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Merging online, on-site learning
Arizona Republic - Jan. 24, 2008 12:00 AM
Isn't it true that today's elementary- and high-school classrooms are becoming
more
and more passé? With high-speed Internet technology and online courses, do we
still
need brick-and-mortar schools? There is no simple answer, but there are
interesting
advantages of both on-site and online schools to consider. First, a physical
location
provides students the opportunity to meet and interact ...
Bid for Rio Salado College rejected
The Arizona Republic - Jan. 24, 2008 12:00 AM
A California investor behind the purchase of Grand Canyon University has his
eyes on
Rio Salado College,
one of the nation's largest online community colleges and part of
Maricopa
Community Colleges. Michael
Clifford, who grew up in the Valley, is leading
a private investment group that
has offered at least $400 million
for the college's online
operation ....
Educators put price on English as 2nd language
East Valley Tribune – 01/24/2008, 02:33 am
The state will have to spend an additional $300 million a year to teach English
successfully
to non-native speakers in Arizona's schools, administrators said Wednesday. That's
nearly
six times the $54 million the
state currently spends on English-language-learner programs.
And it puts an
exclamation point on the
financial dilemma facing the state as lawmakers
grapple with budget deficits
that reach beyond $1 billion.
Arizona is under a court order to
improve instruction to children struggling to
learn English. The estimate
released Wednesday
by Arizona School Administrators offered the first glimpse
...
Schools demand
$300M to teach students English
East Valley Tribune - January 24, 2008 - 9:41AM
More than 100 superintendents from across the state, including many from East
Valley
school districts,
converged on the lawn of the state Capitol on Wednesday to push for
an
additional $300 million to educate
English-language learners. The administrators
are concerned about the cost to
implement the requirements
of a law passed by the
Legislature in 2006. The law was designed to put Arizona
in compliance with a court
case filed in 1992, Flores v. Arizona ...
Hold public facilities to same safety standards
East Valley Tribune – 01/24/2008, 02:33 am
The Arizona Department of Occupational Safety and Health has adopted an attitude
toward
Arizona State University that many would like to be extended to the
private sector - they will
trust you to see to the safety of your own employees
and customers instead of subjecting
you to the state's sometimes excessive
oversight..
Piper Trust donates $3.7 M to local charities
East Valley Tribune – 01/23/2008, 23:19 pm
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust awarded $3.7 million in grant money to
sixteen local
and two California-based non-profit organizations, a spokeswoman
for the trust announced
Wednesday....
Investor wants to take Rio Salado private
East Valley Tribune – 01/23/2008, 23:19 pm
A California investment firm is offering at least $400 million to make Rio
Salado College the
first public community college in the nation to switch to a
private, for-profit business.
...students. Rio Salado has become a "public treasure," like Arizona State
University and the
other district colleges, Elsner said. Taxpayers built...
Pushed out of school in Arizona
Socialist Worker US – 01/24/2008, 00:38 am
JEFF BALE reports on the effects of an anti-immigrant ballot measure. SOME 4,000
college
and university students in Arizona have been denied in-state tuition
because they didn't prove
they were legal residents of the state or U.
...out of school, but only have to pay out-of-state tuition. At Arizona State
University (ASU), though,
this means a jump in full-time tuition from...
Arizona Gets a New Nursing School
Associated Content – 01/23/2008, 23:17 pm
Aspiring nursing students in Phoenix, Arizona, who have been stymied by long
waiting lists at the
local nursing schools, now have a new option. The
Chamberlain College of Nursing is opening
up a new nursing school starting in
March 2008.
...percent for their nursing staff, according to a survey done by Arizona State
University. The
Chamberlain College of Nursing offers a Bachelor of...
Search for new UA provost down to trio of candidates
Arizona Daily Star – 01/24/2008
The search for a new University of Arizona provost has narrowed to three
finalists. UA President
Robert Shelton announced Wednesday that the 27-member
search committee has settled on
three candidates, all top scholars and current
administrators at major public research universities.
As part of two-day campus
visits starting next week...
Domestic partners hope for improved benefits
Tucson Citizen – 01/24/2008
Dozens of Tucson-area families and the University of Arizona want health care
and retirement
benefits for state employees and their loved ones regardless of
their marital status. A proposal
by Gov. Janet Napolitano's administration would
extend the benefits available to spouses of state
employees to the men and women
who live with but are not married to state employees. Under
the proposal, both
same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners of state employees and retirees
would be eligible for health, dental and life insurance benefits.
ELL bill could top $300M
Arizona Daily Star – 01/24/2008
PHOENIX -- State school superintendents want lawmakers to cough up an extra $304
million -- $3.7
million in Flagstaff -- to help pay for new mandated programs to
teach English to students who are
not proficient. At a press conference at the
Capitol Wednesday, several superintendents pointed to
a requirement that takes
effect next year that they provide at least four hours a day of special language
classes to the estimated 130,000 youngsters in Arizona schools classified as
"English language
learners." They noted the state now provides ...
As superrich get richer, some tensions among colleges
Arizona Daily Sun – 01/24/2008
New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have
nots" in academe
these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a
growing group of the newly rich schools,
and -- at the top of the heap -- a tiny
cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions. The latest endowment figures
from NACUBO, a
college business officers' group, highlight the growing prosperity but also the
stratification among elite universities. That development is creating tension.
There are now 76
colleges and universities with endowments that have passed $1
billion ...
Provost search near end
Arizona Daily Wildcat– 01/24/2008
After months of searching and interviewing, the search for the next provost and
executive vice
president of the UA has been narrowed down to three candidates.
Meredith Hay, vice president for
research at the University of Iowa, Pramod P.
Khargonekar, dean of the College of Engineering at
the University of Florida and
Robert D. Newman, dean of humanities and associate vice president
for
Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Utah were chosen by a 27-member
search committee ...
Gov. budget plan saves universities from cuts
Arizona Daily Wildcat– 01/24/2008
PHOENIX - UA officials say they support Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano's 2009
state budget plan,
one that doesn't cut funding from higher education in the
midst of an estimated $1 billion budget deficit
for this year and potentially
next year. On Friday, Napolitano and members of the Arizona Senate
proposed two
2009 state budget plans with stark differences with regard to higher education.
A proposal
drafted by the chairmen of the Senate and House Appropriations
Committee called for a 10 percent
reduction in funds to state agencies, which
included a $36 million cut to the UA's funding.
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