Children of dead military personnel to get free tuition

The Arizona Board of Regents will likely approve a plan tomorrow to give a full university tuition wavier to children of Arizona residents killed in action during U.S. military conflicts.

The plan won praise from regents at their meeting in April, and is unlikely to face any challenges at tomorrow's meeting. Three Arizona residents with children were killed during the conflict in Iraq, and their families would be eligible for the tuition benefit when the children reach the universities.

The regents will also discuss whether to create additional classifications of faculty members for people with extensive professional experience, but who lack traditional academic credentials.

Faculty members serving in these positions would hold the title of professor of practice, research professor or clinical professor, and would not be tenure-eligible.

The regents will meet by video conference at 1 p.m. tomorrow in room 211 of the Harvill building.

Health college receives national accreditation

The Council on Education for Public Health granted the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health a three-year accreditation earlier this month, recognizing the school as one of 33 accredited graduate schools of public health in the U.S.

"The council's accreditation is an affirmation by its peers that the college has the ability to meet the public health needs of Arizona," said Provost George Davis.

The college, which was established in January 2000 as a collaboration among the UA, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, is the second collaborative college in the country to receive CEPH accreditation.

The goals of the school are to study and aid in the prevention of disease and to promote health lifestyles, with a special focus on the multicultural communities of the Southwest.

The accreditation process, which took nearly two years, entailed a self-evaluation by members of the college, including faculty and students, as well as a visit by a CEPH panel.

÷ Compiled from staff and wire reports