I THINK WE HAVE MORE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS WHO WILL BE JOINING US
WE WILL GET GOING HERE. 
WELCOME EVERYONE BACK TO THE
SENATE HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE TODAY IS TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2020.  I
APPRECIATE I'VE TALKED TO MANY
OF YOU WE WERE HOPING WITH THE
RETURN OF SCHOOL RETURN OF
CAMPUS HERE FOR THE FALL AND
ALL THAT'S GOING ON WITH COVID
AND PREPARATIONS WE COULD HAVE
AN UPDATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF MINNESOTA AND MINNESOTA
STATE AND PRIVATE COLLEGES WE
WILL GET INTO IT.  THE PLAN IS
TO HAVE SPEAKERS ON EACH OF THE
SYSTEMS TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES
TEN MINUTES TO GO THROUGH WHAT
IS GOING ON COME BACK TO CAMPUS
A LITTLE UPDATE HOW THEY'RE
DEALING WITH COVID AND DEALING
WITH TESTING AND DEALING WITH
STUDENTS RETURNING TO CAMPUS
AND FACULTY AND ALL THAT AND
HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS.  JUST
FOR TIME CONSIDERATIONS I MAY
MOVE US ALONG IF WE NEED TO WE
WILL JUMP IN WE HAVE THE
PRESIDENT FROM AUGSBURG
UNIVERSITY RESIDENT IF YOU
WOULD GO AHEAD AND SHARE YOUR
POWERPOINT GO AHEAD AND WE WILL
ASK QUESTIONS MEMBERS IF YOU
CAN EITHER TEXT MYSELF OR THE
STAFF LET ME KNOW YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION THAT
WOULD BE GREAT THANK YOU.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR IT'S GREAT
TO BE WITH YOU I'M HAPPY TO BE
HERE REPRESENTING THE 17
17 PRIVATE COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES PART OF THE
MINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE
COUNCIL THIS IS A PICTURE FROM
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY AS WE
WELCOMED THE CLASS OF 2023 TWO
20,232 AUGSBURG, IT WAS THE
LARGEST CLASS IN HISTORY THE
MOST DIVERSIFIED IN HISTORY AND
WE HAVE THEM SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER ON THE STEPS OF OUR
OLD MAIN BUILDING WHAT A
DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.  AS
YOU KNOW WE THINK ABOUT THE
WORK WE'VE HAD TO DO IN THREE
THREE HORIZONS IF YOU WILL THE
FIRST HORIZON IS THE SPRING
SEMESTER I THINK WE ALL LOOK
BACK IN VARIOUS WAYS AND WE
WERE ABLE TO FINISH STRONG AND
THEN E WERE FOCUSED ON TODAY
WHICH WAS PREPARATIONS FOR
STARTING ON CAMPUSES NOW AND
THE THIRD HORIZON IS ACTUALLY
ABOUT WHAT WE ARE LEARNING FROM
THIS ABOUT OURSELVES OUR
STUDENTS OUR COMMUNITIES THAT
SHAPES THIS WORK GOING FORWARD.
 I'VE SPENT THE SUMMER WITH THE
THREE SEASON MIND THE FIRST IS
COMMUNICATION, IT'S ONE OF THE
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE
LEARNED IS THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING TRANSPARENT IN OUR
COMMUNICATIONS WITH ALL HER
CONSTITUENCIES WITH OUR
STUDENTS FACULTY AND STAFF THE
ALUMNI OUR PARENTS IT'S
IMPORTANT THEY GET REGULAR
UPDATES WE KEEP THEM IN ENGAGED
IN THE PROCESS AS WE WORK
TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO BE
AND THE WE DID 10 DIFFERENTOGY
TEN DIFFERENT ALUMNI GATHERING
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ALL OF
THIS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
WHAT WE WERE FACING
COMMUNICATION IS NUMBER 1 THE
SECOND WAS CONNECTIONS.  WE
KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WERE
LOSING IN OUR INSTITUTIONS IN
THE STATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IS
THE BEST OF WHAT WE DO WHICH IS
THE IN PERSON BUILDING OF A
COMMUNITY HAVING THE BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE TO FIND
WAYS TO CREATE CONNECTIONS
USING TECHNOLOGY AND WE FOUND
WITH GREAT CREATIVITY AND
IMAGINATION AT ALL OR
INSTITUTIONS FOR EXAMPLE AT
AUGSBURG ALL OF OUR SUMMER
ORIENTATIONS FOR INCOMING CLASS
USING ZOOM AND BREAKOUT GROUPS
I'VE COME TO FIND OUT WE HAVE
AMAZING RESPONSES FROM STUDENTS
THROUGH THAT EXPENSE BECAUSE WE
WERE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THEM
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN THOSE
BREAKOUT ROOMS PROVIDE
INFORMATION MAY NEEDED AS THEY
CAME BACK THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF
ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CREATE
CONNECTIONS IN THIS TIME OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING THE THIRD
COURSES CLASS THAT STANDS FOR
THE FACT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGE TO ALL OR
INSTITUTIONS TO THINK ABOUT THE
LOST REVENUE FOR AUGSBURG THAT
MEANS FOR EXAMPLE A LOT OF LOST
AUXILIARY REVENUE WE THEN
PROVIDE HELP TO STUDENTS WHO
MOVED OUT EARLY WE'VE HAD
SUBSTANTIAL INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH SITES
AROUND THE WORLD SO THAT'S LOST
REVENUE AND ALL THE EXTRA COSTS
WE HAD TO INCUR AS WE BROUGHT
NEW TECHNOLOGY INTO PLACE TO
PROVIDE NEW TECHNOLOGY TO
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO BE
ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THE VERY
SPECIAL FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
FOR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY THAT OF
LOST THEIR JOBS AND OTHER
CHALLENGES.  ALL OF THAT AS
BEEN SHAPING THE FRAMEWORK FOR
THE WORK WE HAVE DONE IN
PREPARATION FOR THE FALL.  I
WOULD SAY ONE QUICK WORD ABOUT
MY TITLE HERE WE ARE PRESENTING
THIS AS AN EPIC HISTORIC MOMENT
FOR STUDENTS IN TRYING TO
CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AWAY FROM
WHAT WAS THE NARRATIVE OF LOSS
IN THE SPRING TO ONE THAT SAYS
ONE THAT SAYS WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO LEARN IN THIS FALL
THIS UNPRECEDENTED FALL THAT
WILL SHAPE YOUR LIFE GOING
FORWARD FOR THE ENTERING CLASS
OF 2024 WE WELCOMED THEM THIS
MORNING AT OUR CONVOCATION THAT
600 TOUCHING ON THE LIVES DREAM
I GAVE THEM THE SAME MESSAGE I
GIVE EVERY YEAR WHICH IS SHOW
UP BAD TENSION AND DO THE WORK
AND THEY ALL REMEMBER THAT WHEN
THEY GRADUATE AS SENIORS.  LET
ME GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF
PLANNING YOU WILL HEAR THIS
FROM ALL MY COLLEAGUES TODAY
THESE ARE THE BROAD AREAS OF
PLANNING WE HAVE BEEN ABOUT
GOING BACK TO LAST SPRING THE
FOREMOST IS HEALTH AND HYGIENE
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE FACT
WERE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE MDH
REGULATIONS COMING OUT OF THE
CDC WE HAVE MASKS FOR MEMBERS
WERE USING THE SCREENING APP
CALLED CAMPUS CLEAR OUR
COLLEAGUES ARE USING WE HAVE
DEVELOPED TESTING RELATIONSHIP
WITH A CENTER SO ANY OF OUR
STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS
TO TESTING ON THEIR OWN WILL
BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
TESTING CENTER WE CREATING
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION
POLICIES ON CAMPUS WERE
PREPARED FOR HYGIENE STANDPOINT
WE ALSO HAVE FOCUSED ON OUT
STUDENT SERVICES AND A HYBRID
APPROACH A BLENDED APPROACH OF
HAVING SOME PEOPLE ON CAMPUS
WORKING WITH STUDENT SUPPORT
SERVICES AT THE SAME TIME
ALLOWING OTHERS TO DO WORK
REMOTELY.  I WILL SAY WORD
ABOUT RESIDENCE LIFE IN A
MOMENT AND ABOUT CAMPUSWIDE
COMMITMENT BUT I WOULD POINT TO
THE FACT ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
DECISIONS WE HAD TO MAKE WAS
AROUND ATHLETICS WITH THE
MINNESOTA INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MADE THE
DECISION NOW FULLY IN PLACE AS
OF YESTERDAY WE IN FACT WILL
NOT HAVE ANY INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS THROUGH THE END OF
THE CALENDAR YEAR IT WAS A
DIFFICULT DECISION ABOUT 40% OF
STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN
ATHLETICS IT'S A BIG BLOW TO
THEM ESPECIALLY FOR THE SENIORS
WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HAVE
A SHORTER SEASON IN SOME
FASHION IN THE SPRING WE HAVE A
CHALLENGE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN
BUT THEY ARE HERE PRACTICING SO
THE THINK SOME OF THE BEST
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND
TEAMBUILDING BUT THEY WON'T
HAVE ANY COMPETITION ANOTHER
AREA OF CONCERN FOR
INSTITUTIONS IS OUR MUSIC
PROGRAMS CHORAL SINGING HAS ONE
ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
THINGS YOU CAN DO AT THIS TIME
WERE USING TECHNOLOGY O
RESPOND AT THIS TIME WE ARE
OFFERING OUR COURSES ACROSS OUR
INSTITUTIONS IN DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS BUT IN GENERAL YOU
WILL FIND MOST OF US ARE DOING
SOME VERSION OF THIS ABOUT 5%
OF CLASSES WILL CONTINUE TO BE
TAUGHT FACE-TO-FACE THOSE ART
CLASSES LIKE SMALL LABS HAT
REQUIRE THE STUDENTS TO BE
PRESENT ABOUT 5% OF CLASSES
WILL BE COMPLETELY ONLINE WHICH
IN FACT IS THE CASE EVERY
SEMESTER 5% OF CLASSES ARE
ONLINE WHEN WE SAY ONLINE THIS
IS A VERY SPECIFIC WAY OF
THINKING ABOUT THE PHRASE
TALKING ABOUT ALL TIMES OF
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION BUT
ONLINE IS WHAT WE CALL
ASYNCHRONOUS INDEPENDENT STUDY
USE OF TECHNOLOGY SO THEY DON'T
HAVE TO NECESSARILY ARE
DIRECTLY FACE-TO-FACE WITH
TEACHERS 90% OF CURRICULUM IS
IN THE OTHER CATEGORY WITH
DIFFERENT BLENDED MODELS SOME
WHICH WILL HAVE FACE-TO-FACE
POTENTIALLY OTHERS THAT WILL
HAVE USING THE ZOOM OR OTHER
TECHNOLOGY FORMATS AS A
MENTIONED WE BOUGHT A LOT OF
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES WE CAN
EXPAND ON WHAT WE DO THEIR WE
BEEN TRAINING FACULTY ALL
SUMMER TO BE READY TO PROVIDE
FLEXIBLE AND ENGAGING AND IN
ADAPTABLE LEARNING SEE OTHER
INSTITUTIONS THE MIDDLE
CATEGORIES IMPORTANT WE DO NOT
WANT TO BE CAUGHT AS WE WERE IN
THE SPRING NEEDING TO REINVENT
CLASSES ON THE RUN WE ARE NOT
READY TO GO ONLINE BECAUSE OF
THE VIRUS WILL BE READY TO DO
THAT QUICKLY.  I'M RESIDENCE IN
CAMPUS LIFE THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT'S DIFFERENT ACROSS THE
ENTIRE STATE WITH THE PRIVATE
COLLEGES WITH VARIOUS PRIVATE
COLLEGES WHICH ARE FULLY
RESIDENTIAL AS A WAY OF
THINKING ABOUT THIS THEY
BROUGHT MOST OF THEIR STUDENTS
BACK AT AUGSBURG WE HOUSE ABOUT
HALF OF OUR STUDENTS WE HAD TO
TAKE ABOUT 200 ROOMS OFF-LINE
200 ROOMS OFF-LINE BECAUSE OF
THE NATURE OF THE RESIDENCE
HALLS WE HAVE ABOUT 800
800 STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS
INCLUDING MY SON WHO IS A
SOPHOMORE AT AUGSBURG I HAVE A
SAMPLE OF ONE HOW HE WANTED TO
GET BACK TO CAMPUS WE MOVE THEM
IN IN THE PHASE WAY OVER THE
PAST THREE WEEKS WE DID THAT
SAFELY TO CUT DOWN ON DENSITY
THE DINING IS BEING DONE IF YOU
WALK IN A CAFETERIA IT'S SET UP
LIKE A TSA Q LIGHT YOU COME UP
GO TO THE LINE YOU GRAB THE
FOOD PREPREPARED AND TAKE IT TO
SOME OF THE PLACE BACK TO YOUR
ROOM OR TO AN OUTDOOR SPACE WE
CREATED AS WELL SOME STUDENTS
ARE HERE AND THERE ENGAGED, WE
HAVE THE SECOND LARGEST CLASS
IN OUR HISTORY THIS FALL SO
THIS IS A SIGN PEOPLE THESE
YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN
COLLEGE THEY WANT THE
EXPERIENCE THEY KNOW THE
IMPORTANCE OF A COLLEGE
EDUCATION WE BELIEVE WE'VE DONE
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE
THIS SAFE AS THEY RETURN TO US
OR IF THEY'RE STAYING AT HOME
AND TAKING MORE CLASSES ONLINE
TO ALLOW FOR BOTH OF THESE
MODALITIES.  THIS IS ONE THING
ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION
BEFORE I CLOSE THAT IS YOU
WOULD PROBABLY HEAR FROM ALMOST
ALL THE PRESIDENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAVE HAD TO
FOCUS ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO
KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE KIND OF
ACCOUNTABILITY THIS IS AN
EXCERPT FROM WHAT WE CALLED OUR
COMMUNITY COMMITMENT STATEMENT
WHICH WAS SENT TO ALL FACULTY
STAFF AND STUDENTS WHEN THEY
WERE ASKED TO AFFIRM THIS
STATEMENT AND WHAT IT DOES IT
WALKS THEM THROUGH THE
RESPONSIBILITY THEY HAVE USING
THE APP FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING
FOR WEARING A MASK AT ALL TIMES
FOR HAND HYGIENE, THEY ALSO
REALLY NEED TO HAVE EACH
OTHER'S BACK IF YOU WILL THE
NOTION AT IF YOU SEE SOMEONE
WHO'S NOT WEARING A MASK AND
THEY SHOULD HAVE A MASCOT
GRACIOUS AND CIVIL HOW YOU HOLD
EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AND BE
OPEN TO THAT WE'VE BEEN PLEASED
WITH A SERIES OF VIDEOS THAT A
BEEN PREPARED BY STUDENTS
ENCOURAGING COLLEAGUES TO MASK
UP AND ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS FOR STUDENTS TO
UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS IT'S
INTERESTING YOU SEE THEM
WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK NOT
WEARING MASKS THEY MAY BE A
LITTLE BIT APART FROM EACH
OTHER BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE
HOW FAR SIX FEET IS SO IT'S A
CHALLENGE TO US TO HELP GET
THEIR MINDSET AND THE CULTURE
CHANGED AROUND THE WAYS THEY
TEND TO BEHAVE IN THE PAST. 
THE FINAL SLIDE IS MY POINT
ABOUT CHANGING THE NARRATIVE WE
DEVELOP SOMETHING CALLED
AUGSBURG BOLD WHICH IS A
FRAMEWORK WE'VE USED ALL SUMMER
TO TALK ABOUT THE RETURN TO
CAMPUS THIS FALL TO AN AUGSBURG
EDUCATION IT'S A WHOLE SERIES
OF INITIATIVES AIMED AT MEETING
STUDENT NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS
FOR US INCLUDED A TUITION
FREEZE AND ALSO INCLUDED
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AID WE
FIND ALMOST ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS
DID SOMETHING ON THE SAME LINES
IN RESPONSE TO THE FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES FAMILIES ARE FACING
WE ALSO DEVELOPED A WHOLE SET
WE DID SOME TO CREDIT COURSES
FOR STUDENTS ONLINE IN AUGUST
WE HAVE 125 STUDENTS WHO TOOK
THESE COURSES FOR FREE AND THEY
WERE ONLINE SO STUDENTS COULD
HAVE EXPERIENCE FOR THEY RETURN
TO THEIR CAMPUS AND WE WILL
FULLY SUBSCRIBE AND DID FUND
COURSES LIKE ONE OF OUR PHYSICS
PROFESSORS TAUGHT IT TO CREDIT
COURSE HE TEACHES COURSES ON
FOOD SCIENCE TAUGHT IT TO
CREDIT COURSE AND HOW TO COOK
ANIMATED PRACTICAL AND USE THE
FOOD SCIENCE BY OFFERING THOSE
FOR FREE WE GAVE THEM A HEAD
START AND GAVE THEM AN
EXPERIENCE OF ONLINE LEARNING
WILL HAVE A WHOLE SERIES OF
EVENTS THIS IS A MODEL OF OUR
CANCERS QUAD IS SET UP WITH
TABLES SOCIALLY DISTANCE TABLES
AND CHAIRS SO WE HAVE A
PERMANENT PLACE OR
SEMIPERMANENT FOR STUDENTS TO
COME SIT HAVE A MEAL STUDY
WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO AND DO
PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE FALL
SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS
GOV.  WALZ AS AGREED TO COME
OVER AND TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP
DURING THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE A
FORMER BOARD CHAIR COMING OVER
TO SHARE HER WORK WE HAVE
ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS COMING IN
IT'S A WAY TO KEEP A SENSE OF
VITALITY ON CAMPUS AT THIS TIME
WHEN MANY STUDENTS ARE TAKING
MOST OF THEIR COURSES ONLINE
AND THAT'S ALL THE SHIFTING AND
HELPING STUDENTS TO IMAGINE
WHAT COMES NEXT AND WE BEEN
PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE WE'VE
RECEIVED 2 THAT WAY OF TALKING
ABOUT AUGSBURG IN THE FALL OF
2020.  I WILL STOP THERE AND BE
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
LATER.
