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GENERAL INFORMATION General Information Arizona State University has emerged as a leading The regents select and appoint the president of the univer- national and international research and teaching institution. sity, who is the liaison between the Arizona Board of Located in the Phoenix metropolitan area, this rapidly grow- Regents and the institution. The president is aided in the ing, multicampus public research university offers programs administrative work of the institution by the provosts, vice from the baccalaureate through the doctorate for approxi- presidents, deans, directors, department chairs, faculty, and mately 58,156 full-time and part-time students through ASU other officers. Refer to “Tempe Campus Administrative Per- at the Tempe campus; the West campus in northwest Phoe- sonnel,” page 680. nix; a major educational center in downtown Phoenix; the The academic units develop and implement the teaching, East campus, located at the Williams Campus (formerly research, and service programs of the university, aided by Williams Air Force Base) in southeast Mesa; and other the university libraries, museums, and other services. instructional, research, and public service sites throughout The faculty and students of the university play an impor- Maricopa County. See the “Fall 2004 Enrollment” table tant role in educational policy, with an Academic Senate, below. joint university committees and boards, and the Associated Students serving the needs of a large institution. Fall 2004 Enrollment ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATION Type Students See “Accreditation and Affiliation,” page 712. Total 58,156 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE East campus 3,983 ACTION Tempe campus 49,171 It is the policy of ASU to provide equal opportunity West campus 7,348 through affirmative action in employment and educational National Merit Scholars (incoming freshmen) 162 programs and activities. Discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, spe- MISSION cial disabled veteran, other protected veteran, or Vietnam- Arizona State University’s goal is to become a world- era veteran status. Equal employment opportunity includes class university in a multicampus setting. Its mission is to but is not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, termina- provide outstanding programs in instruction, research, and tion, compensation, benefits, transfers, university-sponsored creative activity, to promote and support economic develop- training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recre- ment, and to provide service appropriate for the nation, the ational programs. state of Arizona, and the state’s major metropolitan area. To ASU is committed to taking affirmative action in increas- fulfill its mission, ASU places special emphasis on the core ing opportunities at all levels of employment and to increas- disciplines and offers a full range of degree programs—bac- ing participation in programs and activities by all faculty, calaureate through doctorate, recognizing that it must offer staff, and students. Affirmative action is directed toward quality programs at all degree levels in a broad range of fun- minority persons, women, special disabled veterans, other damental fields of inquiry. ASU will continue to dedicate protected veterans, Vietnam-era veterans, and persons with itself to superior instruction; to excellent student perfor- disabilities. mance; to original research, creative endeavor, and scholarly University Policy Prohibiting Discriminatory achievement; and to outstanding public service and eco- Harassment nomic development activities. As a result of this dedication, ASU was named to Research Extensive (formerly Research Harassment Prohibited. Subject to the limiting provisions I) status in 1994, recognizing ASU as a premier research of “Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom” specified institution. below, it is a violation of university policy for any university employee or student to subject any person to harassment on ORGANIZATION university property or at a university-sponsored activity. Arizona State University is part of a university system Harassment Defined. Actions constitute harassment if governed by the Arizona Board of Regents, a body with per- (1) they substantially interfere with another’s educational or petual succession under the constitution and laws of Ari- employment opportunities, peaceful enjoyment of resi- zona. The board consists of eight citizens appointed by the dence, or physical security, and (2) they are taken with a governor of the state for terms of eight years, and two stu- general intent to engage in the actions and with the knowl- dents; the elected governor and state superintendent of edge that the actions are likely to substantially interfere with public instruction are members ex officio. a protected interest identified above. Such intent and knowl- edge may be inferred from all the circumstances. 23 GENERAL INFORMATION Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom. Neither this These include the annual Faculty Diversity Conference nor any other university policy is violated by actions that which explores research, pedagogy, and curriculum amount to expression protected by the state or federal con- resources for instructors, and the Diversity Summit Series stitutions or by related principles of academic freedom. This which provides opportunities to talk and work with nation- limitation is further described in the ASU First Amendment ally and internationally recognized scholars, master teach- Guidelines, the current version of which supplements this ers, and policy experts. policy and is available in the Office of General Counsel. IRC participates in and offers involvement opportunities with national research. These include program and publica- Relationship to the Work of the Campus Environment tion initiatives on intergroup dialogues, anti-bias education, Team. If harassment is discriminatory, it falls within the women of color in academia, and diverse democracy out- education, monitoring, reporting, and referral functions of comes. the Campus Environment Team. Harassment is discrimina- For more information regarding diversity resources and tory if taken with the purpose or effect of differentiating on ways to get involved, visit the Intergroup Relations Center the basis of another person’s race, sex, gender identity, in SSV 278, call 480/965-1574, or access the IRC Web site color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, dis- at www.asu.edu/provost/intergroup. ability, or Vietnam-era veteran status. Student Antiretaliation Statement HISTORY OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Students have the right to be free from retaliation. Threats On February 26, 1885, House Bill 164, “An Act to Estab- or other forms of intimidation or retribution against a stu- lish a Normal School in the Territory of Arizona,” was intro- dent who files a complaint or grievance, requests an admin- duced in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Arizona Territory istrative remedy, participates in an investigation, appears as by John Samuel Armstrong. The bill, strongly supported by a witness at an administrative hearing, or opposes an unlaw- Charles Trumbull Hayden of Tempe, passed the House on ful act, discriminatory practice or policy, are prohibited. March 6 and the Council on March 11 and was signed by Individuals making such threats are subject to university Governor F.A. Tritle on March 12, 1885, thereby founding disciplinary procedures. Students with complaints of retalia- the institution known today as Arizona State University. tion should utilize the procedures available under the Ari- Under the supervision of Principal Hiram Bradford Farmer, zona Board of Regents Student Code of Conduct, the Gradu- instruction was instituted on February 8, 1886, when 33 stu- ate Student Grievance Procedure, the Student Employee dents met in a single room on land donated by George and Grievance Procedure, the Sexual Harassment Policy, non- Martha Wilson of Tempe. discrimination policies, or other available administrative The institution began with the broad obligation to provide procedures as appropriate. For assistance with procedures, “instruction of persons…in the art of teaching and in all the students should contact the dean of the particular college if various branches that pertain to good common school edu- the circumstances relate to a course or academic evaluation, cation; also, to give instruction in the mechanical arts and in or the dean of students for all other circumstances. husbandry and agricultural chemistry, the fundamental law of the United States, and in what regards the rights and INTERGROUP RELATIONS CENTER duties of citizens.” The first-of-its-kind, student-founded Intergroup Rela- With the growth of the state, especially the surrounding tions Center (IRC) enhances the university’s primary direc- Phoenix metropolitan area, the school has carried forward tives of teaching and learning through the application of this charter, accompanied by successive changes in scope, social justice approaches to diversity, intergroup relations name, and governance. programming, and scholarship in partnership with campus The Early Years. For the first 14 years, the school was gov- and external communities. erned by six principals. At the turn of the century and with Through structured interaction programs for faculty, staff, another new name, Normal School of Arizona, President and students—including intergroup dialogues, retreats, Arthur