[Obadno]

Reviving an old thread;

What is with ABOR, What is the motivation to keep the state completely confined to 3 Mega universities?

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/...egrees-at.html

An effort to have community colleges grant four-year degrees has ended after failing to make it out of an Arizona Legislature committee.

The proposal, which would have opened the door to more degree avenues at a potentially cheaper cost to students, failed to make it through the Senate Education Committee, according to Capitol Medial Services and the Arizona Capitol Times.

The plan was pushed by rural legislators seeking an easier way to get more people outside the state's metro areas a degree. The Arizona Board of Regents, however, was critical of the plan with its President Larry Penley saying there wasn't the need for it, according to the report.

Arizona's three state universities have agreements with community colleges to accept transfer credits and often have partnered with them on a continuous curriculum.

The challenge during the past decade, however, is that prices have risen dramatically at Arizona State University, the University of Arizona in Tucson and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff following the Great Recession.

Yearly tuition at a community colleges runs about $2,500. That same year of tuition at one of the three major state universities is between $10,000 and $12,000.