CAMPUSES AT THE CROSSROADS THE COST TO COMPETE 2002-2003 BUDGET REQUEST MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES INTRODUCTION Campuses at the Crossroads: The Cost to Compete Minnesota State Colleges & Universities Letter to the Legislature, the Governor and the People of Minnesota ...........................2 The Cost to Compete: Budget Request Summary............................................................3 Campus-based Budget Request Summary.........................................................................4 Keeping Minnesota Competitive......................................................................................4 Past Investments at Work .................................................................................................7 How to Use This Campus-based Budget Guide ...............................................................8 Colleges and Universities Play a Leading Role in Regional Vitality...............................9 CAMPUS-BASED BUDGET PAGES: The cover of Campuses at the Alexandria Technical College ........................................................................................10 Crossroads: The Cost to Anoka-Hennepin Technical College..............................................................................12 Compete was printed by the Anoka-Ramsey Community College..............................................................................14 students and staff of South Bemidji State University.................................................................................................16 Central Technical College’s Central Lakes College.....................................................................................................18 graphics production program, Century College ..............................................................................................................20 Dakota County Technical College .................................................................................22 North Mankato/Mankato Fergus Falls Community College ....................................................................................24 campus. Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College....................................................................26 Hennepin Technical College..........................................................................................28 Minnesota State Colleges & Hibbing Community College..........................................................................................30 Universities Inver Hills Community College .....................................................................................32 Itasca Community College..............................................................................................52 500 World Trade Center Lake Superior College.....................................................................................................34 30 East Seventh Street Mesabi Range Community & Technical College ..........................................................52 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Metropolitan State University........................................................................................36 Minneapolis Community & Technical College.............................................................38 Minnesota State College - Southeast Technical............................................................40 MnSCU is an Equal Opportunity Minnesota State University, Mankato............................................................................42 employer and educator. Minnesota State University Moorhead ..........................................................................44 Minnesota West Community & Technical College.......................................................46 Upon request, this publication is Normandale Community College...................................................................................48 available in alternative formats to North Hennepin Community College ...........................................................................50 Northeast Higher Education District..............................................................................52 individuals with disabilities by Northland Community & Technical College ................................................................54 calling one of the following: Northwest Technical College .........................................................................................56 Pine Technical College...................................................................................................58 Universities General number: (651) 296-8012 Rainy River Community College ...................................................................................52 Colleges Toll-free: 1-888-MNSCU-4-U Ridgewater College .........................................................................................................60 Riverland Community College.......................................................................................62 TTY: (651) 282-2660 Rochester Community and Technical College ..............................................................64 Minnesota State Colleges Hennepin Technical College Minnesota State University Moorhead Rochester Community and St. Cloud State University..............................................................................................66 & Universities Hibbing Community College Minnesota West Community & Technical College January 2001 Inver Hills Community College Technical College St. Cloud State University St. Cloud Technical College...........................................................................................68 Alexandria Technical College Itasca Community College* Normandale Community College St. Cloud Technical College St. Paul Technical College..............................................................................................70 Anoka-Hennepin Technical College Lake Superior College North Hennepin Community College St. Paul Technical College South Central Technical College...................................................................................72 Anoka-Ramsey Community College Mesabi Range Community & Northland Community & South Central Technical College Bemidji State University Technical College* Technical College Southwest State University Southwest State University ............................................................................................74 Central Lakes College Metropolitan State University Northwest Technical College Vermilion Community College* Vermilion Community College.......................................................................................52 Century College Minneapolis Community & Pine Technical College Winona State University Dakota County Technical College Technical College Rainy River Community College *Itasca, Mesabi Range and Vermilion make Winona State University ................................................................................................76 Fergus Falls Community College Minnesota State College-Southeast Ridgewater College up the Northeast Higher Education District, System Office & System-wide Initiatives.......................................................................78 Fond du Lac Tribal & Community Technical Riverland Community College a consortium of three state colleges. Rainy River will join the district in summer 2001. College Minnesota State University, Mankato Technical Notes ..............................................................................................................80 CAMPUSES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE COST TO COMPETE MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES CAMPUSES AT THE CROSSROADS: THE COST TO COMPETE 1 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES INTRODUCTION January 2001 The Cost to Compete: This investment would enable Minnesota State Colleges Budget Request Summary and Universities to do the following: I Enhance academic excellence throughout the system To the Legislature, the Governor and the People of Minnesota: This budget request is an investment in Minnesota’s by expanding Internet course delivery, expanding economic future. Education and economic well-being are services to help students stay in school, creating new Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are at a crossroads. This budget request closely linked in today’s knowledge-based economy. programs, increasing quality in existing programs and Minnesota will not sustain its high standard of living strives to improve the quality and competitiveness of Minnesota’s higher education upgrading labs and classrooms. without a competitive higher education system. system. We are asking you to affirm the state’s historical commitment to high-quality, I Develop new, innovative programs in areas critical to accessible education with support for new initiatives under way at Minnesota State Minnesota State Colleges and Universities are the state’s economy and workforce needs, and recruit Colleges and Universities. requesting a $255.6 million budget increase to build the students into these programs. capacity of its 35 institutions to provide students with The initiatives described in this document are just a sampling of the thousands of high-quality education and competitive skills. I Teach to national standards in career areas where exciting projects now in progress across the state on behalf of Minnesota’s citizens, labor national industry skill standards exist. This investment aims to move all Minnesota State force and communities. Each college and university