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Northfield's old rivals -- St. Olaf College and Carleton College -- are teaming up to save costs.

from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will have them jointly run some areas of their information technology, administration -- even academic programming.

St. Olaf President David Anderson said sharing some college operations would be more efficient:

Carleton President Steven Poskanzer says they could hold joint courses. Or a professor from one school could teach a specialty as part of a class at the other school.

The two colleges already share a few things, including library services, thanks to a smaller Mellon grant they got previously.

Campus officials said this new grant will enable them to integrate their libraries more by, among other things, creating a common internet portal for them. That way students from each college will have the same online experience, they said.

But both Poskanzer and Anderson emphasized that the two colleges have no plans to merge.

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Northfield’s old rivals — St. Olaf College and Carleton College — are teaming up to save costs. A $1.4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will have them jointly run some areas of their information technology, administration — even academic programming. St. Olaf President David Anderson said sharing some college operations would be 

Northfield’s old rivals — St. Olaf College and Carleton College — are teaming up to save costs. A $1.4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will have them jointly run some areas of their information technology, administration — even academic programming. St. Olaf President David Anderson said sharing some college operations would be Read more →


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