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Yesterday was practically Gene Pelowski Day.

First the House higher-education committee chairman appeared on MPR's

Forty minutes later, he held a press conference unveiling the latest version of the House higher-education bill.

I was there at all of them, and here are a few highlights. He's always good for a few zingers:

On why he focused on a tuition freeze instead of adding more to the State Grant program:

On his proposal to beef up administrative reporting requirements for the 

 -- as opposed to the Senate's proposal to withhold a percentage of funding until both systems meet performance goals:

On how lawmakers could force the U to change its practices, considering it's technically autonomous from the state (except for its intake of state funding):

On telling the difference between a purely administrative position and an one that includes an academic role, so that cutting administration doesn't harm the classroom in the process:

On the "restoration" of legislative oversight of the U and MnSCU, which he says has been gone for the past 8-10 years:

On the use of a consulting firm to analyze the U's administrative structure and look for ways to make it more efficient:

On the U's handling of tuition increases:

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Yesterday was practically Gene Pelowski Day. First the House higher-education committee chairman appeared on MPR’s Daily Circuit. Forty minutes later, he held a press conference unveiling the latest version of the House higher-education bill. Then he held his committee’s hearing. I was there at all of them, and here are a few highlights. He’s always…

What Pelowski said about tuition and how to tame MnSCU and the U

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