Arizona State University is responding to state budget cuts by adding a tuition surcharge, closing a western Arizona campus and making changes in its support for the Arizona Teachers Academy. University officials said changes were needed after the Arizona Legislature made across-the-board cuts to Arizona’s public university system,

Arizona’s largest public university is announcing sweeping changes amid millions of dollars in state budget cuts.

ASU will implement a tuition surcharge for students in the spring and plans to enact other measures to offset budget cuts..