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System Publications

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	The Minnesota State Colleges & Universities Magazine (2.6 MB PDF) Spring 2008, Vol. 3, No. 2 Fall 2007 issue Spring 2007 issue Fall 2006 issue Spring 2006 issue
	Go places, 2007-2008 (3.8 MB PDF) August 2007 A guide to all Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
	Got Plans? (527 KB PDF) May 2007 The Got Plans? brochure outlines higher education options available at the system's two-year colleges. The system's 25 two-year colleges can help undergraduates get a great start on a four-year degree or students can choose from many professional career programs that can help them get a job in two years or less.
	Amazing Facts about Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (228 KB PDF) January 2007 The Amazing Facts booklet is a handy reference guide for facts about the Minnesota State system and the 25 community and technical colleges and seven state universities that it comprises. The booklet also provides a succinct overview of the mission, vision, scope and governance of the system.
	Designing the Future: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Strategic Plan 2006-2010 (421 KB PDF) March 2006 Approved by the Board of Trustees, January 19, 2006 One page summary of the 2006-2010 Strategic Plan (60 KB PDF) 2002-2005 Strategic Plan (PDF) One-page summary of the 2002-2005 Strategic Plan (PDF) Annual Work Plan
	Careers in health care brochure (463 KB PDF) January 2006
	Minnesota State Colleges & Universities: Where bioscience education goes to work (654 KB PDF) January 2006
	A decade of achievements: 1995-2005 (550 KB PDF) September 2005 This 10-year anniversary brochure highlights the achievements and history of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. In 1995, the merger of three systems - the state universities, the community colleges and the technical colleges - created the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Ten years later, the system has become a strong and effective source of education and career training for Minnesotans.
	Performance newsletter 1996-2005 archives From 1996 to 2005, the Performance newsletter provided information about issues of systemwide importance. The Performance archives include articles on system initiatives, legislative issues, personnel changes, etc. They also include features on college and university programs and personalities. Performance Archives
	Discover the difference customized training and education can make for your company Spring 2004 The "Discover the difference" brochure introduces Minnesota businesses to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' network of customized training and education programs and features profiles of Minnesota companies that have benefitted from training programs developed in partnership with the system's colleges and universities.
	Magnifying Minnesota's potential (5.7 MB PDF) March 2004 2003 Minnesota State Colleges & Universities System Annual Report 1999 annual report
	Make college a part of your future (PDF, English) January 2004 A brochure for prospective students and their family members with basic, useful information about college, including costs and types of financial aid, and how to apply to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Make college a part of your future - Hmong Make college a part of your future - Somali Make college a part of your future - Spanish
	Looking out for Minnesota brochure (4.8 MB PDF) August 2003

Centers of Excellence Evaluations

The Economic Impact of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities report cover

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Centers of Excellence program evaluation (full report)
Year 1 (2005-06) progress report
(684 KB PDF)
January 2007

Prepared by: Ellen Shelton, Brian Pittman, and Greg Owen
Wilder Research

View Year 1 (2005-06) program evaluation summary

State and Federal Budget Requests

	Federal budget 2009 appropriations requests March 2008 Project descriptions of the annual federal budget requests made by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. Federal budget 2008 appropriations requests March 2007 Federal budget 2007 appropriations requests February 2006 Federal budget 2006 appropriations requests January 2005
	Building a Smarter Minnesota: 382,000 Reasons to Reinvest (2 MB PDF) January 2008 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' 2008 Capital Budget Request Space to Learn: Shaping Minnesota's Future (3 MB PDF) 2006-2007 capital budget request Maintaining the edge: 2004-2005 capital budget request (1.1 MB PDF)
	Mandates and curiosities Summer 2007 Annual publication that highlights and summarizes the new laws relating to higher education in Minnesota. 2006 Mandates and Curiosities (641 KB PDF) 2005 Mandates and Curiosities (767 KB PDF) 2004 Mandates and Curiosities (568 KB PDF) 2003 Mandates and Curiosities 2002 Mandates and Curiosities
	Educating Minnesota: Meeting the Challenge Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Budget Request 2008-2009 (1.16 MB PDF) Janaury 2007
	2006 supplemental budget request (PDF)
	Degrees of success: Making Minnesota work (500 KB PDF) January 2005 2006-2007 budget request - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities asks state for $66.5 million budget increase over two years.
	Calculating the cost January 2005 Tuition and state appropriation make up the operating budget of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. This cost chart calculates the impact of potential state appropriation amounts for the 2006-2007 biennium on 2007 tuition fees per student.

Reports Requested by the Legislature

	Getting prepared: A 2008 report on recent high school graduates who took developmental/remedial courses (1.5 MB PDF) April 2008 This document contains reports that provide information to school districts throughout Minnesota on their recent high school graduates who took developmental or remedial courses at either of the public systems within two years after graduation. 2005 getting prepared report (PDF) 2002 getting prepared report (PDF)
	System-Level Accountability Framework: Report to the Legislature (PDF) February 2007 2005 Accountability Report (PDF) 2003 Accountability Report (PDF)
	Postsecondary Planning: A Joint Report to the Minnesota Legislature (159 KB PDF) February 2007 The 2007 Post-Secondary Planning Report is the fourth report produced jointly by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the University of Minnesota. The report reflects the long-term, ongoing, and effective working relationship between the two systems to develop and coordinate joint post-secondary programs in the Twin Cities and throughout Minnesota. 2005 Postsecondary Planning report 2003 Postsecondary Planning report 2002 Postsecondary Planning report
System Office Task Force Report/Recommendations January, 2000
Joint Report on Information Technology Expenditures February, 1998

Other Publications

	The Economic Impact of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (88 KB PDF) July 2006 Updated statewide estimates and local estimates for universities Prepared by Paul A. Anton and Nicole Behling Wilder Research
	Education Financing Survey (200 KB PDF) March 2005 This study captures a picture of the ways in which Minnesota State Colleges and Universities students finance postsecondary education and how they view college costs. Surveying more than 600 system students across the state, we asked about their educational funding sources, resources used to pay for educational expenses, and the impact of educational debt on their studies, work life, and financial situations.
	System fact book (2.4 MB PDF) November 2007 The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Fact Book contains more than 60 tables (201 pages) with recent and trend information on the system's students and graduates. Information is reported at both the system and institutional levels.
	The Economic Impact of Minnesota's State Colleges and Universities (updated statewide and local estimates) (55 KB PDF) October 2003 A report prepared by Anton, Lubov & Associates The Economic Impact of Minnesota's State Colleges and Universities (53 KB PDF) August 2002 A report prepared by Anton, Lubov & Associates
	Office of Internal Auditing: Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program, Final Report (1.13 MB PDF) July 2001

Last updated: 2/07