It’s the annual Chronicle of Higher Education survey, and University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler is ranked 10th among 57 presidents of the state flagships. Overall, he’s 33rd, and the Pioneer Press has him ranked 6th among current and future Big Ten presidents. A large percentage of his overall compensation — 90.1 percent — is Read more →
Just got around to getting the transcript to University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s recent conference call with about 10,000 alumni. One tidbit: The callers were asked what the U’s priority should be. Here are the results, according to the moderator: “It really came down to two things. Undergraduate education was the top priority of Read more →
As I noted in a previous post, I got dropped from the original call that Eric Kaler had with about 10,000 alumni last week — though I posted on a couple of questions that I did hear, as well as a few notes on the call. You can view the original University of Minnesota page Read more →
I was curious about the alumni call last night, so I asked the U how things went, how much it cost, etc. Here’s what I got back from media relations associate Matt Hodson: We believe that alumni are critical to the success of our University and the President wants to find creative ways to engage Read more →
For the second question in University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s statewide conference call with alumni yesterday evening, “Darryl” in Cannon Falls asked about tuition: “I am concerned. When I went to the U back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, and my wife too, tuition was about $128-$135 a quarter. We both worked Read more →
Last night, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler held the U’s first mass conference call with alumni across the state. (Macalester College has done something like this at least once.) A university spokesman said about 10,000 people were on the half-hour call at least part of the time. I was one of those listening in, Read more →
Here’s the final draft used by President Eric Kaler in yesterday’s State of the University address. Good afternoon. To start with the obvious, we are in the midst of the perfect storm for higher education. Like all land-grant, top-tier public research universities, at the University of Minnesota, the economic crisis fueled severe budget cuts and Read more →
A number of reporters and I met with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler at the Capitol this morning to discuss the letter above and a number of other issues. Despite the storm over last month’s Wall Street Journal article about the U’s administrative spending, Kaler says he thinks the U can win over legislators Read more →
Looks like the University of Minnesota is still dealing with the aftermath of The Wall Street Journal’s Christmas-week piece on administrative spending there. The piece made the U the poster child for administrative bloat, and prompted a Washington Post column in which writer Charles Lane says: … The bloat on many U.S. campuses is now Read more →
You may remember reports of University of Minnesota Eric Kaler taking heat from legislators over former President Bob Bruininks’ executive pay packages for top U administrators. He promised them he’d look into the system that enabled that. Here’s an update that just came in: Board of Regents committee begins review of executive compensation and administrative Read more →