Higher Education Policy Needs to Go Back to the Eighties

Minnesota Report In the 1980s, the cost of tuition was based on the state of Minnesota providing one-third of the cost of instruction. Now, it was often a challenge especially in bad economic times, but at least with this, as a rule, people knew what they could expect...

Minnesota’s Moral Hazard

If Republicans want to grow their party beyond fascistic angry white men and gray-haired people, they had better change their course regarding higher education. Our state has witnessed a dramatic shift in state support of public colleges, a shift in financial aid for...

Higher Education Students May Have a Claim Against the State

On Tuesday, the Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance Committee Chaired by Bud Nornes (R-08A, Fergus Falls) met and considered HF2313 authored by Rep. Drew Christensen (R-56A, Savage) a UMN graduate, calling for a 1% tuition decrease in the state’s...