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State needs to renew higher-ed support
Guest editorial by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor James McCormick
The Business Journal (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Publication date: 11/15/04
A troubling trend faces public higher education in the state of Minnesota, one that our state leaders no longer can afford to ignore. For the past four years, our students in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities have had to cope with double-digit tuition increases - a nearly 60 percent increase since fall 2000. Over that same period, our state appropriation per student has slipped by 18 percent. (read more )
Nurse Experts: Don't be Fooled by Minnesota's Relatively Low Vacancy Rates
NurseZone.com
Publication Date: 9/10/04
By Kelly Phillips, staff writer