By Amy Dalrymple, The Forum Cutting 41 positions from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system chancellor’s office should have minimal impact on local campuses, two presidents said Thursday. MnSCU announced it will eliminate 41 jobs by July to cut its budget by $4.2 million. The cut is in anticipation of a reduction in state funding for fiscal year 2012. […]
Minnesota voters will go to the polls in November and select one of three candidates for governor. By election time they will have held about 20 public debates and provided a real service to voters who want to know where they stand on a myriad of issues. MSU Moorhead and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, of course, want to […]
Student count goes up for the fifth consecutive year, sets another record More than 200,000 students are attending the 32 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities this fall, resulting in the fifth consecutive fall enrollment increase and setting another record high, officials said today. The state colleges and universities system now has 203,756 students or 5,262 more students than last fall when […]
Videotaped interviews of candidates are available online The three major gubernatorial candidates offered their views about tuition, budget priorities, jobs for graduates, online learning and other higher education issues in videotaped interviews with Scott Thiss, chair of the Board of Trustees and a student leader, Caitlin Stene. Their responses are available online at www.fan.mnscu.edu/electionguide/video.html. “We are pleased that the three […]
Grant aimed at helping to meet the growing need for college-educated workers The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Foundation has received an $800,000 grant to encourage former students to re-enroll and complete their two- or four-year degrees as part of a new program to raise college completion rates in Minnesota. The grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education will fund […]