 THANK YOU MR. PRES.  I
SHOULD'VE MENTIONED BEFORE WE
STARTED SEN.  CLAUSEN I KNOW
YOUR HAND IS RAISED WE WILL
MOVE ON TO YOU WERE A FAR CRY
THINK WAS MARCH 10TH WHEN WE
HAD A HEARING OF THE SENATE
HIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WHEN
THAT DAY THE UNIVERSITY ND
THEN MINNESOTA STATE WENT TO
DISTANCE-LEARNING OUR LAST
HEARING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
WAS APRIL 20TH WE GOT AN UPDATE
ON COVID IT SEEMS LIKE PROBABLY
A LIFETIME AGO FOR YOU
MR. PRES.  AND THE PREPARATION
SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR
ALL YOUR DILIGENCE AND MASSIVE
PLANNING I KNOW THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICAL TO
YOUR STUDENTS AND YOUR STAFF
AND FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.  YOU
TOUCHED ON IT WHERE ARE YOU AT
WITH REGARDS TO ENROLLMENT
NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR ARE YOU
ON PACE OR LITTLE DOWN?  WHERE
ARE YOU WITH THAT.
 AUGSBURG HAS THREE DISTINCT
THREE DISTINCT POPULATIONS OF
TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
POPULATION WERE UP
YEAR-OVER-YEAR OVER THE LAST
YEAR IN THE UNDERGRADUATE
POPULATION AT ABOUT 2100
2100 STUDENTS A LITTLE OVER
2000 YEAR AGO WE LOOK AT THAT
AS A FUNCTION OF A LARGE CLASS
THAT CAME IN LAST YEAR.  OUR
ADULT UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
FOR STUDENTS RETURNING ARE
BASICALLY ABOUT WHERE THEY'VE
ALWAYS BEEN WHERE WE HAVE SEEN
OF FALLOUT INTERESTINGLY IS THE
GRADUATE PROGRAM WE NORMALLY
HAVE ABOUT 900 GRADUATE
900 GRADUATE STUDENTS WE HAVE
SEEN A DROP OFF THEIR OF
RETURNING GRADUATE STUDENTS AND
PRIMARILY IN AREAS THAT HAVE
CLINICAL ASPECTS TO THEM. 
NURSING AND SOME SOCIAL WORK
AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
PROGRAM BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS
CAN'T GET ALL THOSE CLINICAL
PLACEMENTS SO THE NOT
REGISTERING FOR THAT CLASS THEY
WILL AT SOME POINT WE'VE LOST
SOME HEADCOUNTS IN A RETURNING
GRADUATE STUDENTS THAT USUALLY
COMES N THE SECOND YEAR OF THE
PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN THE PLACE
BUT OVERALL WE MODELED
FINANCIAL REVENUE LOSSES
BETWEEN THREE AND $8 MILLION OF
OUR BUDGET MODELS WILL HAVE A
DIFFERENT SCALE THAN THE
UNIVERSITY AND MINNESOTA STATE
BUT WE ARE COMING IN NOW
BETWEEN FIVE AND $6 MILLION WE
ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PROJECTIONS WE MADE SOME TOUGH
FINANCIAL BUDGET DECISIONS IN
JUNE WHERE WE CLOSED OUR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT
PROGRAMS ALL THE STAFF AS WELL
AS WE REDUCED SALARIES ACROSS
THE BOARD WE ACTUALLY SAVED
ABOUT BACK ON JUNE 1ST AN
ANNUAL BASIS WE SAVED ABOUT $5
$5 MILLION RIGHT THERE.  TAKING
THOSE EARLY TOUGH DECISIONS AND
SACRIFICES ON OUR FACULTY AND
STAFF WE ARE FEELING SOME LEVEL
OF CONFIDENCE WHERE WERE COMING
INTO THE FALL.
 AND JUST ANOTHER QUESTION WITH
REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY
COMMITMENT AS YOU'VE STATED IN
THE PRESENTATION OR THE CODE OF
CONDUCT WE'VE HEARD IN OTHER
INSTITUTIONS THE SITUATION AT
ST.  ALL OF HERE RECENTLY, HOW
IS ENFORCEMENT OF THAT
COMMUNITY COMMITMENT BEING
HANDLED AT AUGSBURG AS FAR AS
YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE OTHER
16 INSTITUTIONS IN THE PRIVATE
COLLEGES.
 PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT STANCES
ON THIS BUT A COUPLE OF
INSTITUTIONS IT WAS MANDATORY
DIFFERENT IN THE CULTURE OF
EACH PLACE I THINK YOU FIND
MOST OF HER INSTITUTIONS THE
EDUCATIONAL.  ACCOUNTABILITY
WE'VE SEEN ALREADY STUDENTS
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW HERE THEY'RE
ALL WEARING MASKS WE GAVE THEM
ALL MASKS AND THEY HAVE OTHER
TOOLS AND WITH THE MASK MANDATE
WHICH NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME
DOWN ON THAT IT ALSO HELPED US
WITH THE MAYOR OF MINNEAPOLIS
SHUTTING DOWN THE BARS WE TAKE
ALL THESE THINGS AS PART OF THE
PACKAGE AND E ARE A CAMPUS
THAT'S BASED ON COMMUNITY AND
THOSE VALUES ARE VERY CLEAR TO
US AND HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES
WERE GOING TO WORK VERY HARD TO
MAKE IT SOMETHING WHICH IS
ABOUT HOW WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S
BACK AND NOT MOVED TO SOME
LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT I DON'T
THINK THIS AGE GROUP DOESN'T
GET YOU ANYWHERE IT CREATES
BACKLASH TO BUILD A MORE
POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT THE
VIRUS IS IMPORTANT.
 THANK YOU PRES.  SEN.  CLAUSEN
YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
 PRESIDENT PROVEN OUT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY AND YOUR UPDATES.  I WISH
YOU THE BEST AUGSBURG HAS FACED
A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN ITS
FIRST 100 YEARS OR YOU ARE
ENTERING THE SECOND 100 YEARS
100 YEARS AND FACED WITH THE
PANDEMIC AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF
CHALLENGES I APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.  JUST A
COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE IS
ONE IS CONGRATULATIONS I SEE
MONEY MAGAZINE GAVE AUGSBURG
MOST TRANSFORMATIVE COLLEGE IN
AMERICA ONE OF THOSE
ONE OF THOSE DISTINCTIONS YOU
SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
ON A SATURDAY I WAS
DISAPPOINTED AND SADDENED TO
HEAR LOU CLOSE AND HAS PASSED
AWAY A GRADUATE WHO MADE HIS
NAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA LUTE OLSON THE
BASKETBALL COACH HE VISITED THE
CAMPUS ON MANY OCCASIONS WHEN I
WAS IN SCHOOL THERE AND HE WAS
AN INSPIRATION WE WISH YOU THE
BEST AS YOU MENTOR THE UPCOMING
YEAR THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE
UPDATE TODAY.
 THANK YOU YES I'M WHEN I WENT
TO TUCSON TO MEET WITH LUTE
OLSON TO BE OUT AND ABOUT TO BE
OUT AND ABOUT WITH HIM WAS
QUITE AN EXPERIENCE HE WAS A
BELOVED FELLOW THERE AND A LOT
OF FOLKS STOPPED AND SHOOK HIS
HAND.
 SEN.  DRAHEIM.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND
MR. PRES.  THANKS FOR COMING ON
TODAY.  I'M WONDERING ABOUT YOU
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ENROLLMENT
FOR THE OTHER 16 NONPROFIT
16 NONPROFIT SCHOOLS AND WHAT
YOU'RE HEARING FROM THEM ARE
THEY AS FORTUNATE AS YOU TO
HAVE REALLY GOOD ENROLLMENT.
