TO CLIPS INDEX - Clips for March 26, 2008

ASU center hopes to promote, inspire research in the field
Special for The Arizona Republic - March 26, 2008 12:00 AM
Arizona State University's College of Teacher Education and Leadership has its first center, the state's
first civic-education research effort. Established to foster collaborative, use-inspired research in civic
education at local, national and international levels, the Center for Civic Education and Leadership will
be directed by Nancy Haas, an associate professor of secondary education at the college.

Maricopa colleges will raise fees 9%
The Arizona Republic - March 26, 2008 12:00 AM
Tuition is going up in the Maricopa Community College District. The district's governing board voted on
Tuesday to raise tuition and fees by 9 percent, or $6, to $71 a credit hour for the 2008-09 school year.
The board last raised tuition two years ago. Full-time students who take 30 credits a year will pay $2,130
a year in tuition, or about $180 more. Some programs charge additional fees, and tuition is higher for
students who live outside Maricopa County or outside the state.

British Internet company will open its U.S. headquarters at SkySong
The Arizona Republic - March 26, 2008 12:00 AM
SCOTTSDALE - A British company that aims to create local Internet directories for communities around
the world said Tuesday that it is opening its U.S. headquarters at SkySong. Locallife USA Inc., the U.S.
arm of Locallife Ltd. of the United Kingdom, will launch with 25 to 30 employees in temporary space in
the first building at SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. It joins regional offices of Google
Inc., PayPal Inc. and Monster.com, building a critical mass of companies that specialize in information
communications, said Barry Broome, chief executive officer of Greater Phoenix Economic Council.

O'Neill meets with Olson, declines to discuss future
The Arizona Republic - March 26, 2008 12:00 AM
TUCSON - Kevin O'Neill had little to say Tuesday about his future with Arizona meeting with Wildcats
coach Lute Olson. "I don't want to get into anything about that," O'Neill said in an interview with the
Associated Press. "We had a great meeting, a very positive meeting." O'Neill was promoted to interim
coach after Olson went on a personal leave of absence Nov. 4. O'Neill later was designated as Olson's
permanent successor when the Hall of Famer retires, but he has not said whether he would return as
an assistant next season.

Carlson Blog: Top-Performing School Systems, Worldwide: What are Their Keys to Success?
The Arizona Republic - March 26, 2008
“The capacity of countries … to compete in the global knowledge economy increasingly depends on
whether they can meet a fast-growing demand for high-level skills. This, in turn, hinges on significant
improvements in the quality of schooling outcomes and a more equitable distribution in learning
opportunities.” Thus begins the forward to the McKinsey report “How the World’s Best-Performing
School Systems Come out on Top”. Andreas Schleicher, Head of the Indicators and Analysis Division,
in the Directorate for Education of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
explains, “The world is indifferent to tradition and past reputations, unforgiving of frailty and ignorant of
custom or practice. Success will go to those individuals and countries which are swift to adapt, slow to
complain and open to change.”

Arizona's economic future is . .
The Arizona Republic - March 25, 2008 08:13 PM
"Phoenix is a boom town insofar as population increases are concerned. It is, in many respects, a bust
town as to job opportunities for her rapidly increasing citizenry. . . . Economically, it never has been able
to catch up with its post-war population surge." Sounds like a report on how the economy is being hit by
the mortgage crisis. It's actually a Phoenix Gazette story from February 1949.

ASU class cancellations shabby
The Arizona Republic - March 26, 2008
Shame on President Michael Crow and the Arizona State University administration for canceling over
100 classes in the fall semester and not alerting the student body.  It has come to light that all faculty
associates are being dismissed in the fall and there are currently no plans to replace them.

MCCCD raises tuition 9 percent for next year
East Valley Tribune - March 26, 2008 - 12:18AM
Students in the Maricopa County Community College District will pay 9 percent more for their classes
next school year. The district's governing board voted 4-1 in favor of the tuition increase Tuesday night,
the largest jump for MCCCD this decade. District officials argued for the higher tuition rate to help the
system's 10 Colleges cover their own rising expenses, after sparing students any tuition increase last
year.

Locallife plans thousands of SkySong jobs
East Valley Tribune - March 26, 2008 - 1:43AM
Locallife, a British-based Internet services company, is establishing its U.S. headquarters at SkySong
in Scottsdale and could hire up to 4,000 local employees during the next five years. The company has
moved into temporary space at the Arizona State University business innovation center with a staff of
about a dozen, plus support personnel from Great Britain, said Bashir Manji, chief operating officer for
Locallife USA. The group plans to move into permanent offices at SkySong by mid-May or early June
with about 30 employees, he said.

