Created: April 23, 2021 05:31 PM
The University of Minnesota has seen a decline in undergraduate applications during the pandemic.
So far this year, there have been 5% fewer in-state applications and 20% fewer out-of-state applications. That s happening as more and more students are pursuing other options instead of higher education.
State Rep. Jim Davnie, DFL-Minneapolis, says he has a daughter in college and a son who is applying but says the higher education admissions system is flawed. It s confusing. It s bureaucratic. It s unclear. And it s frustrating, Davnie said.
KSTP-TV
And so came the idea for the direct admissions program that s being proposed both in the Minnesota House and Senate higher education bills.
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A few of the Gov. Tim Walz’s most recent board appointments caught our eye. We thought we’d fill you in.
Court of Appeals Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman has been appointed to another term on the Board of Judicial Standards. That’s the state agency that responds to conduct complaints about state court judges.
Her new term is effective on March 1 and expires on Jan. 6, 2025.
To the same board, the governor appointed as a public member Scott Sakaguchi, an Edina physician. Sakaguchi is a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Cardiovascular Division. A new appointee, his term also begins on March 1 and ends on Jan. 6, 2025.