Erin Adler
Reporter
Higher educationErin Adler is a news reporter covering higher education in Minnesota. She previously covered south metro suburban news, K-12 education and Carver County for the Minnesota Star Tribune. An Anoka native, Adler lives in south Minneapolis with her two dogs. She graduated from the College of St. Benedict with an English and secondary education degree. She taught seventh grade English and religion at a Catholic school in Edina for two years and later taught adult ESL/ELL for Minneapolis Public Schools. She has a Master's degree in English/Literacy education from the University of Minnesota. In her free time, she enjoys reading, drawing and attempting to complete home improvement projects.
Latest from Erin Adler
Faculty, students push U of M to denounce ICE and killing of alumnus Alex Pretti
It illustrates the complex balancing act for colleges and universities in responding to ICE actions.
February 5, 2026
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
February 3, 2026
Bemidji State University removes two deans from roles
Officials said the two weren’t fired, but they couldn’t share what prompted the removals. A union rep says the situation is unusual.
January 29, 2026
National college enrollment records slight bump, but Minnesota schools fare better
It’s an “encouraging” trend, college leaders said, as Minnesota colleges and universities mark two consecutive years of enrollment growth.
January 28, 2026
![Students, from left, Araiza Maldonado Basilio, Alexa Velasquez Mendoza, and Leslie Sandoval Reyes, open letters informing them what Minnesota colleges and universities they've been pre-accepted to as part of the state's Direct Admissions program Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2023 at Austin High School in Austin, Minn. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/NNL6BJODTKIOF4GZMYQNNCZRXI.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
University of Minnesota cuts ties with nonprofit as Trump administration pushes against DEI
The U signed an agreement to resolve a violation related to discrimination.
January 24, 2026
University of Minnesota offers online classes for students who feel unsafe amid ICE surge
The U’s Twin Cities campus will offer the online option to students at the campus, which resumes classes Jan. 20.
January 17, 2026
Walz tells ICE to ‘stay away’ from Minnesota schools after incident at Roosevelt High School
Minneapolis schools canceled classes after two schools, including Roosevelt, went into lockdowns in south Minneapolis, within miles of an ICE shooting.
January 8, 2026
AI use explodes on Minnesota college, university campuses
Artificial intelligence has gone mainstream this semester, three years after the debut of ChatGPT. Schools and professors are scrambling to respond.
December 25, 2025
Prosecutors allege man killed roommate, 52, in Corcoran home with 3 shots to back of head
The 54-year-old suspect said he must be the killer but was mum about a motive for killing Chad Huntington, according to a criminal complaint.
December 22, 2025
Missing Sherlock Holmes dollhouse returns to U collection, the largest of its kind in the world
Five years after a mini-replica of Sherlock Holmes’ apartment was damaged, it has been restored and is returning to the U’s collection of more than 60,000 Sherlock-related items.
December 21, 2025
ICE agents visit Brooklyn Park coffee shop, arrest cook after ruse to get him outside
The ICE operation in the Twin Cities is increasingly moving into the suburbs.
December 14, 2025
Frustration grows over resolution limiting what U departments, institutes can say
Local and national groups have weighed in on the measure passed last March by the Board of Regents.
December 12, 2025
