Arizona Abandons Restructuring Plan

A committee appointed by the Arizona Board of Regents has abandoned a far-reaching and controversial plan to redesign the state university system in favor of more conservative strategies to deal with expanding enrollment.

The group's decision ends a nine-month debate over a proposal to restructure the state's three research universities -- the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University -- into a five-college system.

The plan would

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