Inside East Valley Business: Gonzo wants to get ASU students talking
East Valley Tribune - March 25th, 2008
Former Arizona Diamondback Luis Gonzalez and partner Anthony Conti, a “digital executive,” have
launched IsTalking, a Phoenix-based company that develops new social networking Web sites
exclusively for college students. The business partners just debuted ASUIsTalking.com, its flagship
site, for those who have an Arizona State University e-mail address.

State preparing for potential shortages in the work force
East Valley Tribune - March 26, 2008
PHOENIX — Census figures indicate that by 2020, one in four Arizonans is expected to be older than
60. That has state officials worried there may not be enough workers in the future. Melanie Starns, Gov.
Janet Napolitano's policy adviser on aging, said the possibility of shortages of workers in health care
and other fields could lead to significant societal problems. "As you get older, you may need to work or
just want to work," says Starns, executive director of the Governor's Office on Aging. "But you may not
want to do the same thing you've been doing for 30 years."

Haeger pitches $310M 'stimulus' plan
Arizona Daily Sun - March 26, 2008
Northern Arizona University President John Haeger is pitching a region-wide economic stimulus plan
centered right on the Mountain Campus. He wants legislative approval to begin $310 million worth of
campus construction projects in the next three years, creating thousands of jobs in construction and
millions of dollars in local and state sales taxes. "If the Legislature is willing to do debt-financing for
K-12 schools, it should be open to the same approach for universities," Haeger told the Daily Sun
Tuesday.

Recognition for NAU research is top priority of new VP
Arizona Daily Sun - March 26, 2008
The way Northern Arizona University's first vice president for research sees it, faculty scholarship at NAU
often gets overlooked. Laura Huenneke wants to change that. Huenneke said it will be her job to increase
the scope and impact of research activities on campus, including finding additional funding and bringing
recognition to existing scholarship throughout the university.

Innovation awards bestowed by UA
Arizona Daily Star - March 26, 2008
The founder of the University of Arizona's nationally ranked management information systems department,
a UA student researcher and a former UA president were recipients of the university's annual innovation
awards on Tuesday. Jay F. Nunamaker Jr., a Regents Professor and director of the Center for Management
of Information at the University of Arizona, was awarded a Technology Innovation Award as part of the UA's
Innovation Day.

Guest Opinion: ER woes rooted in lack of primary-care doctors
Arizona Daily Star - March 26, 2008
I applaud the Star for its recent coverage of our health-care system in crisis. As a hospital-based physician
at Tucson Medical Center, I work closely with emergency department personnel to treat acutely ill patients.
We in the medical community are well aware of the steadily deteriorating health care infrastructure. We
struggle to keep the system working despite the worsening shortages of emergency physicians, primary
care providers and nursing staff, as well as the elimination of emergency departments.

New UA center aims to find cures
Tucson Citizen - March 26, 2008
FACILITY WORKS IN 14 AREAS
Research of talented young pros is boosted
A new University of Arizona research center will help bring life-saving drugs and therapies to market faster.
UA doctors and researchers with innovative ideas for curing diseases such as asthma, diabetes and valley
fever are being assisted in commercializing their discoveries.

UA student innovators meet investors
Tucson Citizen - March 26, 2008
Camera phone lens, rural solar fields among 6 ideas to get chance at financing
Student exhibitors at Tuesday's University of Arizona Innovation Showcase hoped to pitch their business
plans to angels - the financial type, not the heavenly host. Angels - investors who seek startup ventures to
fund - from Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California attended, scouring the aisles to find the next great
breakout business ideas. The student entrepreneurs were eager to connect with them for advice, guidance
and - hopefully - funding. The group selected six UA teams to present their plans in greater detail following
the showcase.

Program prepares students to work with older population
ASU Web Devil - March 25, 2008
With the population of adults between the ages of 50 to 80 growing, ASU's College of Human Services has
created a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree program in aging and lifespan development.
The program is designed to prepare professionals to respond to the needs of an aging population, and to
work directly with the patients in any career field, said Kathleen Waldron, interim director of the School of
Aging and Lifespan Development.

