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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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Gore-Tex inventor gives $10 million to U

Gift from alum Robert Gore will help pay for a major expansion of sciences program and building.

Updated: October 31, 2012, - 09:45 PM

On campus beat: Rise slows in sticker prices for colleges

College prices are still rising in Minnesota -- but at slower rate.

Updated: October 24, 2012, - 06:43 PM

Class of 2011 sets debt record

Minnesota college students are among nation's most indebted.

Updated: October 18, 2012, - 11:13 PM

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