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THE FLENSBURGER FILES Education should be encouraged, not denied
8:10 on a Wednesday morning in a lecture hall, waiting for the first class of the day to start. It is one of the introductory classes which provides students studying English with an insight to lite...
Posted on 10/25/12 at 8:36 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND again listed among greenest schools in USA
The University of North Dakota is once again listed as one of the countrys greenest schools, according to the Princeton Reviews Guide to 322 Green Colleges-2012 Edition. The 2012 Guide, which was rel...
Posted on 4/17/12 at 3:48 PM
DRAGON NEWS Cuts in state funding contribute to need for tuition increase
From the system office... Average annual tuition and fee rates will increase at state universities beginning this fall under a budget approved Wednesday by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universitie...
Posted on 6/23/11 at 11:41 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Colleges look at shutdown while trying to stay open
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is gearing up for a government shutdown. Or not. A Wednesday emergency meeting of the 54-campus systems board of trustees resulted in a resolut...
Posted on 6/9/11 at 2:46 AM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Education committee discusses tuition, Indian education
BISMARCKA bill that would put the Legislature in charge of setting tuition rates at the states public colleges prompted a close vote on Monday. The House Education Committee voted 8-6 to give House B...
Posted on 2/8/11 at 9:49 AM
North Dakota's higher ed board plans to ask for additional funds for UND medical school 
The state Board of Higher Education today endorsed the governor's budget recommendation, but decided to ask legislators to consider several items excluded from the governor's budget.
By Amy Dalrymple , December 16, 2010
Colleges becoming more diverse, but racial gaps persist
While U.S. colleges have grown more racially diverse in recent years, minority students — especially Hispanics — still lag behind on key measures of academic progress, a new report says.
By Eric Gorski , October 20, 2010
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OUR OPINION -- UND’s endowment drive: A big step up
With this move, UND is securing its spot in America’s lineup of world-class universities. To perform at that level in 2010 and beyond, public colleges and universities now need strong endowments. That’s exactly what UND’s leadership is trying to provide.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , October 10, 2010
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Colleges use car-sharing to cut down congestion
Colleges hoping to steer students and faculty away from bringing their vehicles to campus to help relieve parking congestion and promote environmentally friendly transportation are increasingly turning to the concept of car sharing.
By Jessie L. Bonner , October 04, 2010
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Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, Queens, N.Y., column: In colleges, it’s ‘amenities, yes; academics, no'
Colleges aren’t spending their extra revenues, which we calculate to be about $40 billion a year nationally over 1980 revenues, in ways that most benefit students.
By Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus , September 15, 2010
Audit finds flaws in upgrades of MnSCU network
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system hasn’t provided adequate oversight of contractors hired to help overhaul its computer network, and upgrades were made without enough thought paid to the end user, according to a report released Tuesday.
By Chris Williams , February 09, 2010
Report: College endowments see huge declines
College and university endowments suffered huge losses in the fiscal year that ended last June, a new report finds, but stronger investment returns in recent months point to a rebound.
By Eric Gorski , January 27, 2010
Bank of North Dakota frets about student loan future
The Bank of North Dakota has been in the business of making federally guaranteed student loans since the program began more than 40 years ago. Today, officials at the state-owned bank wonder if that legacy could vanish.
By Dale Wetzel , December 19, 2009
N.D. board considers college room, board prices
North Dakota's Board of Higher Education is considering guidelines on setting student room and board prices for the next school year.
By Associated Press , December 17, 2009
Minnesota colleges urged by law to sell American apparel
That University of Minnesota sweatshirt on the sales rack at the campus bookstore might just be made in Minnesota, or at least the United States. There's certainly a better chance of it now that a new state law is about to take effect.
By Associated Press , July 31, 2009
David Gipp, Bismarck, letter: Tribal college welcomes good news
United Tribes is now part of the current budget request by the Obama administratation. This breaks an eight-year cycle of being excluded from being recommended in the Interior-BIA budget.
This good news represents a long-absent affirmation of the value of United Tribes in training and educating tribal people.
March 30, 2009
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OUR OPINION: Too much sun burns North Dakota's presidential searches
Let the names of candidates for college presidencies be kept confidential, at least until the candidates have made it through a preliminary round. “The perfect” is the rule that all state business should be public record, no mater what. In North Dakota, that rule makes public the names of all applicants for the job of state college or university president.
That fact, in turn, keeps presidents at institutions in other states from applying.
March 18, 2009
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