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Enrollment soars at ASU downtown campus
Comments 0 | Recommend 0PHOENIX (AP) — Students apparently like the downtown Arizona State University campus, where enrollment is up 42 percent.
ASU figures reported by The Arizona Republic show slightly more than 7,000 students took at least one class in downtown Phoenix this fall, up from 4,900 in the fall of 2008.
ASU's Vice President for Public Affairs Virgil Renzulli says all of the programs located downtown experienced growth.
Other positive moves include the light-rail system running between the Tempe and Phoenix campuses, a second tower at the Taylor Place dorms and a $29 million nursing-school addition near the Arizona Center.
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