Excellence

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Excellence Access ImpactEmbracing Change

• Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State
  University
• 16th EAN Annual Conference
• Galway, Ireland
• June 2007
• Access to Success The Student Experience from
  Pre-entry to Employment

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• Build a comprehensive metropolitan research
  university that is an unparalleled combination of
  academic excellence and commitment to its social,
  economic, cultural, and environmental setting.

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Design Imperatives for the New American University

• 01. Leveraging Place02. Societal
  Transformation03. Knowledge Entrepreneur04.
  Use-Inspired Research05. A Focus On The
  Individual06. Intellectual Fusion07. Social
  Embeddedness08. Global Engagement

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-11 and higher decline 0 to -10 decline 1
to 10 increase 11 to 25 increase 26 to
50 increase Over 51 increase
Source WICHE, Knocking at the College Door,
Projections of High School Graduates by State,
Income, and Race/Ethnicity, 1998 - 2018
Over the past five years 28 new public high
schools (grades 9-12) have been constructed
36,743 additional students have enrolled in
these schools
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Arizona Public High School Graduates
51,940
Source WICHE, Knocking at the College Door,
Projections of High School Graduates by State,
Income, and Race/Ethnicity, 1998 - 2018
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Source WICHE, Knocking at the College Door,
Projections of High School Graduates by State,
Income, and Race/Ethnicity, 1998 - 2018
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ASU Students
Thirty-two percent of the 2006 resident freshman
class are students of color (140 increase since
1996).
14,769
12,854
11,487
9,936
9,427
8,535
Overall 73 increase since 1996
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Arizona Low Income Families

• 47 of all children in Arizona live in
  low-income families

• 67 of Latino children in Arizona live in
  low-income families

Source National Center for Children in Poverty
(2006) - Available at
http//nccp.org/state_detail_demographic_AZ.html
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Number of Enrolled First-time Freshman from
Arizona Families with Income Below 18,850
288
488 growth from 2002 to 2005
205
67
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Students in 2005 were enrolled in the ASU
Advantage Program
Source Student Financial Assistance Office
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Financial Aid Awarded by Income LevelArizona
Resident Full-Time Undergraduate Students
2005-2006

• 189 increase in university need-based gift aid
  (25M) in the past three years
• ASU Advantage (beginning Fall 2005)
• 488 increase in enrolled first-time freshmen
  from Arizona families with incomes below 18,850
  (2002-2005)
• 19 increase in Pell Grant Recipients (2002-2004)

Note Data based on students who completed FAFSA
Source Student Financial Assistance Office
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Efforts to Influence the Pipeline

• Admissions Requirements
• Admit all qualified AZ high school graduates in
  top 50
• Applicants must also meet ABOR competency
  requirements
• Financial Aid
• 94.5 million total university gift-aid (need and
  merit-based), a record level
• 246 increase in university need-based gift aid
  since
• FY 03
• 35 increase since FY 04
• 16 increase since FY 05
• Currently 32.6 million
• ASU Advantage
• Financial aid covering direct costs for
  low-income students (Over 12,000 annually)

Source Student Financial Assistance Office
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Projected Increases in ASU Enrollment
Fall 2006 63,278
Source Institutional Analysis
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Freshman to Sophomore PersistenceASU First-Time,
Full-Time Freshmen 1994-2004
79
68
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Redesigning ASU to Embrace Change
www.asu.edu/cdp
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University Wide Planning Principles
CAMPUS AS CIVIC SPACE

• INTEGRATED and EMBEDDED COMMUNITY AND CAMPUS
• MIX OF AGE, INCOME, ETHNICITY, PHYSICAL ABILITIES
• MIXED USE LIVE, LEARN, SHOP, WORK
• OUTDOOR CAFES RESTAURANTS
• COMMUNITY AND CAMPUS AS CIVIC SPACES
• HUMAN SCALE OF BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPES
• SQUARES / QUADRANGLES / MARKETPLACES
• CIVIC SPACE AND PUBLIC ART AT ALL CAMPUSES
• COMPATIBLE MATERIALS PALLETTE
• SUSTAINABLE and CLIMATE RESPONSIVE PLANNING
• COMMUNITY AND CAMPUS OF WELL CONNECTED DISTRICTS
• BALANCED TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• PEDESTRIAN NETWORKS / FRIENDLY STREETS
• BICYCLE NETWORKS
• PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
• UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY

Inward Focus on Learning
Outward Focus on Community
Interweaving of Town and Gown
Interconnecting Academic Communities
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Research Infrastructure
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Clinical PartnersMulti-site research development
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School-Centrism New Schools

• Biodesign Institute
• School of Life Sciences
• Global Institute of Sustainability
• School of Geographical Sciences
• School of Global Studies
• School of Global Health and Appropriate
  Technologies
• School of Earth and Space Exploration
• School of Human Evolution Social Change
• School of Family and Social Dynamics
• School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• School of Computing and Information Science and
  Engineering
• University College

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New Schools New Centers

• American Indian Policy and Leadership Development
  Center
• Center for Biology and Society
• Center for Film and Media Research
• Center for Metabolic Biology
• Center for Nanotechnology and Society
• Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
• Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes
• Institute for Humanities Research
• Institute for Social Science Research
• MacroTechnology Works, including the Flexible
  Display Center
• Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing

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Teaching Partners Multi-Level Workforce
Development

• Agribusiness
• Engineering (Construction)
• Environmental Technology Honors
• Management
• Fire Science
• Law Enforcement and EMS
• Manufacturing Technology
• Nursing
• Organizational Studies
• SED Biology Math
• Teacher Education (TEALL)
• Urban Horticulture

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Distance EducationMulti-partner, multi-location,
multi-modal teaching and learning

• 7 Bachelors Degrees
• Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Bachelor of Liberal Studies
• Bachelor of Applied Sciences
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Social Work
• RN BSN
• 9 Masters Degrees
• Master of Education
• Master of Public Administration
• Master of Science and Technology
• Master of Engineering
• Master of Social Work
• Master of Liberal Studies
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Nursing

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Enhancing Employability through Entrepreneurship
Internal
Draft February 2006
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