and Jeremy TaffA branch of a respected think tank slammed American research universities in a report released Monday, suggesting undergraduates are shortchanged at the expense of faculty research. University...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government did not err when it refigured Medicare reimbursement costs for medical training at a University-affiliated St. Paul hospital. By a 6-3 vote, the...

and Joe CarlsonWhile labelling 1997 "the most important year in a generation for education," President Clinton delivered an emphatic plea Tuesday to make a college degree as universal as a high school...

and Jeremy TaffAmid parliamentary shuffling and a series of tense roll call votes, the Board of Regents on Friday elected William Hogan II and Patricia Spence chairman and vice chairwoman for the University's...

The Board of Regents got its first peek Thursday at next year's $1.5 billion operating budget that would boost faculty pay and hold tuition hikes to their lowest point in years. University officials could...

Two years of haggling over contested changes to the faculty tenure code ended in less than three minutes Friday as the Board of Regents unanimously accepted a compromise tenure proposal. "I wish we could...

Editor's note: This story, which covers recent developments in the University's presidential search, is being included apart from the urban legends format of this issue.and Joel SawyerFor the second...

When University officials pitch their case to the Legislature for higher funding next year, there won't be a separate subcommittee to sift through the budget request. Under new committee alignments announced...

With little discussion, the Board of Regents unanimously accepted an advisory search committee's slate of candidates to be finalists for University president. In Wednesday's special meeting, which lasted...

Chris VetterWith the announcement of a state surplus of nearly $1.4 billion over the next two years, the University's chances of getting increased funding from the state might have improved. State officials...