West Campus.
(ASU State
Press:
http://asunews.asu.edu/20100129_SaksRegentsProfessorAward)
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Payson, ASU
clear campus
hurdles
By Pete Aleshire.
Payson and
Arizona State
University
negotiators have
resolved the
biggest
questions about
building a
four-year
college campus
in Payson, but
devilish details
remain,
according to
Payson Mayor
Kenny Evans.
(Payson Roundup:
http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2010/jan/29/payson_asu_clear_campus_hurdles/)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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College grants
to rise under
Obama proposal
President
Obama's budget
blueprint would
expand the Pell
Grant program to
nearly $35
billion in aid
next year, an
increase in the
college funding
program for low-
and
moderate-income
families of more
than 92 percent
since he took
office.
(Chicago
Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sc-dc-pell-grants-20100129,0,3430999.story)
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UC signs
$147-million
deal to rent a
Santa Monica
medical facility
By Roger
Vincent. In a
rare nine-figure
real estate
deal, the
Regents of the
University of
California have
agreed to pay
$147 million
over 30 years to
rent a medical
facility planned
in Santa Monica.
(LA Times:
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/business/~3/YMDeah2O8oA/la-fi-ucla1-2010feb01,0,2522328.story)
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OPINIONS
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A new playbook
to help us get
in economic game
By Anne
Mariucci. Growth
is inherently
cyclical, and
unless during
the good times
government
builds a
rainy-day fund
that is
100-years
flood-proof, the
pain of the
inevitable
downturn will be
agonizing, as it
is today.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2010/01/30/20100130maricucci31.html)
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New degree
options far away
but affordable
By Anna Swenson.
Arizona
residents
currently have
few options for
colleges they
can attend and
pay in-state
tuition. With
this new plan,
residents will
have more
options than the
current Tucson,
Flagstaff or
Tempe locations.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/opinions/new-degree-options-far-away-but-affordable-1.1108781)
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