tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464926320516098029.post1030338668268804034..comments2024-01-26T07:57:48.588-08:00Comments on FACULTY FOR THE RENEWAL OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: World-Class Greatnessmadradprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911675406832159788noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464926320516098029.post-14223416445556046702010-10-02T15:19:12.345-07:002010-10-02T15:19:12.345-07:00Are the wheels coming off the Morrill Hall bus?
E...Are the wheels coming off the Morrill Hall bus?<br /><br />Even the deans seem to be abandoning this administration. <br /><br />Please see:<br /><br />"Tuition Next Year at the University of Minnesota, Time for a great Conversation?"<br /><br />http://bit.ly/cQx0zE<br /><br />From Senate Committee on Finance and Planning<br />Tuesday, September 21, 2010:<br /><br /> "...the cost pools are growing but there is no new revenue. If they raise tuition, a large part of the increase goes to central administration..." <br /><br /> "Central costs must go down or in four years her college [Carlson School Dean - believe it or not!] will be spending more on central costs than it does on its faculty. Making that change will require hard choices and it will require that the University model revenue and live within its budget." <br /><br /> "Students are paying a lot more than when President Bruininks started in office, and the assumption has been that quality of the experience would increase as well. Now they are hearing that the quality is eroding. How can the University play in the global village when its costs are increasing and the student experience is declining in quality?"<br /><br /> "What is extremely important as the University plans for the next biennium, Dean [CLA] Parente said, is that it makes clear what it is doing to enhance quality for students. That must be a main driver; the University cannot argue for tuition increases because the state is cutting funding. The tuition increases must be related to the quality of education." <br /><br />And, irony of ironies:<br /><br />"The institution needs to move to a strategic-planning model [sic], Dean Finnegan said."Mr. B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02067666077743889680noreply@blogger.com