Video: How 60 Minutes inspired MnSCU trustees today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryQ9xt5gwk

For a bit of inspiration this morning, the board watched this recent “60 Minutes” segment on Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

He’s apparently working wonders getting a racially diverse student body hooked on science, technology, engineering and math.

The video above is just a snippet. You can apparently view the whole segment here.

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.

MnProf

The 60 Minutes piece notes a UMBC program that bans social media from the classroom, apparently to good effect. But what a disconnect with the survey cited below about student expectations of access to tech devices and social media!
MnProf

The 60 Minutes piece notes a UMBC program that bans social media from the classroom, apparently to good effect. But what a disconnect with the survey cited below about student expectations of access to tech devices and social media!
- Anonymous
  
  Good eye — that’s interesting. One could argue that perhaps colleges shouldn’t treat students as customers and cater to their desires.
- Anonymous
  
  Good eye — that’s interesting. One could argue that perhaps colleges shouldn’t treat students as customers and cater to their desires.