Gov. Dayton appointed Sheila Wright — dean of Hamline University’s School of Education — the new director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. Wright joined Hamline in July 2009. She has also taught at Carleton College in Northfield and at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Sean Taylor, History, and Peter Quinn, Social Studies, presented a talk entitled “Playing Games in Class: Using Historical Simulations to Facilitate Critical Thinking in the Classroom” at a November conference on higher education in Minneapolis. The presentation included a re-enactment of the Boston Massacre to demonstrate active learning and game-playing pedagogy in a classroom run by students.
Interim president will be appointed next year at Southwest Minnesota State University The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system has launched a study of regional higher educational needs in southwest Minnesota to determine if there is a better way to align educational programs and services offered by Southwest Minnesota State University and Minnesota West Community and Technical College, officials said Friday.
What are Minnesota’s candidates for governor saying about tuition? You can find out at www.fan.mnscu.edu/electionguide/tuition.html. Earlier this month, Scott Thiss, chair of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees and student leader, Caitlin Stene, sat down with the three major candidates for governor in individual interviews to discuss the candidates’ views on higher education issues.
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 […]