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ASU Administrative Bloat Part of Higher Cost?
The Goldwater Institute recently released “Administrative Bloat at America Universities: The Real Reason for High Costs in Higher Education“. It shows that administrative spending per student has increased by 46 percent between 1993 and 2007. Dr. Crow of course feels [...]
Chandler Chamber : State of the Schools Luncheon
I have been slow in getting down content I have been collecting. I am trying to change that but I just hate writing. Recently I attended the Chandler Chamber : State of the Schools luncheon (April 22nd). [...]
Importing Manufacturing.. Boon or Bust?
The largest Chinese manufacturer of solar panels, Suntech Power, has announced that it is opening a manufacturing plant here in Metro Phoenix. This is fabulous news. I think. It is hard to tell what it really means. What we know [...]
U of A in Downtown Phoenix.. Does This Smell Funny?
There is a lot of talk about U of A building a new cancer center in downtown Phoenix. There is no denying that this would help fulfill long ago given promises made by the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. I am not [...]
Posted in Education
Tagged arizona, asu, biomedical campus, downtown, economic development, Education, phoenix, politics, uofa
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The Arizona We Want Where Doing Takes Ten Years
Dr. Lattie Coor, started a Think Do Tank (Center for the Future of Arizona) after stepping down as president of Arizona State University in 2002. I never really paid attention, but recently this Do Tank spun an initiative called The [...]
Posted in Community, Gangplank
Tagged arizona, arizona state university, arizona we want, asu, az republic, Community, economic development, Education, policy, politics, think tank
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The Empire Continues To Grow.. Is It Evil?
There was recently a somewhat glowing review of the ASU downtown campus in the Arizona Republic. However, I think if you look at the numbers, they might be more scary than uplifting. They seem to want to brag about a [...]
