An Arizona State University committee plotting the future of the school is recommending consideration of moving the law school and nursing program to the downtown campus.

It was part of a report released Tuesday charting an ASU future that envisions 90,000 students and four campuses each filling a niche.

"We have had considerable pressure to have a night law school, and we see the downtown campus as a place serving mostly adults as opposed to 18-year-olds," said University Design Team chairman Chuck Backus, provost of ASU East. "Moving the law college would be very controversial, but it could make sense. Moving the nursing school also could make sense . . . at least the graduate part of it."

Backus noted that neither the law school nor the nursing school will be moving soon.

"Our report now goes through what you might consider the 'academic cleansing process,' and will be scrutinized and refined," he said.

The report is, "the first step in realigning the campuses," said ASU spokesman Keith Jennings.

The report views ASU East as a polytechnic and applied programs site, the main campus being research intensive, ASU West as a social policy campus and the downtown center a full-fledged campus with professional programs and a bio-science emphasis, Jennings said.

The design team was appointed at the beginning of the year by Provost Milton Glick. Its mission is to define the school's future.

Glick said that now that the report is out, input from the university and the greater community will be sought.

"The new design for the university will affect everyone and this is one of the opportunities for everyone to have a say on possible changes," Glick said. "It's very important for people to look at the report and share their thoughts."