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A School's Enormous Challenge; Arizona State University Believes Bigger Really Is Better
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The Washington Post
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December 2, 2007
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Copyright informationCopyright 2007 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
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Like the state it serves, Arizona State University is big,
bustling and relentlessly new.
If colleges were countries, most would resemble the developed
nations of the West: stable, working to improve but changing only
gradually and growing slowly, if at all.
Arizona State would be China. Its campuses are giant construction
sites. New schools and programs spring up nearly every week.
Hundreds of faculty members are being hired, thousands of dorm rooms
are being built.
There are 280 undergraduate majors, three separate schools of
business, 32 on-campus dining options and 601 student clubs.
Arizona State is a city in itself. With 51,000 students on the
main campus, plus 10,000 more at three ...
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