On Campus Blog

Lawmakers press Kaler on tuition-freeze priority
Kust how far will the University of Minnesota go to pull off another tuition freeze? It depends.
Letter to lawmakers criticizes regents’ oversight
It says the Board of Regents has not been the watchdog it should be in problematic drug-trial cases.
The union for faculty at Minnesota's universities called for Steven Rosenstone's dismissal in November.
MnSCU audit lays out Metro State payroll SNAFU
You may remember Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone calling for an audit two years ago of Metropolitan State University’s payroll operations, whose SNAFUs had been overpaying some faculty while underpaying others. All in all, the university made more than $300,000 in overpayments, and almost $136,000 in underpayments, according to a…
What free college tuition could look like in MN
“Power of You” offers an idea of what a free-tuition program could look like in Minnesota.
The U says federal officials plan to conduct a review of the athletics department.
The top seven MN higher education stories of 2014
This year didn’t spare any sector of Minnesota higher education from headlines. Campuses in the public, for-profit and nonprofit sectors struggled with crime, labor dissatisfaction, legal troubles or complaints over race relations.
The man leading a changing Augsburg
Paul Pribbenow is running a school that has its own little twists.