ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY September 29, 2016 ‘The Honorable Doug Ducey Governor State of Arizona 1700 W. Washington, 9" Floor Phoenix, AZ 85007 Dear Governor Ducey: [am pleased to submit a status report on the development of ASU's School for Civic and Economie Thought and Leadership as required by the legislative intent associated with the fiscal year 2017 general fund appropriation for the school. | believe this report demonstrates how we have fully embraced the opportunity to add to our academic portfolio through this new schoo] and that we have made significant progress in a short amount of time to bring this school to life. We have worked diligently to map a plan that will position the new school as a national center for scholarship, teaching, civil discourse, and public comment on leadership and statesmanship, civie and constitutional thought, and political economy. Our desire is for the school to be seen as both an academic and public resource and a leading hub of discussion and debate. One of the biggest differentiators for ASU’s Schoo! for Civie and Economie Thought and Leadership is the scope of activity that will fall under the school, including the fact that it will offer undergraduate degrees immediately followed by graduate degrees. We conducted a thorough audit of universities that focus on similar themes only to discover that most offer limited activity and resources in this area. None have the full array of undergraduate and graduate degrees, research-oriented faculty, fellows and community outreach that will be located in the School for Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership. Already, we have made a strategic hire in Paul Carrese as the school’s new director. Director Carrese hails from the United States Air Force Academy where he is a professor of political science and co-founder and former director of the Academy’s great-books honors program. He has been a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University, a Fulbright Teaching Fellow at University of Delhi and a research fellow in the James Madison Program in the Politics Department at Princeton University. With Director Carrese now on board, we will be able to move quickly to put additional faculty in place and begin accepting students in the school by fall 2017.We appreciate the opportunity the Arizona State Legislature has presented to expand ASU"s knowledge enterprise and engage students, scholars and the community in new ways. Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time with any questions, ce: Sincerely, Mica Cas Eileen Klein, President, Arizona Board of Regents Greg Patterson, Regent Bill Ridenour, Regent Ron Shoopman, Regent Ram Krishna, Regent Jay Heiler. Regent Michael M. Crow President