When a legislative session ends, thoughts at the University of Minnesota turn quickly to tuition. It was a good session for the university, and the pricing ideas emanating from Morrill Hall this week are mostly good too, to wit:
â?¢ Wisconsin Discount Days should come to an end at the University of Minnesota. The arrangement officially called “reciprocity” tilts too far in the Badger State’s direction. President Robert Bruininks is right: If the two states’ higher education negotiators can’t come up with a new agreement that’s fairer to Minnesota, the Board of Regents should unilaterally charge Wisconsin students Minnesota resident rates, beginning with the 2008 freshman class.