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We will admit every qualified student”: ASU’s bold commitment to access
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">Arizona State University president, Michael Crow, has underscored the need for university culture reform, highlighting how ASU is reshaping the role of a public research institution to expand access and drive innovation.Crow has been president of ASU for 23 years, and is credited with designing the New American University model, which demonstrates simultaneous educational access, comprehensive excellence, and social impact.</div> <p><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">The university&rsquo;s figures paint a fascinating picture: a total of 183,000 current enrolments. In the fall of 2024 alone, ASU welcomed a whopping 17,000 incoming first-year undergraduate students.</span></p> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia, serif;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia, serif;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia, serif;"><strong>Reference Link :&nbsp;</strong></span><a style="color: #1155cc;" href="https://thepienews.com/we-will-admit-every-qualified-student-asus-bold-commitment-to-access/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thepienews.com/we-will-admit-every-qualified-student-asus-bold-commitment-to-access/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740283237832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0zZzodEp7UCZTS69xAA8rQ">https://thepienews.com/we-<wbr />will-admit-every-qualified-<wbr />student-asus-bold-commitment-<wbr />to-access/</a></div>
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Accept students with poor language skills at your peril, unis warned
<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">Universities that focus on recruitment over adequate language skills risk falling into a "death spiral" that will hamper them from attracting more international students, a conference has heard.&ldquo;If all you&rsquo;re doing is churning out students that can&rsquo;t actually communicate, can&rsquo;t do the job that they are required to do, or if you&rsquo;ve got incredibly high fail rates, this will drive you down in the QS rankings,&rdquo; according to Susan Kinnear, dean of education and student experience at the University of Dundee.</div> <p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">Taking this approach &ldquo;puts you in effect into a death spiral because you then can&rsquo;t attract further international students&rdquo;, she warned.</span></p> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia, serif;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia, serif;"><strong>Reference Link:&nbsp;</strong></span><a style="color: #1155cc;" href="https://thepienews.com/accept-students-with-poor-language-skills-at-your-peril-unis-warned/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thepienews.com/accept-students-with-poor-language-skills-at-your-peril-unis-warned/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740023483474000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25Wf7ZAb5wSHq7fXeO-D45">https://thepienews.com/<wbr />accept-students-with-poor-<wbr />language-skills-at-your-peril-<wbr />unis-warned/</a></div>

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