 IT'S A GREAT QUESTION WE ARE
AWARE OF EACH OTHER'S
ENROLLMENT I THINK ACROSS THE
BOARD ACROSS THE 17 SCHOOLS THE
17 SCHOOLS THE ENROLLMENTS ARE
DOWN JUST SLIGHTLY MAYBE ONE
ONE AND A HALF OR 2% ON
AGGREGATE FOR MOST INSTITUTIONS
THAT MEANS ARE BASICALLY ON
TARGET WITH WHERE THEY WANT TO
BE WE HAD A COUPLE OF
INSTITUTIONS THAT WERE DEALING
WITH SOME MORE FALLOFF THAN
THEY EXPECTED TO BE HONEST
THAT'S ALMOST ALWAYS THE CASE
THERE IS SORT OF A MIX OF
EXPERIENCE WITH THE
INSTITUTIONS AS MANY OF YOU
KNOW SEN.  ANDERSON IS A
CONCORDIA GRADUATE FROM
MOREHEAD WHEN NORTH DAKOTA GOT
AGGRESSIVE THEY TOOK SOME BIG
HITS BUT THEY COME BACK IT'S
ABOUT THE SPECIFIC
CIRCUMSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL
INSTITUTIONS BUT OVERALL PEOPLE
OF HELD THEIR OWN GOING IN TO
THE FALL I WOULD SAY ALL OF US
ARE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THIS
WOULD BE A VERY DIFFERENT FALL
SO WE HAVE BUILT INTO OUR
FINANCIAL MODELING THE FACT WE
MAY LOSE MORE STUDENTS THAN WE
WOULD HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE TERM AND THAT COULD BE THE
CASE IN MANY INSTITUTIONS IN
THE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS THAT
THIS IS NOT THE EXPERIENCE SOME
STUDENTS THEY WANT TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN AND WILL DO
EVERYTHING TO SUPPORT THEM BUT
WE IMAGINE WILL HAVE WILL HAVE
SOME MELT AS YOU WILL IT
HAPPENS THROUGH THE FALL.
 MR. PRES.  MAYBE ONE LAST
ONE LAST QUESTION, THE PRIVATE
COLLEGES AREN'T AS DEPENDENT ON
THE STATE BUDGETS HEADING INTO
THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR WITH
REGARDS TO POTENTIAL DEFICITS
BUT ONE AREA THAT WOULD BE VERY
IMPACTFUL FOR AUGSBURG AND THE
OTHER INSTITUTIONS IS THE STATE
GRANT PROGRAM.  HAS THERE BEEN
ANY DISCUSSION OR CAN YOU
ELABORATE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE
THE SENSE OF WHAT'S COMING OR
WHAT YOU CAN PREPARE OR THE
STUDENTS CAN HELP PREPARE FOR.
 WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THIS WE'VE SEEN THE NEWS
ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET
CHALLENGES.  $1 OF THE THINGS
WE WENT BACK TO THE LAST TIME
THE STATE FACED A SIGNIFICANT
BUDGET CHALLENGE GOV.  DAYTON
AT THAT POINT INCREASED HIS
COMMITMENT TO THE STATE GRANT
PROGRAM WE KNOW IN THESE TIMES
STUDENTS COMING TO MANY
INSTITUTIONS THEY NEED TO BE IN
SCHOOL WE NEED THEM TO COME OUT
ON THE SCHEDULE THAT WILL
RESPOND TO THE ECONOMIC NEEDS
WE HAVE IN THE STATE SO I
PROMISE YOU WILL BE A FIERCE
ADVOCATES FOR THE PROGRAM
BECAUSE WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND
MINNESOTA STATE THIS PROGRAM IS
A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY IN
TERMS OF ALLOWING STUDENTS TO
CHOOSE WHERE THEY GO TO BE IN
THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEIR OWN
SUCCESS AND COME OUT AND BE
ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY.  WE
CERTAINLY KNOW THE CHALLENGES
AND WE'VE HAD THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMISSIONER
OLSON AND GOV.  WALZ AND LAST
WEEK TRYING TO MAKE SURE WERE
SHARING THE IMPORTANT NEWS
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE STATE
RENT PROGRAM FOR ALL OF US IN
HIGHER EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA.
 I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK
SEN.  COHEN AND MYSELF WE WON'T
BE HERE NEXT SESSION IF THE
REST OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
ARE HERE THEY'LL BE FIERCE
ADVOCATES FOR THE STATE GRANT
PROGRAM I HOPE FOR THAT
ESPECIALLY IN THE SENSE IT IS
GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING
BUT TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS
ARE LESS IMPACTED BY THE BRUNT
OF THIS AND ALLOW THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THE
SCHOOLS THAT BEST FIT FOR THEM
IS CRITICAL THANK YOU MR. PRES.
 WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE AND
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO
MINNESOTA STATE CHANCELLOR
MALHOTRA CAN HOP ON AND WELCOME
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
CHANCELLOR OF YOU ARE THERE. 
THERE HE IS.
 WELCOME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
GO AHEAD WE HAVE PRES.  WACKER
AND PRESIDENT ED WALDEN JOINING
YOU AS WELL IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO GO AHEAD THANKS FOR COMING.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I'M
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE MINNESOTA
STATE SYSTEM THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME OUR PARTNERSHIP AND
DIALOGUE WITH POLICYMAKERS IS
CRUCIAL AS WE NAVIGATE THE
CHALLENGES OF COVID 19.  WERE
19.  WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
 JOINING ME TODAY ARE THE
PRESIDENT FROM STATE CLOUD
STATE UNIVERSITY AND OF THE
RIVERLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHO
WILL DISCUSS THE WORK BEING
DONE ON OUR CAMPUSES ACROSS
MINNESOTA.  AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
MANAGING INFORMATION FLOW
ACROSS THE SYSTEM TO BE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE
FROM CDC AND MDH AND DISPERSING
THE FUNDS FLOWING FROM THE
FEDERAL CARES ACT HAS BEEN
CHALLENGING BY'S CHALLENGER
MAKI WHO TODAY IS A LIFELINE
HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
LEADING AND COORDINATING THIS
WORK.  WE ALL KNOW THAT SAFETY
IS ON THE MINDS OF STUDENTS
PARENTS FACULTY STAFF AND
CAMPUS LEADERSHIP IN EVERY
COMMUNITY WE SERVE.  AT
MINNESOTA STATE WE HAVE
CONSIDERED TO STAY FOCUSED ON
TO GUIDING PRINCIPLES THE
SAFETY OF OUR CAMPUS
COMMUNITIES AND GIVING STUDENTS
A PATH TO CONTINUE THEIR
EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY.  OVER THE
PAST FIVE MONTHS I'VE BEEN
ASKED MANY WHAT-IF QUESTIONS AS
WELL IS THE HARDEST
QUESTIONABLE CAN YOU GUARANTEE
MY SAFETY?  I WISH I COULD
GUARANTEE 100% EVERYONE SAFETY
THAT COMES TO OUR CAMPUSES
HOWEVER WHAT WE CAN GUARANTEE
IS WE WILL MITIGATE RISKS BASED
ON GUIDANCE FROM CDC AND MDH
MINNESOTA STATE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE
LEGISLATURE COMMISSIONER OLSON
MDH AND THE GOV.'S OFFICE
MINNESOTA STATE IMPLEMENTED
MANDATORY MASK WEARING PRIOR TO
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND WE WILL
CONTINUE OUR SHARP FOCUS ON
SOCIAL DISTANCING WE DEVELOPED
OUR MINNESOTA STATE SCREENING
TOOL THAT WILL ENABLE US TO
RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY.  WE
WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH
STATISTICS DASHBOARD IN PLACE
THAT WILL HELP THE SYSTEM
OFFICE AND THE CAMPUS LEADERS
IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS AND JUST AS WE DID IN
THE SPRING WE WILL NOT SHY AWAY
FROM MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS
QUICKLY TO SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND
EMPLOYEES I AM PROUD OF OUR
STUDENTS FACULTY STAFF AND
CAMPUS LEADERS WHO HAVE
COMPLETED THE SPRING SEMESTER
AND SUMMER CLASSES THEIR
RESILIENCE ENSURED THAT THE
STUDENTS ACROSS MINNESOTA
CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND
HAVE THE SKILL SET NECESSARY TO
ENTER THE MINNESOTA WORKFORCE. 
