Arizona State University 21 st Century University
Phoenix is the 5 th largest city in the United States and in the fastest growing county Arizona Population: 5,307,331 Area: 294, sq km
ASU: Four Campuses
Living Laboratory Phoenix, Arizona is a living laboratory ASU is the principal investigator
Phoenix: Rapid Urbanization Desert Agriculture Tourism Arid urban environment High Tech economic development
ASU 5 th 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
ASU is on its way to becoming the largest university in the United States 5,000 increase in 2 years Enrollment: Hyper Growth ,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