programs with a direct impact on the community and society. The Downtown Phoenix campus focuses on direct urban and public programs such as nursing, public policy, criminal justice, mass communication, journalism, and law, as well as the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Valley Metro Rail connects the Tempe and Downtown Phoenix campuses, and inter-campus shuttles allow students and faculty to easily travel between the campuses. In addition to in-person classes, ASU Online, with its headquarters in Los Arcos Mall#SkySong in Scottsdale, provides online and extended education.
In 2018, the Arizona Board of Regents reported that the ASU facilities inventory totaled more than 23 million gross square feet.
=== Tempe campus ===
ASU's Tempe campus is in downtown Tempe, Arizona, about eight miles (13 km) east of Phoenix. The campus is considered urban and is approximately 660 acres (2.7 km2) in size. It is arranged around broad pedestrian malls and is completely encompassed by an arboretum. The Tempe campus …
