Jenna Ross
Reporter | Higher Education
Phone: 612-673-7168
E-mail: jross@startribune.com
Jenna Ross covers issues in higher education -- including campus life, academics and administration -- for Minnesota’s state and private colleges and universities.
Recent content from Jenna Ross
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Dick Klingen, career family man and banker
Richard Klingen loved his years in banking, but he loved his family time on Gull Lake even more.
Jun 28, 2009 -
U passes a budget of pain
The regents approved a budget that hikes tuition across the board and cuts programs and 1,240 jobs.
Jun 25, 2009 -
No booze for U sports fans
At least not at any of the U's sports venues. The regents voted Wednesday to ban alcohol sales at all on-campus sporting events.
Jun 25, 2009 -
Close in spirit, yet so far away from her Iranian homeland
Aida Shahghasemi, a young Minnesotan who moved to the U.S. 8 years ago, longs to be back in her native land.
Jun 24, 2009 -
U grad students facing big tuition hike
Undergraduates catch a break in the next U of M budget that would keep their tuition increases low despite a cut in state funding. Graduate and professional students won't have the same luck.
Jun 22, 2009 -
June 10: U of M undergrad tuition to jump 3 percent
U regents will consider a proposal to use federal stimulus money to reduce a 7.5 percent tuition hike to 3.1 percent for two years.
Jun 22, 2009 -
U, MnSCU share $100 million in cuts
The hit to higher education is big -- $100 million split between the two public systems -- but there is time to brace for it.
Jun 17, 2009 -
U students add their voices to Iranian protest
Iranians on campus stay connected to events online.
Jun 16, 2009 -
U budget would trim 1,200 jobs
The proposed budget would pare 5.5 percent of its workforce.
Jun 13, 2009 -
U moves to ban booze in arenas
The proposal comes somewhat reluctantly, after Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed a law requiring fans in TCF Bank Stadium's cheap seats to have the same access as those in the suites.
Jun 12, 2009
