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Jenna Ross

Reporter | Higher Education

Phone: 612-673-7168

Jenna Ross covers Minnesota’s public and private colleges and universities -- including campus life, academics and administration. She blogs at www.startribune.com/campusconnect and she tweets at @ByJenna.
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We Can Ride group no longer can ride at U

An equine nonprofit and the University of Minnesota part ways over costs and academic issues.

Updated: October 17, 2012, - 11:24 PM

St. Thomas tops its $500 million goal, despite the recession

Minnesota's largest private school raised $515.1 million during its "Opening Doors" campaign -- including $142.5 million for financial aid.

Updated: October 17, 2012, - 10:43 PM

On campus beat: Dickens, line by line, all night long

On the Carleton College campus, over the din of laughter and clinking dishes, rose the words of Charles Dickens.

Updated: October 17, 2012, - 06:02 PM

Oct. 13: Tuition freeze in the works at U

Regents ask the Legislature for more state money in exchange for putting a lid on tuition. In total, the U is asking lawmakers for $91.6 million more, an 8.4 percent bump over the current biennium.

Updated: October 13, 2012, - 06:49 AM

Sept. 14: U says it will freeze tuition if state OKs more funding

Regents will vote next month on 2-year, $1.18 billion request.

Updated: October 12, 2012, - 10:50 AM

U seeks lessons from Penn State sex abuse scandal

Kaler told Board of Regents that no dramatic changes are foreseen, but that campus must remain vigilant.

Updated: October 12, 2012, - 07:12 AM

What's in a name: The U redefines job categories

System is meant to thin ranks of "administrators" and better describe what staff members do.

Updated: October 11, 2012, - 11:48 PM

On campus beat: Tracking the debate in a blink of an eye

Eric Ostermeier doesn't just watch a presidential debate. He deconstructs it.

Updated: October 10, 2012, - 08:39 PM

Internet 'flips' the idea of how to teach a class

Lectures go online while class time is used for student interaction. The "flip" format is yet another example of how technology is transforming higher education -- and how universities are striving to set themselves apart from an Internet full of free online lectures.

Updated: October 08, 2012, - 09:09 AM