Why are Bemidji State and Northwest Technical retooling?
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"We are in kind of uncharted territory, and that's why campuses are trying to be as careful as they can, and why you do hear words like recalibration, re-engineering and so on. We're really having to re-imagine the work we're doing."
Scott Olson, interim vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, on the budget-cut-driven transformation of colleges and universities such as Bemidji State and Northwest Technical. The two institutions are cutting some programs and beefing up more promising ones to cope with a two-year, $5 million budget shortfall.
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