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Walker takes on higher education in Wisconsin
Eliminating tenure in state law, as Walker proposed in January and a Republican-controlled legislative committee approved earlier this month, is part of a larger overhaul of higher education policy.
Higher-ed bill one step in right direction
Without much fanfare in the recently adjourned 2015 legislative session, we joined the pack of 32 states with a specific higher-ed attainment goal written into state law.
Crossing the party line at the Capitol
While some members choose to vote against their caucus out of protest or principle, others have strategic intent when they press the button.
Tempers flare before House passes higher ed bill
The higher education omnibus bill became yet another case study in the poisonous style of debate that now seems a given in the House.
Dems cut price tag of community college aid bill
Senate Democrats wanted to make community college free for Minnesota residents.
Creating pathways to the workforce
We ought to consider guaranteeing to all Minnesota youth access to a meaningful postsecondary certificate or degree, with multiple pathways to the most relevant and employable skills and credentials.
‘Skills gap,’ education top Senate priority list
The upper chamber’s returning leadership unveiled its priority bills Thursday morning, highlighting six different proposals that will serve as the foundation for its agenda this session
Teachers prepare legislative syllabus
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht says GOP House changes the union’s expectations, but not its priorities.
UW regents request $95M budget increase
The regents' request comes despite Walker’s warning to all state agencies not to expect any additional tax dollars in his 2015-17 budget.
House bonding bill advances higher ed projects
The proposal includes more than $436 million for projects at the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities campuses.
MN House rolls out higher ed budget bill
The state House has introduced a higher education bill that seeks to freeze tuition at the state’s two public higher education systems by increasing their funding. The House’s higher education budget bill increases funding for 2014-2015 by $150 million and gives most of the money to the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
Higher ed budgets headed for scrutiny
Gene Pelowski pulled out his iPad on the first day of session and went straight to YouTube. The incoming Democratic chairman of the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee likes to pull up the same video clip for anyone who comes into his office to ask for something: the famous opening scene of the Marx brother’s 1932 movie “Horse Feathers.”
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