June 7, 2009 Minnesota headlines MNSCU expansion plans hinge on next Legislature Finance and Commerce State colleges will go before the 2010 Legislature with a $403.6 million bonding request. At North Hennepin Community College, officials have long taken pride in emphasizing hands-on learning. http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2009/07/07/MNSCU-College-expansion
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(From the Minnesota Independent)
For Minnesota’s college administrators, the announcement of the Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s unallotment plans was a good news/bad news story. The size of the budgetary hit was not as big as they expected. But, it’s still a substantial amount. They were prepared for it, but it’s still coming.