CHAIR ANDERSON AND MEMBERS
WHILE WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC IN A
TIME OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY WE
MUST NOT LOSE FOCUS ON HAVING A
WELL-TRAINED WORKFORCE TO LEAD
MINNESOTA'S RECOVERY OUR WORK
IS CRITICAL IN THIS AREA.  TO
BALANCE SAFETY AND ACADEMIC
CONTENT TO ANY THIS SEMESTER
30% OF THE COURSES WILL BE
TAUGHT FACE-TO-FACE 48% WILL BE
TAUGHT ONLINE AND 22% OF
COURSES WILL BE DELIVERED WITH
A HYBRID FORMAT.  ENROLLMENT IS
TRACKING A 6% DECLINE
SYSTEMWIDE WHICH WILL ADD THE
FINANCIAL STRESS OF OUR
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THE
PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
ECONOMICALLY FRAGILE FAMILIES
DISPROPORTIONATELY AND THESE
POPULATIONS MAKE UP A LARGE
NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS I WANT
TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE
PROACTIVE IN LAUNCHING A
STATEWIDE MEDIA EFFORT OVER THE
SUMMER WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH
MEDIA OUTLETS ACROSS MINNESOTA
WITH A SIMPLE MESSAGE MINNESOTA
STATE IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE
PROVIDER OF HIGHER EDUCATION
OPTIONS AND WE ARE OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.  I ALSO WANT TO
BRIEFLY MENTION TUITION AND
ONLINE COSTS AT MINNESOTA
STATE, THE BOTTOM LINE FOR THIS
ACADEMIC YEAR IS WE DID NOT
RECEIVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY
TO FREEZE TUITION HOWEVER THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND I FELT
STRONGLY THAT WE NEEDED TO
RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR
STUDENTS AND TUITION FOR THE
FALL SEMESTER WAS FROZEN WE
WERE ABLE TO FREEZE TUITION
THIS FALL BY REALLOCATING OUR
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FUNDING
AND IN ADDITION CAMPUSES HAD TO
MAKE SOME TOUGH REALLOCATION
DECISIONS.  I KNOW THIS
COMMITTEE HAS HAD SOME SPIRITED
DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ONLINE
TUITION LAST SPRING WHEN WE HAD
TO PIVOT AS A SYSTEM AND MOVE
CLOSER TO ONLINE STUDENTS WHO
WERE NOT CHARGED THE ONLINE
TUITION RATE THE SAME IS TRUE
FOR OUR COMPLETED SUMMER
SESSION FOR THE FALL TERM IF A
COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR ONLINE
DELIVERY AND WILL CONTINUE TO
BE DELIVERED IN THAT MANNER
POST COVID 19 THE ONLINE RATES
WILL APPLY.  IF A COURSE WAS
TEMPORARILY MOVED TO ONLINE THE
ONLINE RATES WILL NOT APPLY N
MY EMAIL TO YOU A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO I INCLUDED A
FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT OF MINNESOTA
STATE IN THAT DOCUMENT YOU WILL
SEE THE IMPACT OF THE CUTS THAT
MINNESOTA STATE TOOK AND PASSED
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS THE REALITY
IS HIGHER EDUCATION WAS HIT
HARD I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I
KNOW YOU HAVE MADE HIGHER
EDUCATION A PRIORITY AND ALL OF
US NEED TO WORK TOGETHER DURING
THE NEXT SESSION GIVEN THE
BUDGETARY PRESSURES THE STATE
WILL FACE AS WELL.  PLEASE KNOW
OUR CAMPUSES ARE MAKING TOUGH
BUDGETARY DECISIONS THE SYSTEM
OFFICE IS ALSO MAKING
MULTI-YEAR BUDGET REDUCTIONS
DUE TO THE FACT THAT OFFICES
BUDGETS HAVE BEEN FROZEN IN LAW
SINCE 2010 WE DO UNDERSTAND THE
MOMENT WE ARE IN THANK YOU
CHAIR ANDERSON AND MEMBERS WITH
YOUR PERMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO
TURN IT OVER TO THE ST.  CLOUD
STATE PRESIDENT.
 THANK YOU CHANCELLOR AND PRES.
 WACKER IF YOU COULD JOIN US
WELCOME PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD AND PROCEED.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON AND
SENATORS I'M PRESIDENT OF ST. 
CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE THE WORK BEING DONE AT
ST.  CLOUD STATE AS WE BEGIN
OUR ACADEMIC YEAR WHICH STARTED
AUGUST 24TH.  I'LL GIVE YOU
SOME STATISTICS AS WELL
CURRENTLY 17% OF OUR STUDENTS
HAVE AN ALL IN PERSON SCHEDULE
17% OF STUDENTS HAVE AN ALL
ONLINE SCHEDULE AND 66 SENT OF
66 SENT OF STUDENTS HAVE A
SCHEDULE WITH THE MIXED
FACE-TO-FACE AND REMOTE
LEARNING CONFIGURATION.  THIS
IS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS ON CAMPUS ON ANY GIVEN
DAY AS I WAS WALKING AROUND
CAMPUS LAST WEEK IT WAS NOTABLE
STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE ALL
WEARING FACE COVERINGS AND
DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF
KEEPING SIX FEET APART AND
CERTAINLY STUDENTS WERE GLAD TO
BE ON CAMPUS TO BEGIN THEIR
EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY FOR
CONTINUING IT IN SPITE OF HOW
COVID IS CHANGED OUR
OPERATIONS.  I'M SO PROUD OF
ALL OF OUR HUSKIES FOR THE
EFFORT THEY'RE DOING I'D LIKE
TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE WAYS
WE HAVE PREPARED TO SAFELY
WELCOME STUDENTS FACULTY AND
STAFF BACK TO CAMPUS.  IN MARCH
WE ESTABLISHED A CONTINUED
OPERATED A 24 -7 COVID HOTLINE
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND
CONCERNS WE HELD A NUMBER OF
ZOOM TOWN HALLS WITH STUDENTS
AND PARENTS TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION AND TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AND WITH REGARD TO
OUR RESIDENCE HALL OPERATION
THE TRADITIONAL MOVE-IN DATE
WAS CHANGED TO A BY APPOINTMENT
WHAT WE CALL A DROP AND GO TO
LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN
THE RESIDENCE HALL AT ANY GIVEN
TIME.  WE PROVIDED SINGLE ROOM
OCCUPANCY AT DOUG BALL
OCCUPANCY PRICE WE DID THIS NOT
ONLY TO REDUCE THE COVID SPREAD
BUT STUDENTS ALSO HAVE A ROOM
TO STAY UNDER QUARANTINE IF
NEEDED WE ALSO HAVE PROTOCOL IN
PLACE TO PROVIDE STUDENTS
LIVING ON CAMPUS SUPPORTED
SERVICES SUCH AS REMOTE
LEARNING AND TUTORING AND MEALS
PROVIDED TO STUDENTS MAY BE
INSTRUCTED TO QUARANTINE.  OUR
DINING SERVICE SPACE HAS BEEN
REARRANGED AND TIMES ARE SPREAD
OUT WITH STUDENTS ASSIGNED TWO
TWO TIMES FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH
AND DINNER AND OF COURSE AS YOU
CAN IMAGINE ALL OF OUR
CLASSROOMS PUBLIC SPACES AND
OFFICES HAVE BEEN RECONFIGURED
TO MAINTAIN THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCE WHICH WE KNOW IS SO
IMPORTANT.  ALSO A SAFETY EVENT
PLAN HAS TO BE SUBMITTED
IMPROVED FOR EVERY EVENT ON
CAMPUS.  THEN OF COURSE THE
OTHER PIECE WE KNOW WE KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP
ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS IN
REDUCING THE SPREAD OF COVID 19
19 AND EARLY IN AUGUST STUDENTS
BEGAN TO RECEIVE INFORMATION
AND MESSAGING ON A NUMBER OF
PLATFORMS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHAT
WERE CALLING PROTECT THE HUSKY
PACK THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT AND I SENT A VIDEO
MESSAGE TO STUDENTS LAST WEEK
AND OTHER REMINDERS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE SENT THROUGHOUT
THE SEMESTER AND AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE SIGNAGE ABOUT WHAT TO
DO TO STAY SAFE AND PROTECT THE
PACK IS EVERYWHERE ON CAMPUS. 
FINALLY OUR HEALTH CLINIC
DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WORKED
WITH LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND
MDH OFFICIALS TO IMPLEMENT OUR
OWN CONTACT TRACING USING ST. 
CLOUD STATE MSW AND NURSING
STUDENTS AS WELL.  IN CLOSING
CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA MENTIONED
ENROLLMENT IS TRACKING DOWN
THIS FALL AT ST.  CLOUD STATE
OUR DATA SHOWED THAT NEW AND
RETURNING STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS
DOWN AMONG STUDENTS WHO ARE THE
MOST ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY
VULNERABLE STUDENTS WHO ARE
FIRST-GENERATION PELL ELIGIBLE
AND STUDENTS OF COLOR WE BEEN
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AT ST. 
