Bill WarehamNever mind the challenge of getting in to the University of Minnesota or even paying for it. Getting to the Twin Cities campus could become more difficult. Noticed this in Dan Olson’s story yesterday about potential Metro Transit cutbacks: Officials say the highly-used service to the University of Minnesota, which constitutes most of Metro Transit’s Read more →
MPR News Intelligence on higher education
By Bill Wareham
MPR News editor
As a parent of a 25-year-old college graduate, I feel fortunate that I have not experienced the boomerang kid phenomenon. (Hey, I love the kid, but I don’t need him in the house full time.) After reading this item over at MPR’s MinnEcon blog, I now feel equally fortunate that I have not had his Read more →
Here’s a copy of the remarks University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks prepared for the “State of the University” speech he’s giving at this hour: The Bright Horizon: Why High Aspirations Matter 2011 State of the University Address President Robert H. Bruininks DRAFT AS PREPARED Introduction: Like No Place Else For more than 40 years Read more →
This just in from John Lauerman at Bloomberg: Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to block an Education Department proposal that would limit government funds to for-profit colleges. Lawmakers approved by a 289-136 vote an amendment sponsored by Representative John Kline, a Minnesota Republican and House education committee chairman, blocking Read more →
Rhodes Scholars Priya Sury (courtesy University of Minnesota) and Prerna Nadathur (courtesy University of Chicago) Thirty-two Rhodes Scholars are selected each year to represent the United States – and this year two of them are from Roseville (I’m no Rhodes Scholar, but my cell phone calculator tells me that’s 6.25 percent of the total.) They Read more →
A confession: In the moments leading up to the announcement that Eric Kaler is the University of Minnesota’s sole finalist to become the next U president, I was convinced Colin Powell would succeed Robert Bruininks. I’ll admit now that seems like a bizarre conclusion, but the logic seemed crystal clear at the time. It started Read more →
There is a ton of data on higher education out there, so much that it can be tough to make sense of it all. So, consider this the first in a regular series of dispatches highlighting the numbers in a way that is, hopefully, digestible and relevant to Minnesota. Over time we hope it adds Read more →
Alex is still over at the U of M poring over the 2,500 docs released today. He hasn’t uncovered evidence of some massive conspiracy over the Troubled Waters cancellation, but he sent over one internal email that illustrates the turmoil among U staffers as the decision unfolded. The exchange is between Allen Levine, dean of Read more →