At the U. of Arizona, Goals Collide With Reality

To be at the University of Arizona these days is, in some ways, to be under siege.

The flagship university in one of the nation's fastest-growing states may have to eliminate some 600 jobs and merge dozens of programs to deal with two rounds of budget cuts imposed since June. Now the governor is telling the university and other state agencies to prepare for cuts of as much as 20 percent for the next fiscal year.

Last summer the university was already looking for ways to

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