CLOUD STATE TO REACH OUT TO
THOSE STUDENTS TO CONNECT THEM
WITH ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AID
AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES BUT
IT'S CLEAR IT WILL TAKE A
CONCERTED EFFORT BY HIGHER
EDUCATION LEADERS AND OUR
LEGISLATORS TO DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO BLUNT THE IMPACT COVID
IS HAVING ON SO MANY
MINNESOTANS WHO NEED ACCESS TO
A HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREE WHICH
IS IN TURN NEEDED TO SUPPORT
THE WORKFORCE DEMANDS IN OUR
STATE.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE THE
STATE OF MINNESOTA AS THE
PRESIDENT OF ST.  CLOUD STATE
AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION I'D
LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
PRESIDENT OF RIVERLAND.
 THANK YOU PRES.  WACKER IF YOU
COULD HOLD ON WE MAY HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
PRES.  WELCOME BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE IF YOU CAN JOIN US
THANK YOU IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR
NAME AND PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE
READY.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON AND
MEMBERS I'M PRESIDENT OF
RIVERLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WITH CAMPUSES IN ALBERT LEA
AUSTIN AND OWATONNA IN THE
SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE
RIVERLAND IS OFFERING 525
525 COURSES THIS FALL ABOUT 50%
OF THEM HAVE SOME IN PERSON
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION. 
THERE ARE NEEDS FOR HANDS-ON
TRAINING IN OUR CLASSES UNDER A
NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES
CLASS-SIZE AND LIBERAL ARTS
HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FACE-TO-FACE
INSTRUCTION BESIDES MANY OF OUR
STUDENTS LEARN BETTER WITH SOME
IN PERSON TUTORIAL.  WITH
WORKSHOP SKILLS BECAUSE WE CAN
OFFER THE COURSE ONLINE VERY
WELL DOESN'T MEAN TO LEARN THAT
WAY FOR INSTANCE I USE THE
EXAMPLE OF TECHNICAL MATH
BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD OFFER THE
COURSE ONLINE DOESN'T MEAN OUR
STUDENTS CAN LEARN BEST IN THAT
WAY SO FROM CARPENTRY CRIMINAL
JUSTICE, CHEMISTRY, COSMETOLOGY
TO INDUSTRIAL MACHINE
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
CONSTRUCTION AND ELECT
PATRICIAN TECHNOLOGY AND TRUCK
DRIVING LIKE MANY CAREERS LIKE
IN NURSING THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE
DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL
REGIONAL WORKFORCE ECONOMY. 
ONE THING THAT IS HELPED US AT
RIVERLAND IS WE STARTED
PRACTICING REENTRY IN A LIMITED
WAY IN JUNE AFTER WE LEARNED OF
THE GOV.'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS
ALLOWED US TO HOLD IN PERSON
INSTRUCTION WE PROVIDED A LARGE
WAS TURNED INTO A CLASSROOMPS
WOULD HAVE A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION WITH STUDENTS AND
FACULTY E'VE REDUCED CLASS
SIZES WITH FEWER CHAIRS TO
ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING OF
SIX FEET OR MORE SEVERAL
CLASSES EET FACE-TO-FACE WITH
ZOOM TECHNOLOGY WITH FACEMASKS
AND FACE SHIELDS FOR ALL
INSTRUCTORS ONE OF OUR
ONE OF OUR FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS PURCHASED CLOTH
FACEMASKS WE ARE PROVIDING EACH
INSTRUCTOR A CART WITH
SANITIZING WIPES AND GUARDS IN
FACEMASKS AND FACE SHIELDS FOR
STUDENTS BY MID-JULY RIVERLAND
HAD PRACTICED IN PERSON
INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES IN THE
SUMMER WE COULD SAFELY DELIVER
FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION WITH
THE CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES
DUE TO THE PANDEMIC WE TAKE
SERIOUSLY THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES THAT CHANCELLOR
MALHOTRA TALKED ABOUT AND WE
ADDED ONE MORE OF OUR OWN THAT
IS TO PRESERVE AS MANY JOBS AS
POSSIBLE.  WE HAVE A GOOD
COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH
STUDENTS AND STUDENT SENATE
LEADERS AND OTHER LEADERS OF
THE STUDENT GROUPS THROUGHOUT
THE SUMMER AND THROUGHOUT THE
SPRING AND SUMMER AS WELL WE
OFFER CLASSES OF THE SAME
COURSE IN MULTIPLE MODALITIES
FOR THE FALL AND ALLOW STUDENTS
TO REGISTER IN THE ALTERNATIVE
LEARNING STYLES WE THINK THE
FALL SEMESTER WAS COME PAIRED
TO DO A BASEBALL GAME WE HAVE
FINISHED THE FIRST INNING AND
WE ARE AHEAD HOPING FOR MORE
HOMERUNS THAN STRIKEOUTS AND
BASED ON PANDEMIC PLAN AND THE
SCENARIO PLANNING THAT WAS
DEVELOPED WITH THE CDC AND MDH
EMPLOYEES ARE READY TO PIVOT IF
CONDITIONS REQUIRES TO DO SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME YOUR
LEADERSHIP DURING THIS
UNPRECEDENTED TIME IN HIGHER
EDUCATION AS A CHANCELLOR SAID
WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER.
 THANK YOU VERY MUCH PRESIDENT
WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. 
MEMBERS WE CAN TAKE SOME
QUESTIONS BUT MAYBE FIRST
WHETHER THIS IS FOR THE
CHANCELLOR OR THE VICE
CHANCELLOR MAKI CHANCELLOR YOU
MENTIONED ABOUT THE ONLINE
CLASSES IN THE PERMANENCY OR
TEMPORARY NATURE IF I RECALL
CORRECTLY IT WAS ABOUT 25% OF
CLASSES WERE ONLINE PREVIOUSLY
IS THERE A FURTHER INCREASE IN
THE DESIGNATION OR PERMANENT
ONLINE COURSES OR HAS THAT
REMAINED THE SAME.
 CHAIR ANDERSON I WILL PASS
THIS QUESTION TO MY LIFELINE
VICE CHANCELLOR MAKI AS HE IS
MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE DATA
SYSTEM WHICH IS COMING IN SINCE
WE FINISHED OUR FIRST WEEK OF
THE SEMESTER.
 THANK YOU VICE CHANCELLOR MAKI
WELCOME BACK.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON I
BELIEVE I CAN PARTIALLY ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION.  WE ALSO HAVE
KIM LYNCH ON THE LINE OUR
ONLINE EXPERT WHO CAN HELP WITH
MY ANSWER.  THE 25% OF ONLINE
COURSES THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT
NUMBER WAS CONTINUING ALONG
IT'S NATURAL GROWTH TRAJECTORY
FOR THE SYSTEM AS IT HAD BEEN
INCREASING EACH YEAR OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS SO THAT IS A
PORTION OF THE INCREASE BUT FOR
FALL THAT INCREASE HAPPENED A
BIT FASTER SO THE EXACT
PERCENTAGE IF I COULD DEFER TO
KIM TO TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE
THAT IS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
 MISS LYNCH WELCOME TO THE
COMMITTEE PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND GO AHEAD.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON I'M
KIM LYNCH I SERVE AS THE SENIOR
SYSTEM DIRECTOR FOR EDUCATION
INNOVATIONS AT MINNESOTA STATE.
