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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Students study in Bruininks Hall on Feb. 19, 2020.

UMN extends deadlines to May 15 due to FAFSA delays

by Sam Hill
Published April 24, 2024
FAFSA processing delays could affect current and incoming University students.
UMN's admission process has changed after this summer's affirmative action Supreme Court ruling.

UMN continuing to implement race-neutral admission policy in accordance with Supreme Court ruling

by Sam Hill
Published December 7, 2023
UMN maintains a holistic review process of applications that remains mostly unchanged after June Supreme Court case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and North Carolina.
Gov. Tim Walz signs the executive order eliminating four-year college degree requirements for state jobs into effect on Oct. 30.

Walz eliminates four-year degree requirements for many state jobs

by Alexandra DeYoe and Alex Lassiter
Published November 17, 2023
UMN community reacts to Gov. Tim Walz’s recent elimination of the need for college degrees in more than 75% of state jobs.
The University of Minnesota has adopted a "need-blind" admissions process.

Opinion: Without affirmative action, colleges should consider class

by Gabe Tratz
Published September 19, 2023
The demise of affirmative action leaves an opportunity to address the core of inequity: financial disparities.
The University of Minnesota campus gates on East Bank, Nov. 12, 2022.

UMN facing 5.8% enrollment decline since 2019

by Henry Hagen
Published August 2, 2023
The University of Minnesota is one of many universities nationwide dealing with enrollment declines since the COVID-19 pandemic and is facing a potential enrollment cliff over the next decade.
The exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Oct. 29, 2022.

UMN students, faculty reflect on affirmative action ruling

by Alex Lassiter
Published July 9, 2023
The ruling reached by the Supreme Court on using race as a factor in college admissions processes will affect UMN community going forward.

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