If you ran the University of Minnesota, what three things would you do to make it better?

Today’s Question at MPR lets you get into the driver’s seat at the University of Minnesota:

If you ran the University of Minnesota, what three things would you do to make it better?

Let us know! I’ll be posting a few responses, like this one from “Jim”:

1. Eliminate sport scholarships

2. Increase class offerings. Classes taught every year vs. every other year, so students can graduate faster.

3. MAKE PROFESSORS TEACH!!! When I was a Grad. student there, the College of Biological Science professors were expected to teach ONLY 1 quarter class every other year. That was 30 hours of classroom time every 2 years. Imagine the education if the professors taught.

You can chime in here.

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.