Align University Educational and Research Environments with
Changing Workforce Demands
Enable New Idea Generation and Entrepreneurial Activities
Take Responsibility for the Competitiveness of our Communities
Align University Efforts with City, State, and Regional Economic
Development Goals

Strong analytical skills
Practical ingenuity
Creativity (invention, innovation, think outside box, art)
Craig Barrett – Ideas create wealth;
Education creates jobs
Good communication
Business and management skills
Leadership
High ethical standards
Professionalism
Dynamism, agility, resilience, flexibility
Lifelong learners

30 credit hours of course work,
6 credit hours of internship
6 credit hours of graduate level professional development or advanced study for a total of 42 credit hours.
• computational biosciences
• biotechnology
• bioinformatics
• applied and industrial physics
• industrial mathematics
• quantitative computational finance
• environmental geosciences.
• More technical content than the MBA,
• More business than the science Ph.D.

• B.S. in Electronics Engineering
Technology
 Electronic Systems
 Microelectronics
 Telecommunications
• M.S. in Technology
 Electronic Systems Engineering
Technology
 Instrumentation and Measurement
Technology
 Microelectronics Engineering
Technology

Innovative interactive learning environment allows students to learn through realistic interdisciplinary projects and by solving relevant problems.
Lecture halls are replaced with engineering design studios, emphasizing the creative aspects of engineering, teamwork and communication.
Students complete engineering foundation first, then select one primary and one secondary concentration.

• B.S. in Applied Biological
Sciences
 Applied Biological Sciences
 Secondary Education - Biology
 Urban Horticulture
 Wildlife and Restoration
Ecology
• B.I.S. (Bachelor of
Interdisciplinary Studies)
 Applied Biological Sciences
• M.S. in Applied Biological
Sciences

Polytechnic
Exemplars
Healthy Lifestyles
Institute
Professionally
Accredited
Programs
Applied Innovation
Center
Applied Cognitive
Sciences
Global
Technology &
Development
Center
Interdisciplinary
Science &
Technology
Building III
Build a National
Comprehensive
University by 2012
Polytechnic
Exemplars
College of
Social Sciences
& Humanities:
Understanding
And Awareness
Morrison
School of
Management
&
Agribusiness:
Enterprise and
Prosperity
University
College:
Exploration;
Engagement and Outreach
Provide
Access and
Quality for All
School of
Educational
Innovation
& Teacher
Preparation:
The Next Generation
Center for Infectious
Diseases and Vaccinology/
Biodesign Institute
Polytechnic
Exemplars
Arizona Rural
Systemic Initiative
Arizona Real
Estate Center
Williams Area
Development
Partnership
Project excellence
Enhance our Local
Impact and Social
Embeddedness
Bachelor of Applied
Science Programs
Family
History Project
Osher Lifelong
Learning
Institute
Arizona Alternate
Emergency Operations
Center
Project Lead the Way
ASU Goals
2002-2012
Polytechnic
Exemplars
School of Health
Sciences &
Technologies:
Healthy Living
Applied Psychology
Aeronautical
Management
Technology
Establish
National
Standing for
Colleges and
Schools
Agribusiness
Physical
Activity,
Nutrition &
Wellness
Applied
Biotechnology
PolyTechCompetencies

Faculty:
Understand the importance of risk-taking to innovation
Have the knowledge, skills, networks, and support to take risks, be innovative, and pursue entrepreneurship opportunities.
Students:
Have the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful entrepreneurs and are recognized for their entrepreneurial work.
The University:
Is recognized as an entrepreneurial institution by current and potential students, local and global partners, and investors.
The Community:
Embraces a culture of innovation and is empowered, with support from the university, to develop and realize entrepreneurial ideas.

Empowering Entrepreneurs
Combined Experience Classroom
Experience
Business
Outreach
Polytechnic Small
Business Minor
W. P. Carey Small Business
Certificate for Majors
MBA Technology focus
School of Global
Management & Leadership
Barrett Honors College coursework
Fulton Entrepreneurial
Programs Office
W. P. Carey Entrepreneurial
Coursework
Edson Student
Entrepreneur Initiative
Masters Consulting Group
Spirit of
Enterprise Center
Technology Venture Clinic
Global Resolve
InnovationSpace
Honors Consulting
ASU Technopolis
Internal University - Business
Projects
External
Draft February 2006

Arizona Technology Enterprises (AZTE) @ ASU
AZTE works with university inventors and industry to transform scientific progress into products and services.
AZTE provides technology transfer services, technology assessment, product development expertise, marketing capabilities, management and operations skills, and assists university spin-outs with licensing/partnering, capital formation and strategic business development.
The Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative
The Edson Initiative provides funding, office space and training for teams of students across the university to explore their innovative ideas for business products and services in partnership with faculty, researchers and successful entrepreneurs from both the academic and private sectors. The program helps students build enterprises large or small, for-profit or not-for-profit, domestic or global.

