Comments on: Brewer to ASU: scale back your ambitions

By: TeoBuneo

TeoBuneo — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:48:53 +0000

It is long past time for the legislature to fund our universities and public instruction K-12. The majority obviously wants to keep em dumb and voting Republican. The attacks on scientific research are unconscionable.Starve education and expand prisons. We have become the laughing stock of the world with the incredible amount of illiteracy and just plain stupid people who are dirt poor but proud conservatives who will do anything the hot air manufacturers at Fox and CNN tell to do.Proud dittoheads all!.Republicans have succeeded in dumbing down the country, but we are really fed up with the outright theft and unconstitutional attempts to steal from the treasury to support their religious base. Some of us actually got an education and will fight you tooth and nail to re institute funding for public education.

By: David

David — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:10:07 +0000

The ONLY reason Cal’s system is so much cheaper is huge (and now quickly shrinking) state subsidies. Arizona would go bankrupt (the direction calif is headed) if they try the same thing. There is no ‘market’ in government run institutions. Comparing AZ’s system with Cal’s is silly. The UC and CSU systems are both laying off and cutting back on classes.

By: Sanjeev Ramchandra

Sanjeev Ramchandra — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:45:02 +0000

Check out my website which advocates reforming the Arizona University System by transforming ASU West & Polytechnic campuses into independent “low-cost” and “medium-cost” state universities, respectively.

Click on the above link to view the details of my Restructuring Plan.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:28:02 +0000

I think your response to this article is ill informed and well, stupid. The MCCD in itself is expensive. It’s $71 a credit, whereas say a CC in california is a mere $20. Now lets take a look at the california state university system. ONE YEAR for a full time student($3,048) is LESS than one semester at ASU($6600 approximately).

Let the market decide? I’m sorry, but in reading the state consitution, I dont remember reading “market decideds tuition”. It definitely says “as nearly free as possible”.

And dont make assumptiions that students are there for the research environment. The state universities were implemented to provide alternative affordable education to Arizona residents. It was. Then Michael Crow got in bed with the arizona board of regents.

I just want to ask one question: Where has all this money been going since he started jacking up the tuition? You should really check out some of the classrooms. Some of them are so dilapidated, you wouldn’t know you were in a “research institution. Michael Crow has spread the school so thin, it literally has holes in it.

I have a thought. Instead of this path to “research university” stardom, he use the money to fix what’s already there. And for heaven’s sake, reduce the tuition. He wants to increase the student enrollment, lets match California’s tuition cost. It’s not rocket science Mr. Crow. Maybe you can get one of the research programs to check into this.

By: John J Dill II

John J Dill II — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:11:46 +0000

There are alternatives for college freshmen and sophomores - the Maricopa Community College District Colleges plus the many other in community colleges around the state. And why not let the market decide? If the students are willing to pay the higher tuition rates for the ‘research’ environment, than perhaps the values speaks for itself.