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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Arizona State University has developed a ne w model f or the American research university, creating an institution that is committed to excellence, access and imp act. ASU measures itself by those it includes, not by those it excludes. ASU pursues research that contributes to the public good; and ASU assumes major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural vitality of the communities that surround it. ASU is a New American University. Offering outstanding resources for research and academics, ASU is home t o countless libraries and museums that carry significant and unique collections, studios and performing arts spaces for creative endeavor, and unsurpassed, state-of-the-art scientific and technological laboratories and research institutes. Arizona State University enrolls more than 73,000 undergraduate, graduate, online and professional students on its four campuses configured across the Phoenix metropolitan area. ASU annually at tracts some of the nation ���s top scholars; the fall 2012 freshman class was academically stronger than ever, with a mean high school grade point average of 3.47, ACT composite of 24.5 and SAT composite (for math and critical reading) of 1129. Thirty-nine percent of the class comes from diverse ethnic backgrounds, up from 24 percent eight years ago. ASU is a top-ranked public university for students being named to USA Today���s All-USA Academic First Team and is one of the top 10 producers of Fulbright Scholars in the United States. Additionally, ASU is among the top institutions for National Merit Scholars and National Hispanic Scholars. Since 2002, ASU has delivered on its promise of increased accessibility to higher education. Pell Grant recipients increased by 146 percent, and low-income Arizona freshman enrollment increased by 647 percent. Average indebtedness of ASU undergraduates continues to be less than the national average. The quality of ASU���s faculty increased as well. In the last 10 years, ASU added 188 faculty members who have earned the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel laureates and members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academies of Engineering, Sciences, Education and Public Administration. In the last 10 years, ASU research expenditures have grown almost 180 percent to $343.6 million. In fiscal year 2011, the university received more than $294 million in awards. In 2009, the university���s total annual economic impact on the Arizona economy was $4.4 billion, more than double the amount in 2002. ASU is a national leader in the reformation of K-12 education; redesigning health care policy and delivery; producing alternative fuels through multiple, sustainable sources; designing new materials for a variety of applications; understanding the nature of the cosmos and our r ole in it; investigating human origins; redesigning journalism f or the digital age; and defending and extending human rights. The nation and the world are noticing this trajectory. ASU has been recognized as 78th among the top 100 universities in the world by The Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. And The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, using data supplied by Thomson Reuters, placed ASU in the top 200 in the world in 2010, using measures of excellence from all three core elements of a university���s mission: research, teaching and knowledge transfer. 2 2013 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS // WRESTLING

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