Empower faculty to be entrepreneurial by increasing flexibility and knowledge
Increase access and visibility for ASU students and the external community
Generate unique and interdisciplinary entrepreneurial scholarship
Develop an entrepreneurship model for the Phoenix metropolitan area
Make ASU a leader in developing models for taking ideas to the marketplace
Entrepreneurship is the means through which knowledge is transformed into action.

Focus on Systemic Change
Universities Taking Responsibility
Partnering Across Sectors
Partnering Across Disciplines

Teacher Pay
Singapore secondary math teachers have a higher starting salary than a Singapore starting engineer
US secondary math teachers earn $18,000-$35,000 less than a starting US engineer
Students Taking Calculus
Approximately 87% of Japanese high school students take calculus before they graduate
Approximately 17% of US high school students take calculus before they graduate
Natural Science & Engineering Degrees per 100 24-year-olds
Source: OECD, Education at a Glance, and national resources

CRESMET leads research and outreach projects that include educators, scientists, mathematicians and engineers in universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, industry, and state and national education organizations.
The Center is a collaboration of ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Education, and Ira A. Fulton School of
Engineering. ASU’s Office of the Provost and Office of the Vice
President for Research & Economic Affairs also provide critical support.
Grants from the National Science Foundation and other federal sources, the Arizona Board of Regents, and corporations and foundations support much of CRESMET’s work.

Teacher Recruitment & Preparation
Provide public-private partnerships for science, math and engineering professionals to transition into teaching
Require prospective middle school teachers to complete a “minor concentration” in at least one subject and require more knowledge of math, science, and engineering for all elementary and middle school teachers
Teacher Professional Development
Accelerate the in-service teacher professional development
Develop state-funded and required program of sustained research-based professional development for math and science teachers in all Arizona school districts
Institute new incentives for math and science teachers
Public Education
Create public education campaigns to attract students to science, math and engineering majors and careers in teaching
Mathematicians & Scientists
Engage more mathematicians and scientists in curriculum development, teacher professional development, and mentoring of students
Accelerated Magnet Academies
Establish year-round residential Arizona Math & Science Magnet Academy for talented students at each of the state’s four-year public universities
Counseling
Support school counselors with information and tools to encourage students to take more math and science and consider science and technology careers.

Distributed Programs
Online
Dine Community College
Navajo Nation
Tempe
Phoenix
Tucson
Scottsdale
Mesa/Chandler/Gilbert
Glendale/Peoria
China
Mexico
India
Municipalities
Employers
Central Arizona College (all sites)
Kyrene Unified School District
Phoenix Elementary School District
Isaac School District
Glendale Elementary School District
Tempe Union High School District
Gilbert Unified School District
Paradise Valley Unified School District
Cartwright Elementary District
Roosevelt School District
Flagstaff
Cave Creek/Fountain Hills
Downtown Phoenix
ASU (all sites + Research Park) Local
Southwest Human Development

Teacher Education (TEALL)
• 64 credit transfer program – requires completion of the Assoc. Arts in Elementary Education (AAEE)
• Guarantees MCCCD student admission to one of
ASU’s professional teacher programs at one of the
3 campuses
•
210 students enrolled
Nursing
• ASU has ABOR approval to accept up to 75 lower division credit hours from MCCCD nursing programs
• RN to BSN program only
• 336 students enrolled
Manufacturing Technology
• 60 credit degree program block transfer to ASU’s
Polytechnic BAS program
• Focus is on moving students from certificates, to AAS degrees, to BAS degrees while working in the profession
•Launch Spring 2007
BIS in Organizational Studies
• ASU has ABOR approval to accept up to 75 lower division credit hours from MCCCD/Rio Salado.
• All services will be provided on-line using Rio’s electronic student file (ESF) system – and then transition to ASU on-line when transfer complete
• 26 students enrolled
Honors
• Students will receive $2,000 scholarship, for two years at ASU
• Strong ties to Barrett, The Honors College
• Event programming for current MCCCD students in progress
• 168 students enrolled
•
Additional 66 students from pilot group enrolled at ASU this Fall 2006

