This year didn’t spare any sector of Minnesota higher education from headlines.
Campuses in the public, for-profit and nonprofit sectors struggled with crime, labor dissatisfaction, legal troubles or complaints over race relations. Read more →
This year didn’t spare any sector of Minnesota higher education from headlines.
Campuses in the public, for-profit and nonprofit sectors struggled with crime, labor dissatisfaction, legal troubles or complaints over race relations. Read more →
Minnesota State University – Mankato professors have joined the ranks of faculty dissatisfied with Chancellor Steven Rosenstone. Read more →
The state legislative auditor says the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system should rethink how it conducts and documents investigations following its firing of Mankato football coach Todd Hoffner. Read more →
Here’s the letter that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone and Minnesota State University – Mankato President Richard Davenport sent to two legislators asking for a review of Mankato’s firing of football coach Todd Hoffner. The review would be conducted by the state Office of the Legislative Auditor and focus on Read more →
Two signature buildings on the campus of Minnesota State University in Mankato came down today. A demolition crew razed the twin 12-story residence halls known as Gage Towers, built nearly 50 years ago, at about 9:30 a.m. The school’s interim alumni relations director, Jennifer Myers, says the buildings were demolished because they can’t be updated. Read more →
Remember the article I posted on Wednesday about the huge jump in applications that Bemidji State and Northwest Technical experienced because of last month’s college application week? Looks like the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system saw overall applications almost triple after application fees were waived, according to the edited press release below. Applications Read more →
The Reporter describes a number of experiences that have led some students at Minnesota State University – Mankato to think some dorm rooms (especially those in the Crawford Residence Community) are haunted: Immediately after getting into the car, he told Vang that she saw a girl in a black velvet dress with reddish textile patterns Read more →
First we heard that St. Cloud State has had a better move-in weekend than before. Looks like, Minnesota State University – Mankato is making its own strides in controlling Welcome Week behavior — at least on campus. Student journalist Cassie Rayman writes in the Reporter: In the past, MSU has been notorious for the number Read more →
Robert A. Swart of Mankato criticizes the Minnesota State University – Mankato leadership for deciding to tear down Gage Residence Hall, saying university officials have failed to maintain it, and don’t see that they can still save the building: What I find amazing is an administration that is so willing to go against what I thought were Read more →