Saving University Of Arizona's Planning School

Planning School director Barbara Becker is fighting to save UA's planning program, which fuses environmental and urban planning.

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August 18, 2003, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"UA President Peter Likins wants to close the school by 2005 as part of his Focused Excellence plan, which would cut some programs to free up resources to improve others... the school produces desert-savvy planners to help Arizona communities manage growth in the nation's second-fastest-growing state, said city of Gilbert Planning Director Jerry Swanson, a UA planning school alumnus."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Planning School defended

Sunday, August 17, 2003 in Tucson Citizen

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