ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
FY 2011 IN REVIEW

ARIZONA BOARD
OF REGENTS
FY 2011 IN REVIEW
OVERVIEW

FY 2011
BOARD
MEMBERSHIP
Chair Anne L. Mariucci |
Phoenix
Vice Chair Fred P. DuVal |
Phoenix
Secretary Bob J. McLendon |
Yuma
Treasurer LuAnn Leonard |
Polacca

The Arizona University System – Arizona State University,
Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona – is a
complex and intricate enterprise, encompassing a diverse
student body that engages in myriad learning opportunities and
produces new knowledge which affects, even changes, Arizona
and the world around us. Each university is a unique hub of
learning, discovery and service providing unparalleled and
invigorating educational opportunities and they are major
economic engines for the state.

Ernest Calderón |
Phoenix

As the governing body for the university system, the Arizona
Board of Regents is committed to ensuring affordable access to
Arizona’s public undergraduate and graduate institutions to the
citizens of the state and learners around the world. We promote
the discovery, application, and dissemination of new knowledge
and extend the benefits of university activities to Arizona’s
citizens outside the universities, maximizing the benefits to the
state derived from the state’s investment in higher education.

William Holmes |
Student, UA

Dennis DeConcini |
Tucson
Mark Killian |
Mesa
Rick Myers |
Tucson
Jennifer Ginther |
Student, NAU

Governor Jan Brewer, Ex-Officio
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Ex-Officio
Tom Horne (July 2010 – January 2011)
John Huppenthal, (January 2011 –
present)
Tom Anderes | ABOR President

BOARD COMPOSITION
The Board is composed of 12 regents. Eight volunteer members
are appointed by the Governor to staggered eight-year terms.
Two students serve on the Board for two-year appointments, with
the first year as a non-voting apprentice year. The Governor and
Superintendent of Public Instruction serve as ex-officio members.

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MISSION
The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) is committed to ensuring access for qualified residents
of Arizona to undergraduate and graduate academic programs; promoting the discovery,
application, and dissemination of new knowledge; extending the benefits of university activities
to Arizona’s citizens outside the university system; and maximizing the benefits derived from
the state’s investment in education.

INTRODUCTION OF THE ARIZONA HIGHER EDUCATION
ENTERPRISE PLAN
As stewards of the university system, the Board of Regents has developed an innovative and
aggressive strategic plan for Arizona’s educational and economic future by producing enough
high-quality university degrees for the state to be nationally competitive by the year 2020. In
September 2010, ABOR leadership and the university and system presidents unveiled the
Arizona Higher Education Enterprise Plan (AHEE), which is built on and refines the foundation
of the regents’ previous strategic plan, 2020 Vision. The Enterprise Plan calls for reforms in
both the instructional delivery model and financing of the system. Its goals support and
stimulate a growing, vibrant economy and a high quality of life for Arizonans through a topperforming university system
that is nationally recognized for
excellence in academic and
This integrated plan includes 32 performance
research pursuits.

metrics to manage and measure university

This integrated plan includes 32
performance metrics to manage
and system productivity and progress…
and measure university and
system productivity and
progress in four key areas:
educational excellence and
access, research excellence, workforce and community, and productivity. Each university and
the system have identified aggressive annual targets for the metrics through the year 2020, all
of which support the Board’s overarching goal of increasing degree attainment and expanding
research activities to support the state’s economic competitive standing. The Enterprise
Executive Committee, composed of the system and university presidents, is charged with
implementing strategies to reach the metrics and reports annually to ABOR on progress. The
Board of Regents has adopted this plan as the basis for its work through 2020.

SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY UP
The Arizona University System continues to make significant progress on its efforts to increase
university degree productivity. The Enterprise Plan calls for an increase in baccalaureate
degree production by 42 percent over the next nine years in order to meet anticipated
workforce needs.