 I WOULD ECHO WHAT VICE
CHANCELLOR MAKI CHAIRED WHICH
IS I DON'T KNOW WE HAVE AN
ENTIRELY COMPLETE ANSWER IN
PART BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR
INSTITUTIONS AND OUR COURSES,
WE HAD BEEN HOVERING ABOUT 27%
THIS PAST YEAR THAT WE ARE
FULLY ONLINE EITHER SYNCHRONOUS
OR ASYNCHRONOUS OR A BLEND OF
NORTH SYNCHRONOUS AND
ASYNCHRONOUS BUT ONLINE THAT'S
BEEN TAKING UP A COUPLE
PERCENTAGES EVERY YEAR FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS I THINK
MAINLY BASED ON OUR INSTITUTION
PLANNING AND ON STUDENT DEMAND
FOR THOSE COURSES SO THAT HAS
BEEN INCREASING.  OF COURSE IN
THIS ERA OF COVID 19 THERE HAVE
19 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY WHO
WORKED WITH OUR FACULTY OVER
THE SPRING AND SUMMER TO
TRANSITION COURSES TO THAT WHAT
WE LOOK AT AS FULLY ONLINE BUT
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW COMPLETELY
IS WHAT THE PERMANENCY OF THOSE
WILL BE BECAUSE WE HAVE A
COUPLE OF SYSTEMS OF CODING
THEY ARE CODED IS ONLINE SO
STUDENTS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
BUT THERE'S ALSO OUR ABILITY TO
IDENTIFY AS CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA
SHARED IF THAT WILL BE A
TEMPORARY COURSE AND IF SO IF
THE FINANCIAL PART OF THE
ONLINE DIFFERENTIAL WILL NOT BE
APPLIED WHICH IS KINDA BEHIND
THE SCENES OF THE OVERALL LOOK
AT THE 40% ONLINE THAT WAS
MENTIONED.  IF IT'S PLAN TO BE
CONTINUED AS PART OF THE
PROGRAM THAN A DIFFERENTIAL
DOES APPLY AND EXPECT THERE
WILL BE SOME UPTICK JUST LIKE
THERE HAS BEEN IT'S REALLY HARD
FOR US TO KNOW FROM COVID 19
19 WHAT WILL SHAKE OUT AS BEING
TEMPORARY AND WHAT WILL BECOME
PART OF A PORTFOLIO OF THE
ONLINE COURSES SO IT'S UNCLEAR
AT THIS POINT WITH THE EXACT
NUMBER WILL BE BUT NOW AS
CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA SHARED
ABOUT 40% ARE ONLINE NOT ALL OF
THOSE ARE BEING CHARGED TUITION
AND THEN EVEN WITH OUR WE HAVE
A HYBRID AND FACE-TO-FACE WHICH
EVEN WITH THOSE PRES.  WACKER
SHARED THERE ARE OPTIONS IN
PLACE SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN
ONLINE COURSE THERE IS SOME
HIGH FLEX OPTIONS FOR BRINGING
TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CLASSROOM
THAT CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE
REMOTE FOR STUDENT AND THAT'S
ANOTHER ITERATION OF VARIATIONS
OF MODALITY WE ARE SEEING
COMING INTO PLAY THERE'S LOTS
STILL WORKING ITS WAY OUT S
WERE UNDERSTANDING WITH THIS
NEW ERA OF LEARNING WILL LOOK
LIKE.
 THANK YOU MISS LYNCH SEN. 
MILLER.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR THE
CHANCELLOR MENTION ROUGHLY 6%
DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT
SYSTEMWIDE IF I HEARD THAT
CORRECTLY I'M WONDERING IF EACH
OF THE CAMPUS PRESIDENTS CAN
SHARE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL FOR
US ON THEIR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS
ON EACH CAMPUS.
 WE COULD MAYBE START WITH
PRES.  WACKER.
 YES THANK YOU.  WE ARE
TRACKING ENROLLMENT AS WE SPEAK
OUR DROP DAY IS COMING WE ARE
TRACKING ABOUT A 6% DECREASE
BUT AGAIN WHAT'S DRIVING THAT
NUMBER AGAIN IS THE SIGNIFICANT
DECLINE IN THOSE VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS.  THAT'S WHAT I'M
MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS HOW DO
WE STAY CONNECTED WITH THOSE
STUDENTS ONE OF THE THINGS WE
HAVE INSTITUTED IS A
MIDSEMESTER START BECAUSE IT
MAY BE STUDENTS WEREN'T QUITE
READY IN AUGUST MAYBE THEY
WEREN'T FINANCIALLY READY OR
COMFORTABLE WITH COVID SO WE
ARE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO
THOSE STUDENTS SO THEY HAVE AN
OPTION OF BEGINNING THE FALSE A
MASTER IN OCTOBER AND TAKING
COURSES AND CONTINUING ON. 
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO STAY
CONNECTED WITH THE STUDENTS TO
ENCOURAGE SPRING ENROLLMENT AND
THIS IS COVID WERE IN A
PANDEMIC SO WE REALLY ARE
THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
INSTEAD OF IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT
IN AUGUST THE NEW HAVE TO WAIT
TILL THE SUMMER OR NEXT AUGUST
WE REALLY ARE THE GOOD NEWS IS
WE ARE EXAMINING HOW WE CAN
SERVE STUDENTS KNOWING THEIR
WORLDS ARE TOPSY-TURVY NOW AND
FIGURING OUT HOW TO SUPPORT
THEM THE BEST WAY WE CAN
FINANCIALLY AND ALSO
ACADEMICALLY TO MAKE SURE THEY
KNOW THEY CAN COME AND CONTINUE
THEIR EDUCATION OR BEGIN AN
 THANK YOU PRES.
 FOR US AT RIVERLAND THE
AGGREGATE WE ARE DOWN ABOUT 8%
THIS YEAR COMPARED TO A YEAR
AGO.  THAT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE
TWO BUCKETS OF ENROLLMENT
THERE'S THE REGULAR ENROLLMENT
AND THEN THE CONCURRENT
ENROLLMENT THE PSE OH OPTION
FOR OUR REGULAR STUDENTS WE ARE
DOWN ABOUT 20% FOR THE
CONCURRENT WORD THE BECAUSE THE
HIGH SCHOOLERS DIDN'T DIDN'T TO
NO ONE UNTIL RECENTLY WHAT
THEIR SCHEDULE TO BE SO THEY
HAVE NOT REGISTERED.  WE ARE
THINKING BY THE TIME WE GET AS
MANY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS REGISTERED WE WILL
PROBABLY BE ABOUT 4% DOWN BUT
FOR NOW THE AGGREGATE WE ARE
ABOUT 8% DOWN I MUST SAY IN
MANY OF OUR CLASSES HANDS-ON
CLASSES LIKE ELECTRICIANS OR
AUTO MECHANICS AND COSMETOLOGY
WE HAVE WAITING LISTS WE HAVE
STUDENTS THAT ARE READY TO COME
TO THOSE PROGRAMS.
 GREAT THANK YOU.  MAYBE
CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA OR VICE
CHANCELLOR MAKI DO YOU HAVE A
PERSPECTIVE ARE YOU SEEING ANY
TRENDS HERE WITH REGARDS TO THE
FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS AND THE
TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS IS THERE
A GREATER DEFICIT WHEN IT COMES
TO THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS IN
EITHER OF THOSE SYSTEMS.
 CHAIR ANDERSON I WILL AGAIN
DEFER TO VICE PRESIDENT MAKI
HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THESE
NUMBERS A LOT MORE CLOSELY THAN
I HAVE.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON. 
THERE IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE
OUR UNIVERSITY SECTOR IS DOWN
IN ENROLLMENT HERE TODAY AT
4.7% IN THE COLLEGE SECTOR IT'S
DOWN 7.1% YEAR TO DATE AND
THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE
PRESIDENTS WERE PROJECTING FOR
THEIR CAMPUSES WHEN WE APPROVED
THE FISCAL YEAR 21 OPERATING
21 OPERATING BUDGETS AT THAT
TIME UNIVERSITIES AT THE SEVEN
SEVEN UNIVERSITIES PLANNED ON
ENROLLMENT BEING DOWN 5.6% SO
4.7% DOWN IS A LITTLE BETTER
THAN THAT PROJECTION AND THE
COLLEGES AT THE TIME PROJECTED
TO BE DOWN 9.1% THAT'S ABOUT 2%
BETTER THAN THEY HAD PROJECTED.
 THE UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE
UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE OF THE
SMALLER NUMBER AND THEREFORE
YOUR COMPONENT THE GRADUATE
PROGRAMS THEIR ENROLLMENT HAS
BEEN A LITTLE MORE STABLE THERE
IN THIS PANDEMIC THAN OUR
COLLEGE SECTOR.
 THANK YOU.  SEN.  DRAHEIM HAD
A QUESTION.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.  TO
CONTINUE WITH THAT LINE OF
QUESTIONING THE FINANCIAL
IMPACT OF YOUR REDUCTION WHAT
ARE WE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE
STATE LOOKING AT ABOUT A FIVE
FIVE OR 10% DEFICIT OF TOTAL
SPENDING WHICH WOULD BE FIVE OR
FIVE OR $10 BILLION IN WHAT IS
THE STATE SYSTEM LOOKING AT.
 CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA OR VICE
CHANCELLOR MAKI.
 CHAIR ANDERSON AND SEN. 
DRAHEIM AS VICE CHANCELLOR MAKI
MENTIONED WHEN WE FORMULATED
OUR BUDGETS WE HAD DEVELOPED
SOME PROJECTIONS AS TO WHERE WE
WERE AND MANY OF OUR COLLEGES
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE VICE
CHANCELLOR MAKI GIVE YOU MORE
DETAIL ON THAT.
 CHAIR ANDERSON AND SEN. 
