迈克尔·M·克罗博士是一位教育家，知识型企业架构师，科学和技术政策的学者和高等教育的领导者。他成为了亚利桑那州立大学的第十六任总统于2002年7月已经率先ASU的快速性和突破性的变革演变成世界上最好的公立大都市研究型大学之一。作为一名模特“新美国大学” ASU同时显示全面卓越，代表美国的种族和社会经济多样性的包容性，及相应的社会影响。

Lauded as the ”#1 most innovative” school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, ASU is a student-centric, technology-enabled university focused on complex global challenges related to sustainability, economic competitiveness, social embeddedness, entrepreneurship and global engagement. Under Dr, Crow’s leadership, ASU has established twenty-four new transdisciplinary schools, including the School of Earth and Space Exploration, the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and launched trailblazing multidisciplinary initiatives including the Biodesign Institute, the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, and important initiatives in the humanities and social sciences.