Paul Tosto: 3 questions for the next U president

Something for Kaler to consider

In case you missed it, MPR’s economics blogger, Paul Tosto, has some solid questions for Eric Kaler, the sole presidential finalist at the University of Minnesota:

How does the U get to the middle of its peer group on key measure?
Where will the money come from to drive those bioscience buildings?
What about tuition?

His post is chock full of data and charts. I wish they’d been asked at the forum last night.

Then again, maybe someone can ask them at this mornings Q & A over at the U:

Public Interview with the Board of Regents – Thursday, November 18, 2010, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. McNamara Alumni Center, Sixth Floor Boardroom.

The forum will be streamed on the internet.

About the blogger

Alex Friedrich

afriedrich@mpr.org

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.