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 […]
The National Council for Marketing and Public Relations District 5 has presented the 2010 Pacesetter of the Year Award to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor James McCormick. McCormick received the award Sunday during the District 5 conference in Kansas City, Mo. The annual award recognizes a chief executive officer at a two-year college for exceptional leadership and support of […]
Saint Paul College ranks as No. 1 among 650 community colleges A national publication has ranked six two-year colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system among the top 50 community colleges in the country. The annual ranking of “America’s Best Colleges” was published in the September/October issue of Washington Monthly magazine, which has been ranking community colleges since 2007. […]