Cited reasons for the downgrades include investment and operating losses, and in some cases, weakening student demand.
According to Taylor Randall, dean of the Eccles School of Business, the Center was started partly in response to student demand.
"Universities UK has supported the introduction of greater flexibility into the system which should allow universities to respond better to student demand, " said chief executive, Nicola Dandridge.
Experts cite strong competition for faculty, student demand for state-of-the-art classrooms and facilities, and a decline in federal support for research facilities as the big cost drivers.
During the roaring markets of the later 1990s, for example, college downgrades were relatively infrequent compared with upgrades, as institutions benefited from rising endowments and also increasing student demand.
The scenario is a bit different at public universities, where tuition increases are usually the result of demographic shifts spurring more student demand, or because a sudden state budget crunch compels politicians to raise tuition.
In response to student demand for easily accessible tools for activism and entrepreneurship, ASU opened Changemaker Central, collaborative spaces on each of our four campuses where students can meet with like-minded individuals who want to make a difference.
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The 32GB and 64GB storage options aren't shockers given the extra space Windows and the bundled copy of Office 2013 Home and Student 2013 will demand, but there's a treat for long-haul users in the battery -- it's been upgraded from the 7, 000maH pack of the Note 10.1 to an ample 8, 200mAh unit.
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The mismatch between booming employer demand and dwindling student supply seems odd.
Their reaction to the offense was shock: He was removed from the school and given a new violin instructor, whose first demand of his student was that he learn the Mendelssohn concerto first.
As any first-year economic student understands, prices are determined by supply and demand conditions.
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If the safety of the student athlete is paramount, it seems better to simply demand the testing, not just for sickle cell but other life-threatening genetic markers.
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In a Facebook initiative led by a student named Jonathan Sussman, several hundred students have joined the demand to disinvite Oren.
Moving from a policy environment that rewards inputs like seat time to one that values student outcomes in a competency-based learning environment is critical to create smarter demand.
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