ASU Thrive Magazine Fall Issue September 2017 V20N4

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Story by S T E V E N B E S C H L O S S Photography by J E F F N E W T O N

Fifteen years ago, Michael M. Crow brought his idea of the New American University — an agile and radical reimagining of higher education — to ASU. Neither naysayers nor the Great Recession could derail his vision, and he has no plans to slow down anytime soon. 28

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