She said she has experienced this problem personally and without adequate funding MSU will have to schedule classes less often and students may be forced to stay another semester or year to finish their degree. MSU is finding it cannot compete on a national level for qualified faculty according to Radtke. Higher wages drain any higher caliber professors. Going into next year there won' t be many cuts in faculty. Faculty will be cut for the following school year.
Most departments have virtually nothing for equipment.
At MSU, education and nursing need more money to implement programs that would fill positions needed in the state. In addition, MSU would offer a one year accelerated Master's degree in teaching for students who already have a Master's and wish to become teachers, filling another hole in the work force. MSU would use additional funds to expand on the wireless technology initiative by providing new wireless devices and enhancing teaching facilities to use the new devices and create new technology enabled classrooms. The money would have also been used to replace failing heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems, and complete other repair and replacement projects. MnSCU is a 35-institution system that includes all public higher education in the state except the University of Minnesota.