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In June 2011, ABOR released data showing that the number of students graduating with a
bachelor’s degree from one of Arizona’s three public universities had increased by 11.3
percent over the last three years – from 18,658 in 2007 to 21,037 in 2010*. This jump in
degree production indicates that the university system is trending ahead of Enterprise Plan
targets.
In addition to an increase in bachelor’s degree production through FY10, the university system
is tracking ahead on several other performance measures for that same time period including:
undergraduate enrollment, up 12 percent; total enrollment, up nine percent; six-year
graduation rate, up two percent; community college transfers, up 11 percent; and community
college transfers who graduate, up 15 percent.
Bachelor's Degrees Produced

Arizona University System
Arizona State University
Northern Arizona University
University of Arizona

2007

2008

2009

18,658
10,137
2,953
5,568

19,281
10,706
2,963
5,612

20,294
11,129
3,151
5,914

2010 2007%
10
Change
Change
21,037
2,379
12.8
11,810
1,673
16.5
3,400
447
15.1
5,827
259
4.6

*Fiscal year 2010 most recent data available. Fiscal year 2011 data will be available by the end of the 2011
calendar year.

TOTAL DEGREES AWARDED*
The Arizona University System is the primary entity awarding four-year degrees to Arizona
residents and fulfills a critical role in preparing the state’s future workforce. In 2009-10, the
Arizona University System awarded 21,037 bachelor’s degrees and 8,521 graduate degrees.
This is an increase of 743 (3.7 percent) bachelor’s degrees and a decrease of nine graduate
degrees compared to 2008-09. Compared to 10 years ago, the universities have increased the
number of bachelor degrees awarded by 5,226 (33.1 percent) and the number of graduate
degrees by 1,707 (25.1 percent).
For graduate degrees awarded in 2009-10, Arizona State University conferred 4,570 (53.6
percent), Northern Arizona University conferred 1,790 (21.0 percent), and the University of
Arizona conferred 2,161 (25.4 percent).
The Arizona University System increased the number of science, technology, engineering and
math (STEM) degrees at all levels in the last year, with the total up 32 percent. The increases
have been:
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Bachelors – 26 percent;
Masters – 72 percent;
Doctoral – 14 percent; and
All Degrees – 32 percent.

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University System Degrees Awarded
30,000
25,000
20,000
Undergraduate
15,000

Graduate
System Total

10,000
5,000
0
2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

*Fiscal year 2010 most recent data available. Fiscal year 2011 data will be available by the end of the 2011
calendar year.

RESHAPING THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE TO ACHIEVE
LONG-TERM GOALS
The Arizona Higher Education Enterprise Plan continues to promote a new system architecture
that provides various low-cost options for more students around the state to earn a bachelor’s
degree from the Arizona University System.
The core strategies embedded in the new system architecture reform are aggressively
expanding transfer relations with all community colleges, developing shorter time-to-degree
options for students, and continuing to expand distance education offerings at a lower cost.
The plan calls for ongoing creation of regional universities, oftentimes in partnership with
community colleges, with specific, high-demand degree program offerings. Finally, the
universities are expanding their slate of online classes, allowing more students to take classes
at home and on their own schedule.
Developing new programs and reshaping the instructional system during times of fiscal
uncertainty can be a challenge. To achieve these goals, the universities are leveraging
available resources toward partnerships and programs. Extending the benefits of a university
education to the communities across Arizona – big and small – is an investment in the future of
Arizona.

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MORE DEGREE OPTIONS FOR GREATER ACCESS AND
AFFORDABILITY
The university system has made tremendous strides in providing more low-cost options for
students pursuing bachelor degree in Arizona. The Board continues to promote university
partnerships with community colleges that provide more affordable and accessible pathways to
bachelor’s degrees, including 2+2 and 3+1 programs, where students spend their initial years
at the community college and complete the remaining one or two years at a university. In some
cases, bachelor’s degrees are offered through the university directly on the community college
campus. These partnership programs provide seamless pathways from the community college
to the university and reduce the overall cost of obtaining a bachelor’s degree.
By the close of FY11, the university system boasted 1,194 bachelor’s degree pathway
programs between Arizona’s community colleges and universities. Students in select pathway
programs can pay up to 50 percent less in tuition than what they would pay if they completed
their four-year degree on one of the main campuses of the universities. More than 11,000
students across Arizona are taking advantage of low-cost options available throughout the
system.
Partnership campuses like NAU-Yavapai are also reforming educational opportunities for
Arizonans. NAU-Yavapai is an innovative partnership between NAU, Yavapai College and the
Town of Prescott Valley, enabling students to earn a bachelor’s degree in three years or less
with tuition at about 35 percent less than traditional university programs. In August 2010, NAUYavapai officially opened its doors to its first class of students.

ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO GROW
All three of Arizona's public universities have realized significant increases in enrollment. Total
enrollment for the 2010-11 academic year is as follows:
2010-11 Academic Year Enrollment by University

ASU
NAU
UA

Headcount
70,440
24,925
39,086

Full-Time Equivalent
69,459
22,746
37,448

Total university system enrollment by headcount increased 3.3 percent from 2009-2010, and
system FTE enrollment increased by 4.1 percent for the same time period. From fall 2007 to
fall 2010, total FTE enrollment in the university system increased 9.5 percent. University
enrollment increases by headcount from 2007 to 2010 are:
• 9.4 percent increase at ASU;
• 18 percent increase at NAU; and
• 5.2 percent increase at UA.

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FINANCIAL AID FOR ARIZONA STUDENTS ON THE RISE
Even though tuition at Arizona’s universities remains among the lowest in the country
compared to similar public universities, many students still require financial assistance to
attend college. Of all the financial aid given to students, Arizona’s universities provide the
largest percentage of scholarships and grants to assist students with the cost of attending a
university. Board policy requires the universities to set aside 14 percent of tuition revenues for
need-based financial aid. In recent years, the Board has asked the universities to set-aside at
least 17 percent. The pie chart below shows actual sources and types of financial aid awarded
for fiscal year 2010*.
Sources and Types of Financial Aid Awarded – Arizona University System FY2010 (in millions)
Employment,
$163.0

Student Loans,
$731.8

Federal Aid,
$155.9

Institutional
Aid, $366.3
Private Aid,
$105.8

State Aid,
$15.9

For fiscal year 2010, approximately 81 percent of the university system's students received
some form of financial aid, an increase of two percent from 2009.
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Nearly $732 million in student loans was awarded to university students, accounting for
more than 47 percent of financial aid awards.
23.8 percent of assistance came from institutional scholarships and awards, amounting
to $366.3 million.
State aid accounted for only one percent, or $15.9 million.

For FY11*, it is estimated that the total institutional scholarship and grant amount given to
students will be $385.7 million, a 5.5% increase from FY10.
FY 2011 Estimate (in millions)
Regents Set
Aside
49.4
19.0
33.6
102.0

Other Awards
19.9
8.3
21.0
49.2

Total
196.4
48.8
140.5
385.7

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ASU
NAU
UA
Total

Academic
Scholarships
127.1
21.5
85.9
234.5

Set-Aside for Need-Based Aid
Below is the actual Regents set-aside amount for FY10 and the estimated amount for FY11*.

ASU
NAU
UA

FY10
$47.9
$16.4
$30.5

FY11
$49.4
$19.0
$33.6

*Fiscal year 2010 most recent data available. Fiscal year 2011 data will be available by the end of the 2011
calendar year.

CAPITAL PROJECTS ADDRESSED IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Completion of construction and expansion of facilities in FY 11 added 377,400 net new square
feet. The modest growth in new space reflects the limited resources available for capital
development and the continued focus by each university to address immediate needs related
to building and infrastructure deferred maintenance. The university building system in FY 11
consisted of 38 million square feet in 1,740 academic, support and auxiliary facilities. The
replacement value for these facilities, as of June 30, 2011, was estimated to be $9.3 billion.
Arizona State University

ASU capital activity continued to focus on smaller renovation projects, including SPEED
deferred maintenance projects, and development of capital plans that include student service
facilities at all campuses and possible third party partnerships for housing projects.
Northern Arizona University

NAU updated its Campus Master Plan and continued with campus infrastructure upgrades as
well as SPEED deferred maintenance projects. NAU capital activity centered on construction
of the Health and Learning Center and pursuing third party partnerships for the development of
student housing.
University of Arizona

UA capital activity was focused on construction of the Health Science Education Building on
the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, and completion of SPEED deferred maintenance
projects. UA also implemented partnerships for construction of a modern streetcar route
through the campus.
Building Renewal

The University System follows a legislative formula to calculate its needs for restoring and
maintaining campus facilities. Based on the FY 11 Building Inventory, the Building Renewal
formula requirement totals $97.6 million. Between FY 02 and FY 11, three percent of the
formula-generated amounts have been appropriated leaving a backlog of $640 million in
deferred maintenance.

