Alex FriedrichThe University of Minnesota and Minneapolis police are taking more steps that they say will increase safety in the neighborhoods around the Twin Cities campus. Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau said Tuesday the department is beefing up its presence around the University of Minnesota. The move comes after a fall semester that saw an uptick Read more →
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A much larger share of students are graduating from the University of Minnesota in four years than two decades ago. Campus officials told regents today that 59 percent of the university’s students graduate. That’s close to the 60 percent rate that the university set in 2006. The Twin Cities campus ranks 10th out of 17 Read more →
Tuition for in-state undergraduates at the University of Minnesota will stay flat in the fall, after regents Friday passed a budget that includes the first tuition freeze in a generation. Regents praised the two-year freeze, which University President Eric Kaler won funding for from the legislature. But a few regents, including, expressed concern over the Read more →