Phil Davis, the longtime president of Minneapolis Community and Technical College, is leaving this summer to lead efficiency efforts at the state’s system of public colleges and universities. He will become an associate vice chancellor and direct the system’s Campus Service Cooperative, an initiative designed to streamline its business practices. Davis, who has served for Read more →
A spokesman for the University of Minnesota — which took issue with its ranking in the Institute for Policy Studies’s report on administrative pay — pointed out this announcement this morning: IPS Statement on low-wage faculty findings: Due to questions about information we gathered from the American Federation of Teachers Higher Ed Data Center website, we Read more →
Having been named among the “Top 5 Most Unequal Public Universities” by the Institute for Policy Studies on Sunday, the University of Minnesota says the institute’s report — The One Percent at State U — is “outright wrong” and based on “inaccurate data” and a flawed methodology. Here is the U’s updated response from this Read more →
Northfield’s old rivals — St. Olaf College and Carleton College — are teaming up to save costs. A $1.4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will have them jointly run some areas of their information technology, administration — even academic programming. St. Olaf President David Anderson said sharing some college operations would be Read more →
You may recall the address made at the University of Minnesota’s budget forum earlier this month by a steward of the union representing the U’s clerical workers — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. (The U’s response is here. Further response is below.) Just before Friday’s Board of Regents meeting, the union Read more →
Here it is. The executive summary is above, and the full report is below. This needs much closer review, but the gist of it appears to be: No glaring problems, but the U could be more efficient. The report compares the U’s administration to that of more than half a dozen similar universities. It appears Read more →
Alex Friedrich