Review of Higher Education in Regional and City Development 2008-10: The Southern Arizona Region, US

By participating in the OECD Reviews of Higher Education in Regional and City Development the region hopes to:

  • Stimulate the collaboration of the partners within the region to facilitate knowledge creation and transfer
  • Strengthen the links of the HEIs’ mission and research to the regional priorities
  • Develop a social agenda for the HEIs

Key issues in Southern Arizona

  • Widening access to higher education
  • Reducing drop-out rates from HE

 

More about Southern Arizona, its higher education institutions, and its HEIs' role in regional development

 

Regional Co-ordinator in Southern Arizona

 

Francisco Marmolejo
Assistant Vice President for Western Hemispheric Programmes
University of Arizona
PO Box 210158
888 N. Euclid Ave. / University Services Bldg.
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
fmarmole@email.arizona.edu

 

 

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