Arizona State University

21st Century University

Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the United States and in the fastest growing county

Arizona Population: 5,307,331 Area: 294,314.48 sq km

ASU: Four Campuses

Living Laboratory

Phoenix, Arizona is a living laboratory

ASU is the principal investigator

Phoenix: Rapid Urbanization

DesertAgricultureTourismArid urban environmentHigh Tech economic development

ASU

5th largest University in the United States ASU is a national Research I University 21 Colleges, Schools, & Academic Divisions ASU offers 100 bachelor’s degrees, 100 master’s

degrees, 48 doctoral degrees and one law degree Over 57,000 students with another 22,500 attending

summer sessions Students from all 50 states and more than 120

countries Over 10,000 employees $130 million in research activity

ASU Main Campus in 1928

ASU Main Campus in Spring 2003

ASU Main Campus in 2006

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ASU is on its way to becoming the largest university in the United States

5,000 increase in 2 years

Enrollment: Hyper Growth 2000-2002

40003,000 increase every 5 years

Design Imperatives

ASU Must Embrace its Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Physical Setting

ASU Must Become a Force, and Not Only a Place

ASU as Entrepreneur Pasteur’s Principle A Focus on the Individual Intellectual Fusion Social Embeddedness Global Engagement

DESIGN IMPERATIVE 1:

Leveraging Place

ASU Must Embrace its Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Physical Setting

DESIGN IMPERATIVE 2:

Societal Transformation

ASU Must Become a Force, and Not Only a Place

DESIGN IMPERATIVE 3:

ASU as Entrepreneur

A Culture of Academic Enterprise

DESIGN IMPERATIVE 4:

Use-Inspired Research

Pasteur’s Principle

DESIGN IMPERATIVE 5:

A Focus on the Individual

Outcome-Determined Excellence/A Commitment to Diversity

DESIGN IMPERATIVE 6:

Intellectual Fusion

Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary/Transdisciplinary/Postdisciplinary

DESIGN IMPERATIVE 7:

Social Embeddedness

Public Service/Community Engagement/Outreach

DESIGN IMPERATIVE 8:

Global Engagement

Transnational/Transcultural Engagement

ASU Main Campus in 2006