subject: The Wave Of The Future At Arizona State University [print this page] If you or your children are looking for a school where they can spread their wings and fly, explore new realms that no other public university offers them, it's time to find out more about Arizona State University. ASU has thrust itself headlong into a new world when it comes to education. The University currently has over sixty eight thousand students enrolled in courses at four campuses and through online classes as well. ASU is creating a new breed of professional and the world needs to see what's going on in Tempe.
There is much to be said about book learning, many scholars think. That's how they learned. Who needs all this new information and technology? We all do. If we want a world that is run like a well oiled machine, we better get some people who know how to grease the axles and that is just what ASU is doing. Not literally, of course, but they are sending graduates out into the world with an understanding, a thirst, a knowledge of the way things are going to go, from now on. No more are we going to see the same people flooding the job marketplace.
With a faculty that holds honors and awards as distinguished as the Nobel Peace Prize, it's not difficult to fathom that ASU has the upper hand on diversity when it comes to faculty. Where else would you find such a vast array of professionals who have devoted their lives to higher learning?
ASU begun in 1885 as a high school called Tempe Normal School and was later converted into a public university with the passing of a law through the House by John Samuel Armstrong. Under President Arthur John Matthews, the conversion took place smoothly and the University hasn't looked back, since. Not even during the Depression did the school lose site of the future.
Currently, the over sixty eight thousand ASU students attend classes on campuses located in Mesa, downtown Phoenix, NW Phoenix and Tempe. The original campus is located in Tempe and more than half of the student body attends courses there.
Four campuses comprise the ASU system, one in Tempe-the largest and original campus; NW Phoenix, downtown Phoenix and Mesa. Students may take classes online from anywhere in the world and enrollment in these internet learning opportunities has been steadily increasing.
Arizona State University offers a wide range of study disciplines, allowing students to obtain degrees in all levels of education. Once believed to be predominantly a teaching college, ASU now offers degrees in a wide range of focuses and continues to expand their programs on an annual basis. Students attending the Arizona State University are poised to be the leaders in their industry upon graduation due to this new method of learning.