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The following table provides the building inventory as of June 2011 and the annual building
renewal formula requirements by institution:
Arizona University System Building Inventory
ASU
NAU
Number of Facilities
971
108
Gross Square Feet
17,413,025
5,930,272
Est. Replacement Value 4,025,468,443 1,447,291,696
Building Renewal
38,889,212
9,604,739

UA
661
14,624,062
3,779,922,860
49,136,815

Total
1,740
37,967,359
9,252,682,999
97,630,766

Limited state and university resources coupled with continued enrollment growth and the long
term enterprise goals for increasing the degrees awarded and research initiatives, continue to
require the use of innovative approaches to finance needed facilities and develop revenuegenerating opportunities, including partnering with third party entities for the financing,
construction and operation of facilities at all university campuses.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
In FY11, the Arizona University System offered 395 bachelor’s degree programs, 323
master’s degree programs, 184 doctoral degree programs, 91 undergraduate
certificate programs, 109 graduate certificate programs and four education specialist degrees.
The following is a breakdown of academic programs offered by university/campus:
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus offered 105 bachelor’s degree programs, 108

master’s degree programs, 69 doctoral degree programs, 36 undergraduate certificate
programs and 24 graduate certificate programs. Programs are offered through: W.P. Carey
School of Business; Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts; Mary Lou Fulton Teachers
College; Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering; Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Sustainability; Graduate College; School of Letters and
Sciences; University College; and, Barrett, The Honors College.
Arizona State University at the West Campus offered 34 bachelor’s degree programs,

11master’s degree programs, one doctoral degree program, and five undergraduate certificate
programs. Programs are offered through: Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; New College of
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences; W.P. Carey School of Business; School of Sustainability;
Graduate College; University College; and, Barrett, The Honors College.
Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus offered 27 bachelor’s degree programs, 12

master’s degree programs, one doctoral degree program, and three undergraduate certificate
programs. Programs are offered through: College of Technology and Innovation; College of
Nursing & Health Innovation; Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; W.P. Carey School of
Business; School of Letters and Sciences; Graduate College; University College; and, Barrett,
The Honors College.

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Arizona State University at the Downtown Phoenix Campus

offered 19 bachelor’s degree programs, 18 master’s degree
programs, nine doctoral degree programs, 12 undergraduate
certificate programs, and 13 graduate certificate programs.
Programs are offered through: College of Nursing & Health
Innovation; College of Public Programs; Walter Cronkite School
of Journalism and Mass Communication; School of Letters and
Sciences; Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; Graduate College;
University College; and, Barrett, The Honors College.
Northern Arizona University offered 91 bachelor’s degree

programs, 47 master’s degree programs, nine doctoral degree
programs, 35 baccalaureate certificate programs, and 26
master’s certificate programs. Programs were offered through the
University’s colleges and divisions including the College of Arts
and Letters, W.A. Franke College of Business, College of
Education, College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural
Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, College of
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate College,
Undergraduate Studies, NAU-Yavapai and NAU-Yuma.
The University of Arizona offers 119 Bachelor’s degree programs,

127 Master’s degree programs, 95 doctoral degree programs, 4
education specialist programs, and 46 graduate certificates in 19
colleges and 21 schools. The colleges include the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Architecture and
Landscape Architecture, College of Education, Eller College of
Management, College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts,
College of Humanities, College of Medicine, College of Nursing,
College of Optical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Rogers
College of Law, College of Science, College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, Zuckerman College of Public Health,
Graduate College, Honors College, Outreach College and
University of Arizona South. Schools include Anthropology;
Architecture; Art; Dance; Earth and Environmental Sciences;
Family and Consumer Sciences; Geography and Development;
Government and Public Policy; Information Resources and
Library Science; Information Sciences, Technology and Arts;
International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Journalism;
Landscape Architecture and Planning; Management;
Mathematical Sciences; Middle Eastern and North African
Studies; Mind, Brain and Behavior; Music; Natural Resources
and the Environment; Plant Sciences; Sustainable Engineered
Systems; and Theatre, Film and Television.
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In FY11, the Arizona
University System
offered 395
bachelor’s degree
programs, 323
master’s degree
programs, 184
doctoral degree
programs, 91
undergraduate
certificate programs,
109 graduate
certificate programs
and four education
specialist degrees.

