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Rio Salado College

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School Notes:

• Rio Salado College was established in 1978 to provide active, working adults with flexible educational opportunities. Known as “the college without walls,” Rio Salado courses are delivered through innovative learning formats and for diverse populations with choice, access, convenience, flexibility, and affordability in mind. The formats Rio Salado excels at include customized programs and partnerships, accelerated classes and programs, distance learning and dual enrollment. Rio Salado provides a caring and supportive environment where employees and students form a diverse community.
• Rio Salado carries the maximum 10-year accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.
• Our instructors are highly skilled in the teaching arts and are experienced professionals in their subject areas. This combination brings to Rio Salado College students a unique perspective of knowledge and practical application. Rio Salado College is proud to offer its students an exceptionally qualified instructional staff which is interested in and dedicated to the student.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Rio Salado College President Joins EDUCAUSE Board (Marketwire)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:39:16 pm
  TEMPE, AZ--(Marketwire - November 6, 2009) - EDUCAUSE, the association for information technology in higher education, announced the appointment of Linda Thor, president of Rio Salado College, to a four-year term on the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors effective Jan. 1. Thor's appointment was confirmed by a unanimous vote of the board at its Nov. 2 meeting. EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger said ...
• University named nation’s greenest campus (The Diamondback)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 05:30:21 am
  The university won the title of America’s Greenest Campus for its high level of student commitment to the environment yesterday, earning the campus $5,000 for sustainability initiatives....
• Rio Salado Named America's Greenest Campus (Marketwire)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 06:46:57 pm
  Tempe College Awarded $5,000 for Carbon Reduction
• San Tan Valley covets a university (East Valley Tribune)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 07:02:53 am
  It has its own name and boundaries. Now a county supervisor wants a university campus to be on San Tan Valley’s horizon. That’s just the latest effort to bring higher education farther into the south East Valley, with Queen Creek still working to bring a “communiversity” to town.
• ASU's Osher institute aims to lure younger 'seniors' (The Arizona Republic)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 11:15:28 pm
  ASU launched Lifelong Learning in 2004 with a $200K grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation.

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