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The Arizona Board of Regents is involved with a variety of programs meant to improve higher education.  Below you will find a link and short description of each program.

new logo: Learner Centered Education in the Arizona University System logo: The Arizona Universities Network (AZUN) logo for ATASS - Arizona Transfer Articulation Support Systems logo logo: Arizona Regents Reach Out (ARRO) grant program

Learner-Centered Education places the student at the center of his/her education while the instructor facilitates the student’s education.

The Arizona Universities Network (formerly Arizona Regents University) is a systemwide effort to expand and coordinate university education opportunities that can benefit time-bound and place-bound students.

This is a state-wide website designed to provide information to students, faculty, and administrators regarding policies and procedures for transferring credits from community colleges to the public universities in the state of Arizona.

A new, innovative grant program launched in April 2005 by the Arizona Board of Regents for faculty at Arizona’s three state universities to develop, produce, and enhance high quality distance learning projects.

Logo: Improving Teacher Quality logo for IPEDS - Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System logo logo for WICHE - Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education logo MSSE Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program logo

As the State Agency for Higher Education (SAHE) for Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) receives a grant from the U.S. Department of Education under the higher education component of the Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ), which is a competitive grants program for improving the teaching of mathematics, science, language arts-English and social studies, and other core subjects.

The U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is directed by federal law to collect statistics relating to the "condition of education."  The data collection for Arizona is handled by the Arizona Board of Regents.

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education facilitates resource sharing and cost effective services among 15 western states and their public and private colleges and universities.

The Math, Science and Special Education (MSSE) Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program is designed to help pay for teacher schooling, which can be “forgiven” by teaching math or science in a middle school or high school, or special education in K-12, after graduation.

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Arizona Board of Regents
2020 N. Central Ave., Suite 230
Phoenix, AZ 85004-4593
Telephone: (602) 229-2500 / Fax: (602) 229-2555