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FY 2011 ALL FUNDS OPERATING BUDGET
The All Funds Operating Budget combines operating budget funds and local fund budgets
(unrestricted and restricted funds), which includes projected revenues, expenditures, and
year-end balances for the fiscal year for each university and the system office.
• $8.9 million (18 percent) in General Fund appropriations;
• $8.4 million (17 percent) in unrestricted local funds;
• $1.05 billion (22 percent) in restricted gifts, grants, and contracts; and
• $1.4 billion (29 percent) tuition and fee revenues.
All Fund Operating Budget (in thousands)
Restricted Gifts,
Grants,
Contracts,
$1,052,780.0

Tuition and
Fees,
$1,409,895.7

Other Misc.,
$24,893.1

Carry Forward
Balance,
$629,843.0

Unrestricted
Local Funds,
$841,982.6

General Fund,
$890,198.9

TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH INITIATIVE FUND
The Arizona Board of Regents receives a share of the six-tenths of a one-cent increase in
state sales tax approved by Arizona voters in November 2000 and known as Proposition 301.
These funds are deposited into the Board’s Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF)
and are used, pursuant to statute, to:
• Promote university research, development, and technology transfer related to the
knowledge-based global economy;
• Expand access to baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate education for time-bound
and place-bound students; and,
• Develop programs that will prepare students to contribute in high technology
industries located in Arizona.
The Arizona Board of Regents received $53.8 million in TRIF funds in FY 11. Funds are
allocated to the universities consistent with Board-approved TRIF budgets. TRIF funds were
invested as follows:

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Technology and Research Initiative Fund
Biosciences/bioresearch,
$10,635,138

Optical Sciences,
$2,451,532

Advancing Science,
$2,599,141

Regents Innovation
Fund, $452,920

Advanced Materials
and Flexible systems,
$491,000
Sustainability and
Renewable Energy,
$4,792,809

Education and
Infrastructure,
$7,409,483

Access/Workforce
Development/eLearning, $6,024,690
Arizona University
Network, $5,322,937

Biomedical and Health
Sciences, $17,238,600

Economic Development
and Partnership,
$2,081,895

2011 ANNUAL PERSONNEL REPORT OVERVIEW
Arizona’s public universities compete on a national and global scale to attract and retain
talented faculty and staff. Salary competitiveness is noted by employees as the single most
important factor in determining whether or not they accept a position or even remain employed
in the university system.
Competitive salaries are necessary to recruit and retain the talented faculty and staff required
to achieve educational and research excellence goals set forth in the Enterprise Plan.
Attracting and retaining high quality employees continues to be a critical issue for all three
universities as salaries have been stagnated for three years without market adjustments.
Each university has continued to lose ground in all ranks of faculty salaries when compared to
its peers.

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Arizona University System Main Campuses
FY2009-FY 2011 Average Faculty Salary Increase
Needed to Reach Median Salary of Peers

20.0%
18.0%
16.0%
14.0%
12.0%

ASU

10.0%

UA

8.0%

NAU

6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
Fall 2008

ASU
UA
NAU

Fall 2008
10.0%
9.7%
10.0%

Fall 2009
7.8%
7.7%
19.2%

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Fall 2010
10.7%
6.8%
13.6%

The table below represents the total number of benefit eligible employees at ASU, NAU, UA
and the System Office for FY 11. This information was gathered in fall 2010.
Benefits Eligible Employees for the Arizona University System
Fall 2010 Census
ASU
Benefits Eligible
Employees

8,890

NAU
2,662

UA
10,517

ABOR
24

TOTAL
22,093

Arizona Board of Regents
2020 N. Central Ave., Suite 230
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 229-2500
www.azregents.edu

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