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STATEMENT FROM REGENT FRED BOICE,
 PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
ON PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS TO UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

“The budget cuts that were proposed today are cataclysmic in the depth and breadth of devastation they will cause to our higher education system in Arizona. Our universities are prepared to do their fair share to help our state out of the budget crisis; however the legislature has proposed disproportionate cuts that are simply impossible to institute without gutting our universities.

“Make no mistake about it; when drastic cuts to the universities are implemented, large numbers of university staff and faculty will lose their jobs, and there will be extensive elimination of programs and classes—creating a hole in the quality and quantity of our systems’ offerings of generational proportions.

“At a time when enrollment is increasing at historic levels, destructive cuts will undoubtedly lead to large tuition increases to maintain a basic level of services—pricing Arizonans out of the promise of a college degree.

“Crippling cuts will also severely compromise our state’s future, so much so it may never recover. Our legislators must realize the long-term consequences that are not easily reversible, such as lost business, workforce and related revenues. To not acknowledge this is not only poor public policy, it’s irresponsible and unconscionable.”

Media: For assistance in reaching Regent Boice, or any of the regents, please call Andrea Smiley, ABOR staff, at 602-229-2543 or 480-766-6553. Thank you.

The Agenda for the January 22-23, 2009 meeting of the Board is available.  The meeting will take place on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson.    

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• Policy Manual changes approved December 2008

• Base tuition and fees for 2009-2010

• Application for AY 2009-2010 Math Science Special Education Teacher Loan Forgiveness

• 2009 Arizona Regents Reach Out (ARRO) Grant

• ATTN:  High School Counselors/Principals

Dan Anderson, Assistant Executive Director for Institutional Analysis in the Academic and Student Affairs area of the central office of the Board, was named 2007 recipient of the Commitment to Excellence Award at an annual all-staff gathering.

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