Others talked about how research in this country would be blocked. Nils Hasselmo, president of the Association of American Universities, has written to OMB director Jacob Lew. At the U, the Research Committee has passed a resolution opposing the law and will take it to the U Senate in February. Long-term goal is to get the law repealed. Etten said he will work to get every member of the House from Minnesota to cosign the bill to rescind the law.
Primary focus is on underprepared students.
Dropout rate in urban high schools is growing, and percentage of high school graduates who go on to higher education has declined. Idea is not for the U to become an open-access institution, he said, but there are things the U can do in working with high schools and state colleges. Revised animal care policy , approved by Research Committee, will go to regents. Possibility of at least selective exemptions from nonresident tuition rates, to increase the U's ability to recruit students from across the country and to pull brainpower into the state, was discussed at FCC meeting with President Yudof Dec. 30. It would be important not to reduce opportunities for Minnesotans.