Leveraging Place
AUE Embraces its Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Physical Setting
AUE leverages place by addressing the challenges of its region. By fostering leadership and dialogue in communities, bringing local environmental and social policy issues into the public discourse, and focusing on solutions for a more livable and sustainable place, AUE demonstrates that the research university can be a primary driver for regional social change, cultural advancement, and appropriate economic development.
Societal Transformation
AUE is a Force, Not Only a Place
As a force, AUE transcends its physical locations to impact society locally and globally. AUE’s research, teaching, and service improve education and enrich communities. AUE has a wealth of knowledge, talent, and resources that can be used as powerful tools for social advancement, sustained economic growth, and improved quality of life.
USE-Inspired Research
AUE Research Has Purpose and Application
AUE seeks research opportunities that meet community needs and enhance the quality of life.The university integrates the advancement of knowledge with the transformation of society. AUE discoveries are being applied to improve the way complex decisions are made at the global, regional, and community levels.
Knowledge Entrepreneur
AUE Has a Culture of Academic Enterprise
ASU uses its knowledge and resources to catalyze regional social, economic, and cultural development. This culture of academic enterprise breaks from traditional disciplinary and organizational constraints and allows the university to harness its knowledge in new ways. AUE is an economic, cultural, and social entrepreneur tackling urban revital- ization, transforming ideas into viable businesses, attracting top talent to the Phoenix metropolitan area, and developing leadership in the community.
A Focused on the Individual
AUE is Committed to Intellectual and Cultural Diversity
AUE’s focus on the individual is a commitment to intellectual and cultural diversity. We focus on outcome-determined excellence by admitting students with differing interests and indicators of intelligence and creativity. We will measure the success of the university by the success of each individual student. In looking beyond the academic profile of incoming students, we are seeking greater diversity in our student body, a diversity that brings with it the potential for excellence and perspective. In this commitment to the student as an individual, AUE is focusing on teaching quality, incorporating new research findings into learning processes, and developing new creative teaching and learning environments.
Intellectual Fusion
AUE Creates Knowledge by Transcending Academic Disciplines
AUE research is solution-focused rather than discipline-focused. This strategy of intel- lectual fusion means that the university is reorganizing its knowledge capacity and resources in order to solve real-world problems. At AUE, high quality science and tech- nology is fully integrated and dedicated to finding solutions for societal needs. Taken together, life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering can improve the human condition. The arts, humanities, social sciences, and engineering can create new art forms, develop experiential media systems, and enhance communications. Only research that goes beyond organizational parameters will truly meet the complexity of real-world challenges.
Global Engagment
AUE Will Establish a Global Presence
The community develops through the university. Empowered by and through AUE engagement, the community strengthens its own capacity and resources. The concept of “social embeddedness” conveys AUE’s comprehensive approach to public service and the broad extent of the university’s commitment to the community and region. AUE drives social change by focusing on underserved communities, enhancing family stability, and working toward an education system that meets community needs.
Social Embeddedness
AUE Diffuses the Boundaries Between the University and the Community it Serves
The community develops through the university. Empowered by and through AUE engagement, the community strengthens its own capacity and resources. The concept of “social embeddedness” conveys AUE’s comprehensive approach to public service and the broad extent of the university’s commitment to the community and region. AUE drives social change by focusing on underserved communities, enhancing family stability, and working toward an education system that meets community needs.