Comments on: Michael Crow Super Sizes ASU Enrollment. Is Bigger Better?

By: The Desert Lamp » Campus » Bigger, not better, than ever

The Desert Lamp » Campus » Bigger, not better, than ever — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:35:54 +0000

[...] continued willingness to sacrifice so much of what made campus different in the name of following Michael Crow’s fife. Share [...]

By: David

David — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:27:36 +0000

What if UC-Tempe actually turned down students, rather than enrolling the freshmen entering with a 1.2 GPA from high school?

By: 08PUP

08PUP — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:51:52 +0000

As others have said, we need to supersize because the regents and other university options have not come up to educate the state. Prescott would be a great place for a university. Branches are nice, but we need another one in the valley.

Besides that, I think crow has done a great job in changing the university. Others before him I think were interested in the status quo, and I like that he has challenged it and gone above and beyond. Tuition going up sucks, but higher education is worth it.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:20:10 +0000

Can we put a branch in Eloy? Their intramural teams could the ASU-Eloy Runnin’ Malones!

By: Beatuofa

Beatuofa — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:36:22 +0000

When it comes to higher education in Arizona, I always ask about the Board of Regents, a department that has historically kowtowed to whatever the folks in tuscum wanted, even as the city shrank in relevance and stature to Phoenix and the Valley. I would have to ask if somehow, other satellite campuses around the state would be viewed as a threat to au.

By: ak47

ak47 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:21:57 +0000

You make a good point, BeatuofA, we should have smaller university branches in the smaller towns around Arizona, but the state legislature has never done a good job funding education here. The state’s current budget deficit resulted in less funding for ASU, thus higher tuition.

To see how successful a huge statewide university system can be, just look at Wisconsin. They have university branches in Whitewater, LaCrosse, Green Bay and many other cities.

The primary difference: Money, and the willingness to spend it.

By: Beatuofa

Beatuofa — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:08:24 +0000

The fact that there’s only 3 public universities in the state is kinda ridiculous. As I understand it, au and NAU have been allowed to cap their enrollments, where ASU has either chosen not to or has been made to be more open. So if you want to educate Arizona’s students IN Arizona, and there’s only 3 schools, somebody’s gotta take them, and lord knows au and NAU don’t have the infrastructure to grow all that much. There’s no reason you couldn’t have smaller public and/or private universities in Prescott Valley, in Florence, and Payson to boost the profile and economic diversity of those communities and have different sorts of educational experiences.

By: ak47 (adam)

ak47 (adam) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:07:02 +0000

I think what makes it interesting is that to support that many students, you have to expand beyond the main campus. To be inclusive, you have to grow — and the main campus won’t fit the needs of the 5th biggest city in the country.