TO CLIPS INDEX - Clips for February 2, 3, & 4, 2008

Retirements cut workforce at Palo Verde
Arizona Republic - 02/01/2008, 20:53 pm
The Arizona Republic Help wanted: All positions and experience levels, from nuclear
operators to electricians and administrative staff. Vanpool available to power plant 50
miles west of Phoenix.

Culture training becomes necessary for success
Arizona Republic - 02/01/2008 19:50 pm
A few years ago, Arizona State University officials noticed an unsettling trend: Foreign-
born graduates of the school's MBA program were getting fewer job offers and making
less money than their U.S.-born counterparts. The reason was not academics.

Mesa schools push college-prep program
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 4, 2008 12:00 AM
Mesa Public Schools could become the first district in Arizona to offer its students the
rigorous college-prep International Baccalaureate program in every grade, kindergarten
to senior year. Educators last month reviewed for parents the IB launch next school year
into Frost Elementary and Hendrix Junior High, linking study from the primary and middle
school years into the established program at Westwood High. "IB students aren't the only
ones we accept, but they're the best prepared, ....

Schools deserve funding, support
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 4, 2008 12:00 AM
It is the best of times - it is the worst of times; and the Arizona Legislature finds itself
right in the middle, with education of our youth in jeopardy. The best of times? We're
on a roll. Arizona has established itself as a center for the knowledge industry. Partners
are collaborating on behalf of Arizona's public schools to put the pieces in place for the
educational foundation for that vision. The worst of times? The Arizona state budget
deficit.

Manufacturing needed for economy
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 4, 2008 12:00 AM
This newspaper, state and federal officials, candidates for president, and leaders of
industry and commerce all tout improving the educational system to better prepare
students for "the jobs of the 21st century," but no one stipulates what those jobs are.
At least in the secondary and university levels, education prepares students for
"knowledge work."

ASU's downtown campus poised to have new leader
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 2, 2008 12:00 AM
State University is tapping a new leader for a powerful post within its high-profile down-
town Phoenix campus. Debra Friedman, 52, the dean of the College of Public Programs,
is likely to become the new public face for the downtown campus. The Arizona Board of
Regents could vote on the change as early as March, Friedman said.

City Hall insider to get influential ASU post
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 2, 2008
Deb Gullett, Mayor Phil Gordon's former chief of staff and a former state lawmaker, plans
to take a top ASU job soon. On Friday, Arizona State University announced that Debra
Friedman, dean of the College of Public Programs, will lead the downtown Phoenix
campus. (The Board of Regents must vote on the change in March.)

PVCC North may open in summer '09
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 1, 2008 10:37 AM
When officials from Paradise Valley Community College reached out to residents in far
north Phoenix, asking them about their interest in a permanent campus, the response
was overwhelming, they said. They were excited. They wanted details. And they wanted
to know why it would take so long. Kurt Conover, PVCC's interim vice president of
administrative services, ...

Find money for college at statewide effort
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 3, 2008 12:00 AM
It's the season to find college financial aid. The process starts with filling out an application
called Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. This determines how much in
grants, scholarships, loans or work-study programs a student can qualify for.

Regents consider dean for new chief of ASU Phoenix campus
East Valley Tribune - February 3, 2008 - 1:46AM
The state Board of Regents is considering a new leader for a powerful post within Arizona
State University's downtown Phoenix campus. Debra Friedman, 52, dean of the College of
Public Programs, is considered as the choice to replace Mernoy Harrison. The regents
could vote on the change as early as March. If the board approves the change, Friedman
will become the vice president of the campus and an influential figure in downtown
Phoenix development.

Regents consider dean for new chief of ASU Phoenix campus
East Valley Tribune - 02/03/2008, 03:15 am
The state Board of Regents is considering a new leader for a powerful post within Arizona
State University's downtown Phoenix campus. Debra Friedman, 52, dean of the College of
Public Programs, is considered as the choice to replace Mernoy Harrison.

Governor: Spend money to make it
Arizona Daily Star - February 4, 2008
PHOENIX — Gov. Janet Napolitano hopes to use the awarding of a $50 million grant to
the University of Arizona to persuade legislators to keep spending money on higher
education, regardless of the deficit. Napolitano, in announcing the grant this past week,
said the school and its BIO5 Institute would not have received the money from the
National Science Foundation if lawmakers had not approved borrowing more than
$400 million to build research facilities at the state's three universities.

UA dean of admissions loves nature
Arizona Daily Star - February 4, 2008
In his new position as University of Arizona dean of admissions, Paul Kohn — a native
New Yorker — has been working to increase the UA's enrollment, as well as the academic
quality and diversity of the student body. Kohn was promoted in November to vice provost
for enrollment management and dean of admissions.

UMC, Tucson artificial heart maker applaud federal decision to cover device
Tucson Citizen - February 1, 2008
Local heart surgeons are celebrating the announcement Friday by the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services that patients who need an artificial heart as they wait for a heart
transplant will be covered by the federal agency. "This device may be able to help patients
that otherwise have no treatment options available to them," said CMS Acting Administrator
Kerry Weems, ...

Guest Opinion: First on Legislative agenda: Fix budget
Tucson Citizen - February 2, 2008
Arizona lawmakers already are hard at work, even though the 2008 legislative session
began only recently. One of the first things we legislators must do is resolve the current
budget shortfall of nearly $1 billion. The best way to accomplish that is by negotiating until
we come up with a reasonable compromise. Those meetings are going on now.

NAU generates 357 new voters
Arizona Daily Sun - February 04, 2008
It happened in Iowa. Young voters turned out in record numbers and changed the dynamics
of a presidential race. Today, student representatives from Arizona's three public universities
are hoping that kind of momentum is transferable. Student organizations around the state
are pushing to increase the student and young adult turnout at the polls come Tuesday, ...

ASU to house hundreds from Teach for America
ASU Web Devil - February 4, 2008
Disadvantaged Phoenix public-school students will benefit this summer from a new ASU
partnership with Teach for America. ASU has agreed last year to host 600 to 800 recent
college graduates from around the country while they attend Teach for America's five-week
teacher training program in the Valley this summer.

Mandatory password changes to NetID aimed at styming hackers
UA Arizona Daily Wildcat Online - February 4, 2008
What some students may see as a hassle could save their private information. All students,
faculty and staff with UA NetID's must change their passwords on a rolling schedule starting
Feb. 11.

Sally Ride to headline ASU workshop, street fair
The Business Journal of Phoenix - February 4, 2008 - 8:27 AM MST
Former astronaut Sally Ride is taking off on a mission to Arizona State University. America's
first woman in space will be on campus March 1 for educational events geared toward upper
elementary and middle school teachers, students and parents. Ride is president and CEO
of Sally Ride Science, a company dedicated to fueling youth interests in science, math and
technology.

Senate Approps to hold budget hearing Tuesday
Arizona Capitol Times - February 4, 2008
Caucus leaders have decided to hear a budget bill in the Senate Appropriations Committee
on Tuesday, a negotiator has told the Arizona Capitol Times. The move represents a change
in strategy, and reflects a frustration at the sluggish pace of the negotiation over the budget
for fiscal year 2008. The state faces nearly a $1 billion in deficit. The proposal will incorporate
items that the negotiators have so far gone over in the budget plan earlier forwarded by the
appropriations chairmen of the two chambers, said Sen. Robert Burns, ...

Napolitano ask legislation to keep spending on higher education
Henderson Dispatch - 02/01/2008, 01:17 am
PHOENIX Gov. Janet Napolitano is using the awarding of a $50 million grant to the University
of Arizona to push legislators to keep spending money on higher education, regardless of the
deficit.