[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 43 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: April 19, 1994]
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    IN RECOGNITION OF RESEARCH I STATUS FOR ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

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                          HON. SAM COPPERSMITH

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 19, 1994

  Mr. COPPERSMITH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
outstanding achievement of Arizona State University in its designation 
as a Research I Institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the 
Advancement of Teaching.
  In achieving this status, Arizona State joins an elite group of 
colleges and universities, only 88 out of the almost 3,600 institutions 
of higher education nationwide. To earn consideration as a Research I 
institution, a school must receive at least $40 million in Federal 
support and award at least 50 doctoral degrees per year. As ASU does 
not have a medical school or college of agriculture, two areas of study 
which traditionally receive many Federal grants, ASU's accomplishment 
becomes all the more impressive. In fact, ASU is one of only eight 
Research I schools ever to achieve this honor without having either a 
medical school or college of agriculture.
  This academic seal of approval not only rewards the university for 
its impressive quality of education, but the whole metropolitan Phoenix 
community benefits as well. ASU's Research I status recognizes the 
stature of its programs, professors, and students. In addition, it 
increases Arizona State's ability to attract new industries to the 
region and enhances our State's economy. ASU's new designation only 
confirms what we in Arizona have known for decades, that Arizona State 
provides both top-flight research and outstanding graduates in key 
fields.
  Four years ago, University President Lattie Coor spoke of the future 
he envisioned for ASU, one in which Arizona State would ``compete with 
the very best in the nation and the world.'' The Carnegie Foundation's 
selection of ASU as a Research I institution shows that the future is 
now. President Coor and the entire university community should take 
great pleasure in this latest triumph, just one of many such accolades 
earned by Arizona State University. I know it will not be the last.

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