Higher Education Weblog

New Documents Posted

New Documents have been posted on the resource page. Included are:

Testimonies from 5.21.04
Jeanne Herrmann from Minnesota Career Colleges Association:
- Testimony
- MCCA Fact Sheet
- Powerpoint Presentation (pdf)

Susan Heegaard from Higher Education Services Office:
- Testimony

"Vision" Documents
- David M. Norris, Ph.D., An Electricity Grid for Learning: An Extensible, Scalable, and Sustainable Model [online]
- Alan E. Guskin and Mary B. Marcy, Dealing with the Future Now: Principles for Creating a Vital Campus in a Climate of Restricted Resources [online].
- Tales from the Future: Experiencing Eastern Michigan University [online].

Meeting location for Friday, May 21

This Friday's meeting (May 21) at 9:30 a.m. will be at the State Dept. of Revenue Building in Saint Paul, 600 North Robert St. Here’s a link to driving directions. Parking is available at meters in their lot, or in the Centennial Ramp on Cedar St. and Constitution Blvd. Here’s a pdf map for the Revenue Building. Parking and registration in the building will take a few minutes, so provide a little extra time.

We will have coffee available at 9:00 for those of you who want to hang out with each other and talk about this project – or the 1000 other things that you may have in common and in interest with each other. (Thanks Valerie for the suggestion.) We promise more coffee this time also.

Notes and Testimonies now available

The first two meetings of the Higher Education Study Committee have been quite successful. It is a dynamic and interesting group.

Notes and testimonials from the first two meetings are now available online:

April 30, 2004:
Meeting Notes
Presentation by Linda Baer, MnSCU
Presentation by David Laird, MN Private Colleges
Presentation by Christine Maziar, University of Minnesota

May 7, 2004:
Meeting Notes
Presentation by Tom Gillaspy, State Demographer

Higher Ed Meeting Schedule

The Higher Education Study Committee will meet on the following dates:

Friday, May 7 – 9:30am (Minnesota Department of Health - directions)
Friday, May 21 – 9:30am (State Dept. of Revenue -directions)
Thursday, June 3 – 2:30pm (Metro Counties Government Center -2099 University Ave. W., St. Paul)
Thursday, June 17 – 9:30am (MN Dept. of Health directions)
Thursday, July 1 – 10:00am (Metro Counties Government Center)
Thursday, July 15 – 2:30pm (Metro Counties Government Center)
Thursday, July 29 – 2:30pm (Metro Counties Government Center)
Thursday, August 12 – 2:30pm (Metro Counties Government Center)

Higher Ed Roster finalized

A list of the 2004 Citizens League Higher Education Study Committee members has been finalized and published.

To view the list, please click here

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