Group clashes with ASU Foundation about spending, hiring of Crow's wife
ASU Web Devil - March 26, 2008
ASU's fundraising organization was the target of criticism the past two days from an activist group citing
financial improprieties, but ASU officials said the allegations are bogus. The Coalition for Justice at Great
Western Erectors — a group composed of workers, community members and ASU students — said in a
press conference Tuesday that the ASU Foundation spent too much money on overhead expenses and
not enough on students.

ASU ranks low in controversial federal funding
ASU Web Devil - March 26, 2008
As lawmakers and universities continue to tiptoe around the controversial funding practice of earmarks,
ASU officials have decided not to apply for these funds, hoping the decision pays off in the future. Ear-
marks, a type of congressional appropriation, occur when national lawmakers approve spending without
authorization from the executive branch to do so, circumventing merit-based awarding of money. All three
major remaining presidential candidates have spoken out against unauthorized congressional spending
 and advocate earmark reform. But more than 800 colleges and universities applied for and received ear-
mark funding for 2008, according to numbers released Monday by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Downtown students can give feedback on newly written constitution
ASU Web Devil - March 25, 2008
Attention ASU: Constitution-ratifiers wanted. No, this is not a call for students to help re-enact the historical
U.S. Constitution signing that took place in 1787. It is a call from the Associated Students of Arizona State
University Downtown, ASASUD, asking students to help make modern history by ratifying a newly drafted
constitution for the Downtown Campus. ASASUD members say they have worked long hours for nearly a
year writing a constitution that will represent students at the Downtown Campus.

Window shootings resume
UA Daily Wildcat Online - March 26, 2008
Total of 41 architecture building windows damaged over 20 months
Just when the UA College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture thought its troubles were over, four
windows in the Architecture building were shot and broken March 9, ending a three-month break in the
building's vandalism troubles. Three 4-foot-by-9-foot and one 18-foot-by-9-foot dual glass window panes
were damaged on the new expansion, according to police reports.

Arizona goes global
UA Daily Wildcat Online - March 26, 2008
UA partnership to assist new Chinese university
To facilitate the gathering of research information and the global exchange of students and faculty, UA
officials have created hundreds of pending international agreements with other universities. The overall
focus of such agreements often goes beyond simply exchanging personnel. Agreements allow faculty
and administrators to gain more experience through collaboration with like-minded individuals, said UA
President Robert Shelton.

ASU breaking ground on second nursing school in downtown Phoenix
Phoenix Business Journal - March 25, 2008 - 4:00 PM MST
Arizona State University is breaking ground for its second nursing school on its downtown Phoenix campus.
ASU's College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation is breaking ground on a $29.2 million, five-story building
next to its nursing school at Third and Fillmore streets. The 84,000-square-foot facility also will serve as the
northern gateway to ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus. It will feature a 200-seat auditorium, student facilities
and faculty office and research space.

ASU photovoltaic lab receives Solar America Initiative
The Business Journal - March 25, 2008 - 12:18 PM MST
Arizona State University's Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory received an $800,000 grant through the Solar
America Initiative to test new solar energy modules. The Department of Energy's SAI program aims to
make solar energy cost competitive with conventional forms of electricity. The program has the goal of
bringing solar energy's price down to the 5 cent to 10 cent per kilowatt-hour range by 2015. The ASU
grant is one of 11 awarded to university-industry teams as DOE invests up to $13.7 million over three
years in the current round of funding.

The history of universities in Arizona
Special to the Rim Review - March 26, 2008
Recently I read my latest issue of ASU Magazine. As a proud ASU alum and member of the ASU Alumni
Association, this is a magazine that I regularly receive. This issue's focus? ASU celebrating 50 years as
a university. The whole issue was focused on this celebration. It featured a wonderfully written article by
the Payson Roundup's Peter Aleshire. It got me thinking that this would be a great time to look at higher
education history in Arizona and the history of Arizona State University.

A University’s Fund Raising Arm Comes Under Attack
Inside Higher Ed - March 26, 2008
At a time when endowment spending practices are coming under increasing scrutiny on a national stage,
local efforts to draw attention to such issues are also receiving their collective days in the sun. A new report
from a coalition of unions, students and community members blasts the ASU (Arizona State University)
Foundation, which receives and administers all private gifts for the institution, for what the group calls
“excessive and questionable spending.” Foundation officials responded Tuesday that the findings are
“distorted and fabricated,” and that the coalition is trying to advance a political agenda.