Alex FriedrichA 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 →
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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 →
This week, Macalester and St. Olaf colleges made U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings’ (D-Md) list of 111 colleges that were breaking federal financial-aid regulations. The schools on the list apparently weren’t being clear with students about financial-aid requirements. They led many applicants to believe it was necessary to complete an extra form and pay a fee Read more →
Amy Perko, the executive director of the Knight Commission, puts into national perspective its data showing that in 20011 the University of Minnesota spent close to $200,000 for the average scholarship football player — an increase from $108,000 six years prior: “The pattern that clearly emerges is that athletic spending is rising rapidly, while academic Read more →
(MPR Photo / Alex Friedrich) I recently attended a financial aid forum hosted by the state Office of Higher Education — the one where Saint Paul College President Rassoul Dastmozd warned about tying funding too closely to college performance measures. The forum raised some interesting points, such as how our financial-aid system is essentially a voucher Read more →
Here are three documents — Exhibits A, B and C — that accompanied yesterday’s consumer-fraud lawsuit against Globe University / Minnesota School of Business. The first two provide some financial context for the suit, which claims that Globe/MSB targeted students who were eligible for a lot of financial aid. Such aid, the suit says, is Read more →
Minnesota Higher Education Commissioner Larry Pogemiller tells an Augsburg College immigrant student he’ll urge a change in the State Grant formula so that unauthorized immigrants — who can’t get federal grants — can receive more state money: “I’m so sorry that it’s not perfect yet. It’ll get there, hopefully for your sister, for your siblings.” At Read more →
Just following up on something I tweeted earlier … University of Minnesota (UMN) President Eric Kaler has given up a second salary raise in a row and ordered it transferred into the U’s general scholarship fund for Minnesota undergraduates. The 3 percent raise this year translates to about $18,000. Kaler made a similar request last Read more →
Gov. Mark Dayton has noted that starting this month, Minnesota’s 6-year-old GI Bill (not the federal one) extends to any veteran (under the age of 62) who has served honorably in any military at any time. Before the change in law, only veterans who served after September 11, 2001 could get it. The benefit gives Read more →
On Friday, I reported on Bethel University‘s fight with the U.S. Dept. of Education over how the ED has been conducting its test of financial health on U.S. private colleges and universities. The feds say Bethel has failed it, and want it to post a multimillion-dollar letter of credit as a form of insurance. But Read more →