Arizona Aims to Reivent Higher Ed System

An Arizona group is preparing a plan for the redesign of Arizona's university system. The group heard a consultant recently who said the system needs to adjust to Arizona's growing population.

"Your strategy for higher education makes a lot of sense for a small state, a small state with lean funding," said David Longanecker, the executive director of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, who has been engaged to serve as a consultant for the study. "It is not a strong system for a fairly large state, which is what you will become." Longanecker pointed to Arizona's changing demographic mix and other factors that should be given greater consideration as the system grows in the future.

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