Leaders of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU system) are responding to criticism over their “Charting the Future” overhaul plan by emphasizing the input they’re receiving on campuses around the state. Read more →
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Archives for October 2014
Minnesota State University – Mankato professors have joined the ranks of faculty dissatisfied with Chancellor Steven Rosenstone. Read more →
The Mankato Free Press criticizes this month’s decision by two faculty unions not to participate in a plan to overhaul the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system, saying they’re trying to sabotage the overhaul through “guerrilla warfare.” Read more →
On Monday, the St. Cloud State faculty senate passed a vote of 29 in support, with one abstention and one against. Read more →
In a news release, U officials say the campus is ranked ninth among U.S. public institutions, and third among public institutions in the Big Ten. Read more →

The retired Cargill executive from Wayzata was in his second six-year term, having first been named regent in 2005. Read more →

The two faculty unions at Minnesota’s state colleges and universities say they won’t take part anymore in a proposed overhaul of the system. Read more →
The long-running grumbling by faculty at state-run universities over how Chancellor Steven Rosenstone is carrying out his plan to revamp the system is coming to a head tonight. Read more →
“We want a process that builds unity, not one that creates division,” says the leader of the union for instructors at Minnesota’s two-year state colleges. Read more →
Here’s the document behind the story. Read more →