The EVT’s Le Templar reports, “Gov. Jan Brewer has fired a shot across the bow of Arizona State University and its president, Michael Crow, by suggesting the state can’t afford two top-tier research universities.”
Governor Brewer said, “Having almost all of our undergraduates in research level universities is too expensive.”
More Templar:
While not mentioning Crow or ASU by name, she clearly had both in mind. Elevating ASU’s research status to among the best in the country has been Crow’s driving priority for the past six years, although it still lags behind the University of Arizona. ASU also has the state’s largest student enrollment (and one of the largest in the country).
I expect lots of political clashes between Crow’s ASU and the Brewer administration over the next year.
Other states have demonstrated the capacity to have multiple top tier research universities. North Carolina’s Research Triangle – a small region of only 1.3 million people -- boasts three: Duke, N.C. State, and the University of North Carolina.
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