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As UA tuition increases, will mini-dorms become empty monuments to greed?

As UA tuition increases, will mini-dorms become empty monuments to greed?

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Pamela Powers
Apr 06, 2011
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Michael Goodman, Richard Studwell, and other local developers have been merrily knocking down old houses and replacing them with mini-dorms for years now. They saw dollar signs when the University of Arizona announced that it would increase enrollment gradually from 38,000 to nearly 50,000 students but wouldn't have enough dormitories to house them.

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