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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's state university system is looking to aggressively grow its student population over the next decade, with hopes of adding 61,000 more students across the three schools.
The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/1kKIaA6 ) that the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday set a goal for enrollment at Arizona State University, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University to expand to about 224,000 students by 2025.
UA would increase 52 percent to 64,250 students, with 12,000 more online students. NAU enrollment would increase 27 percent to 34,090 students, with a focus on undergraduate education.
ASU is already the nation's largest public research university with 91,000 students. The Regents goal would see that enrollment balloon to 125,000 students, with 35,000 of those students enrolled online.
Regents President Eileen Klein acknowledged that some are concerned the university system is already too large.
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