Alex FriedrichThe St. Cloud Times writes that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone should win over unionized faculty who have withdrawn from his Charting the Future reform plan over concerns they have little say in the matter. Read more →
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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 →
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 →
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 →
Faculty cited a recurring pattern of secrecy in MnSCU decision making regarding the hiring of private consultants, questionable spending decisions by the System Office, and an unwillingness to incorporate greater student and faculty input into long term planning. Read more →
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone — who has faced faculty suspicion that he’s trying to centralize decision-making — says in the Pioneer Press that he won’t try to micromanage the committees carrying out his overhaul of the system: “The people doing the work have to be the ones at the Read more →
Remember the concern that MnSCU’s plan for more campus integration might lead to overcentralization and too much power in St. Paul? Looks like the university faculty union is trying to head that off at the pass. The Inter Faculty Organization is asking for a seat at the table when officials figure out how to implement Read more →
Last week I posted the response of a Metropolitan State University professor, who said the Star Tribune‘s editorial board was portraying faculty as “obstructionist” toward MnSCU’s Charting the Future plan for more coordination among campuses. Looks like the Rochester Post-Bulletin also had little patience for uppity faculty: An early draft of the report was criticized Read more →