Alex Friedrich
The retired Cargill executive from Wayzata was in his second six-year term, having first been named regent in 2005. Read more →
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University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler will receive a 5.5 percent raise next year as part of a five-year contract extension. Kaler will make $785,000 next year under the new deal. By the time his contract runs out in 2020, he will be making more than $987,000. Much of the increase is in the form Read more →
In my coverage of University of Minnesota board meetings, I’ve at times been frustrated with the U’s inability to provide me with a big report before it’s presented at the monthly Board of Regents meeting. I tend to ask for advance copies so that I can better understand the morning’s presentation. With the basic details Read more →
Yesterday’s public forum on the University of Minnesota‘s budget for next year brought out critics of all types, just as last year’s did. Much of what they brought up — concerns over issues such as cuts, financial aid, the cost of college and health-care premiums — is standard stuff but always worth noting. The address Read more →
University of Minnesota regent Richard Beeson has just written me, chiming in on the issue of whether regents have spoken out enough on legislative budget cuts to the U: Regent Allen correctly points out that a Regent’s legislative time and presence can and should be measured in a number of ways. For myself, I have Read more →
Yesterday on the House floor, House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) repeated an item of irritation for him: that University of Minnesota regents rarely if ever appeared before his committee in past years to protest budget cuts. In a recent discussion, I asked regent and former board chairman Clyde Allen what he thought of Read more →
Yesterday on the House floor, House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) repeated an item of irritation for him: that University of Minnesota regents rarely if ever appeared before his committee in past years to protest budget cuts. In a recent discussion, I asked regent and former board chairman Clyde Allen what he thought of Read more →
Today, University of Minnesota Board of Regents Chairwoman Linda Cohen defends her colleagues and the university in a Star Tribune editorial countering Sunday’s critical pice by former Gov. Arne Carlson. She says Carlson’s piece contains “inaccurate information, omissions and contradictory criticisms.” She summarizes the U’s cost-cutting record: The university has realized millions of dollars of Read more →
Today, University of Minnesota Board of Regents Chairwoman Linda Cohen defends her colleagues and the university in a Star Tribune editorial countering Sunday’s critical pice by former Gov. Arne Carlson. She says Carlson’s piece contains “inaccurate information, omissions and contradictory criticisms.” She summarizes the U’s cost-cutting record: The university has realized millions of dollars of Read more →
I’ve been at the second of three meetings of the University of Minnesota‘s Board of Regents’ special committee on executive compensation and administrative transitional leaves. They’re reviewing the U’s policy on the subject, and how it compares to peer universities’. It comes after an uproar over news that former President Robert Bruininks’ paid out $2.8 Read more →