Crow pointed to efforts ASU has underway in researching and designing technological solutions to address gaps in educational access, . . "
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BLOGGER NOTE: With just that one remark - made at a conference on November 25 2019 - Crow just under-cut the City of Mesa's ploys and attempts to rationalize spending about $100,000,000 in taxpayer debt to finance new construction of "a satellite campus" here in downtown. Expanding the physical footprint of a university on real estate is no longer the single high-cost solution or option for lifelong learning opportunities.
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One of the solutions Crow mentioned is a deployable solar-powered wifi device, . ." (Arizona has a lot of "catching up" to do before the state can even make a very remote and far-fetched claim to be a catalyst of any sort. Access to education is no longer connected only to outmoded concepts of a high-tuition state-controlled university)
ASU prez Michael Crow: technology will level Arizona’s rural, urban divide
"Arizona State University President Michael Crow insists that thinking of Arizona in terms of urban-versus-rural is wrong. He also thinks ASU will be the catalyst for connecting the entire state via access to education. Crow said as much in a speech to a mostly urban audience of policymakers, academics and local media at the State of Our State 2019 conference Nov. 25, hosted by ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy. Arizona Mirror spoke with Crow the day after the conference to clarify what he meant when he said during his speech that the urban-rural divide is an invalid way of viewing the dynamics of the state. LINK > https://www.azmirror.com/blog
