Executive Summary The Arizona Board of Regents monitors and reviews the progress of Arizona s public universities toward improving the quality of education for undergraduate students, enhancing the quality of instruction, becoming more innovative and using resources efficiently. The Report Card is one of the primary instruments used to record that progress. The 2000 Report Card provides an overall, combined system grade for 19 key areas. Since implementing the Report Card in 1997, the Board has witnessed solid, steady improvement in the way Arizona s universities operate.
More transfer students are able to graduate in a timely manner after enrolling at a university.
Nearly 200 National Merit Scholars enrolled in Arizona s public universities in Fall 1999, up from 100 in Fall 1995. The Board approved plans to implement 26 committee recommendations. The universities have increased the amount of resources used to provide quality instruction and student-related expenditures while reducing the portion of resources used for administrative purposes.