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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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Kaler selects Pam Wheelock as new VP for U operations

Pam Wheelock, an interim Blue Cross Blue Shield president, will take over university services from Kathleen O'Brien.

Updated: June 14, 2012, - 09:01 PM

U undergrad tuition up 3.5%

Regents OK'd a $3.5 billion budget that includes a 2.5 percent raise for most employees, 100 new faculty hires and new merit-based aid.

Updated: June 08, 2012, - 11:36 PM

University of Minnesota calculates the full cost of educating a student

The short answer: $12,055 in 2009-10, on average, for an undergraduate. But the full cost of instruction -- including everything from faculty salaries to electricity -- varies by college, campus and level of study.

Updated: June 08, 2012, - 08:48 AM

On campus beat: Longtime admission director leaves U

Wayne Sigler has been choking up at the sight of a University of Minnesota T-shirt.

Updated: June 06, 2012, - 07:29 PM

College prep, starting early on

U expands program to get younger students thinking about their future.

Updated: June 04, 2012, - 09:51 PM

Obituary: St. Paul native Gregory Schaffer gave life to Guatemala

Gregory Schaffer was born in St. Paul, studied at St. Paul Seminary and was ordained as a Catholic priest for the Diocese of New Ulm. But he found his true calling in Guatemala.

Updated: June 02, 2012, - 09:46 PM

U telescope's two-day detour ends at Texas truck wash

A high-tech telescope dropped off the map somewhere between the University of Minnesota and its Texas destination for two days before mysteriously resurfacing at a Texas truck wash Wednesday night.

Updated: May 31, 2012, - 08:50 AM

On campus beat: St. Olaf uses data to argue its worth

Go to St. Olaf College's website and you'll see what the 2011 graduates are up to. Not just that one star who snagged the job at General Mills or the three now studying at Yale University. Most of them.

Updated: May 30, 2012, - 05:10 PM