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Jacqueline Avila Robledo,18, and Fernando Mancilla,17, sample basil flowers in their Agri-SURF class. At the end of the program they will have earned three college credits for free.

Teens Learn to Grow Food for Future, Earn College Credit

Pima Community College summer agriculture program concludes with construction of aquaponics system.
Pima Community College Downtown Campus

PCC OKs Budget With Tax Increase, Hiring Freeze

Spending to drop $7.5 million next year because state aid eliminated.
University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart and Arizona State University president Michael Crow.

ASU's Crow, UA's Hart Outearn Many Peers

Median pay of public university presidents $428,000, Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Kenneth Lee is earning an associate degree in Pima Community College's clinical research coordinator program. He'll deliver the student speech at the college's spring graduation ceremony Friday.

PCC Grad Speaker: 'Want to Leave World a Better Place'

Kenneth Lee chosen as student speaker for commencement ceremony Thursday.
University of Arizona Provost Andrew Comrie, 2015.

METRO WEEK: Despite Budget Cuts, UA Programs Expand

How institution trims spending, grows enrollment and adds educational programs.

Spectacle - And Plenty of Water - at UA's 151st Commencement Ceremony

Former governor of Utah John Huntsman to deliver keynote address
The Administration (left) and Modern Languages (right) buildings on the campus of the University of Arizona.

Arizona Worst in Nation for Higher Education Funding Cuts

Report: Funding is down, tuition is rising and college is becoming increasingly expensive.
22-year-old Ana Rodriguez asked the Arizona Board of Regents to grant in-state tuition to DACA recipients like herself.

More Than 20,000 'Dreamers' in Arizona Deemed Eligible for In-State Tuition

Policy reversal will cut the cost of studying by about two-thirds.
Hundreds supported in-state tuition for students who receive Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status.

'Dreamers' to Get In-State Tuition at State Universities

Board of Regents decides immigrants with deferred deportation status will pay lower rate.
Pima Community College Downtown Campus.

PCC to Eliminate 3 Campus President Positions

New structure intended to reduce costs in light of elimination of state aid.

ASU Launches Online Program for Freshmen

Partners with leader in online education, EdX.

Three Arizona Teens Named Presidential Scholars

Students will travel to Washington D.C. in June
University of Arizona students walk by the Old Main.

Tuition for UA Freshmen Will Be $11,403, Up 4.1%

Regents approve rates for state universities; UA out-of-state freshmen will pay $32,630.
University of Arizona students walk by the Old Main.

Regents to Set University Tuition Rates Monday

Cost of studies for in-state freshmen could rise above $11,000 for the first time
The Administration (left) and Modern Languages (right) buildings on the campus of the University of Arizona.

Student-Run Startup Companies Compete for Cash

Eller College of Management student start-ups will be featured Friday
'Dreamers' demonstrate on UA campus for in-state tuition, April 29, 2015.

Students Rally in Support of In-State Tuition for ‘Dreamers’

Group says proposal to charge 150 percent of in-state tuition does not go far enough

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