Fall 2006: Early Childhood Education & BIS in Organizational Studies
• Education courses will be delivered both at CAC and ASU Polytechnic; both ASU and CAC faculty are working together to mentor/monitor students. Targets working professionals who are seeking B-Grade 3 certification. Additional courses offered through ITV and/or on-line by Fall 2007.
• BIS Courses will be made available to CAC students starting Fall 2006 either in person at the Coolidge campus, or on-line. A needs assessment will be conducted with interested students to determine their preferred mode of course delivery (live, at CAC, or on-line).
Special Education – Spring 2007
• Spring 2007: Polytechnic will begin offering the professional Special Education program to CAC students.
Honors – Fall 2007
• Will target CAC’s Academic Scholarship students who have a 3.75 GPA or higher
• Will provide $2,000 scholarships, for two years
Secondary Education and Nursing programs: in planning stages
•
BSN to be offered in Pinal County.

Transfer Advantage Partnership (TAP)
General: MOU was signed in August 2006
Fall 2006
•BAS in Fire Science – courses available at YC campuses
•BAS Agribusiness – courses delivered via ITV at YC campus
Spring 2007
•BAS in Law Enforcement and EMS - courses offered at YC campus
•BIS in Organizational Studies – courses offered on-line
Fall 2007
•Honors
•Urban Horticulture – courses offered by Polytechnic Campus
•Environmental Tech Management – courses offered by Polytechnic Campus
Fall/Spring 2007/2008
•SED Biology & Math – proposing an on-line Secondary Education program that would allow students to remain in Chino Valley/Prescott.

ASU Technopolis
ASU Technopolis offers a series of in-depth, high-quality, rigorous programs that educate, coach and connect innovators and entrepreneurs. ASU Technopolis’ program offerings include:
Launch Pad, Launch Prep Entrepreneurship Course, in-depth workshops, and mentoring programs.
• Over 450 entrepreneurs trained; representing 275 companies
– 31% have some connection to ASU
• Over 650 experts volunteer as lecturers, coaches and mentors
• Over $67 million received for ASU Technopolis companies
– $38 million + in grants/contracts
Life sciences
– $29 million in investment dollars 43%
Microelectronics
10%
Other
(materials, aerospace, etc)
12%
Advanced tech/ communications
35%

Other examples
• Innovation Space
– Schools of Design, Engineering, and Business
– Produce development studio course to build engineering prototypes, create business plans, and communicate to clients
• Entrepreneurial Programs Office
– Courses for undergraduates and graduates in entrepreneurial concepts & opportunities
– Organizes ASU’s representation in the Intel-Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship
Challenge (one of five universities in world to participate)
• Leadership for Educational Entrepreneurs Program
– Master’s program for charter school leaders to gain education & business skills to increase student achievement
– Bridges College of Teacher Education and Leadership Program and School of
Global Management and Leadership business degrees

School of Global Management and Leadership
• College of Public Programs
• University College
Edson Student Entrepreneur
Initiative
185 new venture concept proposals submitted since 2004
103 students on 34 ventures from:
Future Expansion
• W. P. Carey School of Business
• Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• College of Design
• Barrett Honors College
• Herberger College of Fine Arts
• College of Education
East College

ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus
A collaboration among the University, City, and State, the Downtown
Phoenix campus is geared toward students attracted to serviceoriented careers. It offers degree programs that focus on serving the city, whether it is improving its citizens' health, addressing the community's social and economic needs, teaching the youth or informing residents on key issues. It is explicitly helping to economically and culturally reinvigorate Phoenix’s traditional downtown.
SkySong
The ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, is designed to be a global focal point for technological innovation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and entrepreneurial ventures. A collaboration of the City of Scottsdale, developers, and Arizona State University, the 1.2 million-square-foot center will build networks between ASU innovations, regional progress, and the global technology industry.

Aligning :
State Investment
Municipal Investment
Private Investment
Institutional Investment
Economic Development Priorities
$440M State Investment in Research Infrastructure
$50M Piper Trust Investment in Talent Attraction
$35M State Investment in Science Foundation Arizona
$100M to attract TGEN
Together with:
Private investment in Science Foundation Arizona
Private investment in Universities and Research Institutions
Attraction of and Investment in Science-Oriented Companies and Entrepreneurs

Align University Educational and Research Environments with
Changing Workforce Demands
Enable New Idea Generation and Entrepreneurial Activities
Take Responsibility for the Competitiveness of our Communities
Align University Efforts with City, State, Regional Economic
Development Goals