Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the United States.
Over the past 20 years, ASU has grown from a regional desert university to a world-renowned public research institution of tremendous societal impact, an accomplishment reflected by its unchallenged designation as the most innovative university — ahead of MIT and Stanford — every year since the inception of the category.
Institutions were nominated in the innovation category by college presidents, provosts and admissions deans from across the country. Schools are chosen based on who is determined to be making the most innovative improvements toward curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology and facilities.
In the past year alone, the university has implemented the LIFT Initiative to address inequities in academia, reinvented online education for students in the sciences and helped launch the New Economy Initiative to bring new, high-wage jobs to Arizona and increase the state’s economic output.
In previous years, advancements that contributed to ASU’s No. 1 ranking included the introduction of the immersive virtual reality-based curriculum of Dreamscape Learn, the achievement of carbon neutrality and the One Square Mile Initiative urban revitalization project.
According to news.asu.edu; usnews.com. Source of photos: internet
