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(Grad) School’s Out

Provost Tom Sullivan has decided to dissolve the University of Minnesotaâ??s graduate school, placing more power in the hands of individual deans and his own office. Justified in part by budget shortfalls, the decision forecasts the kind of bold and arguably risky tactics college leaders may employ under increased demands to streamline â?? and it quickly began to stir controversy at the university.