Arizona State University 21st Century University

Arizona State University

• 21st Century University

ASU: Four Campuses

Living Laboratory

• Phoenix, Arizona is a living laboratory

• ASU is the principal investigator

Phoenix: Rapid Urbanization

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

Enrollment: Hyper Growth 2000-2002

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