Tag: higher education

  By Whitney Oachs, Research Intern Although Minnesota’s state college and university system has reported a decline in enrollment overall over the last 10 years, one small community college in northeastern Minnesota has succeeded against the odds. Between 2010 and 2018, Pine Technical and Community College (PTCC) in Pine County recorded a 20% increase in ...

  In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, with unemployment claims in Minnesota hovering at around 20% of the labor force, it might seem strange to talk about a workforce shortage. But just last winter (that seems so long ago, doesn’t it?) that’s exactly what we were talking about. As a follow-up to last year’s ...

And in related news, this from The New York Times… EXCERPT: “When I talk to undergraduate students about their postgraduate plans … the answer inevitably reveals a common assumption: Big cities are where highly educated people must go to succeed economically and socially….But these preconceptions are not only incorrect, they are also unduly limiting the ...

CRPD board member and president of Minnesota State Mankato Richard Davenport joins us again this week to talk some more about higher education, specifically how higher ed priorities intersect are affected by federal issues.  

This week Dr. Richard Davenport, president of Minnesota State University Mankato and a Center board member, talks with us about the impact the unknowns at the federal level are having on some aspects of higher education, including fundraising and educational opportunities for immigrants.