DRAHEIM, THE BUDGET THAT WAS
PASSED BY OUR BOARD AT THE JUNE
MEETING WE HAD A STRUCTURAL
DEFICIT OF ALMOST $58 MILLION
$58 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 21
21 BUDGET AND BASED ON WHERE
OUR ENROLLMENT IS AS OF NOW WE
ARE STILL WITHIN THAT RANGE OF
HAVING THAT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT
IN THE $58 MILLION RANGE
OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENS THE REST
OF THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER
AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES
RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC WHAT
OUR STATE APPROPRIATION IS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 21 COULD WORSEN THE
DEFICIT BUT FOR NOW THE
PROJECTION IS SIMILAR TO WHAT
IT WAS IN JUNE AT ABOUT $58
MILLION.
$58 MILLION.
 SEN.  DRAHEIM.
 THANK YOU SO MOVING FORWARD
WHAT IS THE PLAN TO HELP REDUCE
COSTS TO SURE THAT UP.
 VICE CHANCELLOR MAKI.
 CHAIR ANDERSON AND SEN.  THE
PLANS MOST OF THE PLANS WILL
HAPPEN AT THE COLLEGE AND THE
UNIVERSITY LEVEL AS ENROLLMENT
BEING ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF
HAVING LESS REVENUE THE BUDGET
REDUCTIONS TEND TO AND HER BY
HAVING LESS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
HAVING NOT AS BROAD OF A
CURRICULUM AVAILABLE FOR
STUDENTS HAVING LESS SERVICES,
AND IN DOING A LOT OF
BELT-TIGHTENING AND DOING
EVERYTHING FIRST TO DO WHAT CAN
BE DONE IN TRYING TO REDUCE
FIXED COSTS AND COSTS THAT ARE
AWAY IS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM
THE STUDENTS AND FROM THE
LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND STUDENT
EXPERIENCE.  EACH COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY WOULD FORMULATE
THEIR OWN PLANS IN ORDER TO DO
THAT AND IT WOULD INVOLVE THOSE
BUCKETS THAT I MENTIONED
RELATED TO CURRICULUM AND
PROGRAMS THAT SERVE STUDENTS.
 THANK YOU VICE CHANCELLOR. 
CHAIR ANDERSON I HAVE TWO OTHER
TWO OTHER QUESTIONS BUT THEIR
OFF-TOPIC A LITTLE SHOULD I
WAIT OR ASK THEM NOW.
 WHY DON'T YOU WAIT I HAVE ONE
ONE QUESTION AS WELL FROM SEN. 
NEWTON WHO HAD SOME CHALLENGES
GETTING ONLINE I WILL ASK THIS
AND THEN MOVED TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IF
EVERYONE COULD STAY ON WILL TRY
TO MOVE AS FAST AS WE CAN SEN. 
DRAHEIM IF WE CAN COME BACK. 
SEN.  NEWTON'S QUESTION WITH
REGARDS TO THE NEXT SEMESTER WE
HAVE A LOT TO HANDLE HERE THIS
SEMESTER OF COURSE, BUT WHAT
ARE YOUR PLANS FOR NEXT
SEMESTER WITH REGARDS TO WHEN
IT WILL BE DECIDED AND
ANNOUNCED WHETHER STUDENTS WILL
ATTEND CLASS IN PERSON OR
ONLINE OR A COMBINATION OF SOME
SORT.  I WILL START WITH
CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA WHAT IS THE
PLANNING PROCESS WE HAVE A
COUPLE OF MINUTES THAT'S A BIG
QUESTION.
 CHAIR ANDERSON AND SEN. 
NEWTON IT'S A GREAT QUESTION
AND WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE
WATCH AS OF NOW IT'S OUR
EXPECTATION THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE
UNDER OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE
THROUGH THIS SEMESTER AND THEN
WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE WATCH AS
THE CONDITIONS DICTATE IT'S OUR
INTENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
BOTH IN PERSON AND HYBRID
FORMATS AVAILABLE NEXT SEMESTER
AS WELL BUT AS YOU KNOW THIS IS
AN EVOLVING SITUATION AS THE
INFORMATION WE ARE CONTINUALLY
WORKING WITH THE MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
LOOKING AT THE CDC DATA AND OUR
CAMPUSES AND PRESIDENTS ARE
WORKING WITH LOCAL HEALTH
AUTHORITIES RIGHT NOW WERE IN
THE SAME FORMAT AS WE WERE THAT
WE CURRENTLY ARE WERE OPEN FOR
BUSINESS AND WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WELCOME STUDENTS ON CAMPUS
AS WELL AS IN ASYNCHRONOUS AND
SYNCHRONOUS FORMATS THROUGH
HYBRID AND ONLINE OPTIONS.
 THANK YOU CHANCELLOR.  SEN. 
CLAUSEN YOU HAVE A QUICK
QUESTION FOR MINNESOTA STATE.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, THE
QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP ON SEN. 
DRAHEIM PERHAPS YOU COULD SEND
US SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU
MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER.  FROM
AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
COULD YOU GIVE US AN INDICATION
OF COST-CUTTING MEASURES YOU'RE
CONSIDERING AT THIS POINT AND
AGAIN IF YOU COULD SEND THAT TO
US RATHER THAN RESPOND NOW I
KNOW TIME IS SHORT THANK YOU.
 THANK YOU SEN.  CLAUSEN
CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA.
 SEN.  CLAUSEN WE WILL BE GLAD
TO DO THAT WE WILL GET YOU THAT
INFORMATION.
 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.  THANK
YOU CHANCELLOR AND THE
MINNESOTA STATE TEAM IF YOU
COULD HOLD ON IF YOU HAVE TO GO
I UNDERSTAND BUT WE WILL SHIFT
NOW TO THE UNIVERSITY AND IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE
END WE MAY COME BACK TO YOU I
KNOW SEN.  DRAHEIM HAD ANOTHER
QUESTION.
 PRES.  GABEL WELCOME BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE GOOD TO SEE YOU
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD AND GO AHEAD I
THINK YOU HAVE SOME OTHER FOLKS
IF THEY WILL HAVE COMMENTS OR-
BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON I'M
JOAN GABEL PRES.  OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IT'S
NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU RANKING
MEMBER CLAUSEN AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE.  I DON'T
REMEMBER WHICH OF MY COLLEAGUES
SAID MAYBE SEN.  ANDERSON THAT
APRIL 20TH FEEL SLY COUPLE OF
MONTHS AGO IN A COUPLE OF
DECADES AGO AT THE SAME TIME I
KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN BUSY TO SAY
THE LEAST DURING THIS TIME BUT
IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE YOU.  I
WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS WERE
JOINING US REMOTELY AND AS YOU
MENTIONED SEN.  ANDERSON I'M
JOINED BY OUR PROVOST OUR
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIDRAP
AND WHO HEADS OUR EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TEAM AND DR. TOLAR WHO
YOU KNOW IS THE DEAN OF OUR
MEDICAL SCHOOL AND ALSO OUR
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE
UNIVERSITY THERE AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS I'LL MAKE THE
PRESENTATION AND OF COURSE AND
WHAT IS THE EXPRESSION ABOUT
SURROUNDING YOURSELF WITH SMART
PEOPLE THERE THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS.  MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE SINCE I SAW YOU 400
400 YEARS AGO ON APRIL 28TH THE
UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN A LOT OF
DIFFICULT AND TRANSFORMATIONAL
STEPS AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
DESCRIBED WITH SIMILARITIES
ACROSS HIGHER EDUCATION TO
EVOLVE AND MEET WHAT'S THE
WORST HEALTH CRISIS OF ANY OF
OUR LIFETIMES WITH THE KEY
PRIORITY OF KEEPING THE
UNIVERSITY FAMILY HEALTHY SAFE
AND WELL AND ALSO CURATING OUR
ACADEMIC MISSION OF RESEARCH
TEACHING AND SERVICE WITH MUCH
OF THAT RESEARCH AND SERVICE
BEING IN DIRECT SERVICE TO THE
STATE WITH SEVERAL PROGRAMS
WE'VE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ALL OF YOU.  IN PARTICULAR IN
APRIL RIGHT BEFORE I SAW YOU
LAST I CHARGED OUR NEW PROVOST
DELETE A FALL 2020 SCENARIOS
2020 SCENARIOS ADVISORY TEAM
AIMED AT PLANNING THE DELIVERY
AND ACADEMIC CONTENT FOR THIS
SEMESTER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
PANDEMIC AND THEY BEEN WORKING
EVER SINCE ON ALL ASPECTS OF
ACADEMIC LIFE ESPECIALLY
CLASSROOMS AND LABS BUT ABOVE
ALL ELSE AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM
EVERYONE TODAY THEIR WORK WAS
GROUNDED IN THE NORTH STAR GOAL
WHICH IS TO STRIKE THAT VERY
DIFFICULT BALANCE WE ARE ALL
FACING NOW BETWEEN KEEPING OUR
COMMUNITY SAFE AND DOING WHAT
WE DO AS OUR CORE MISSION IN
OUR CASE RESEARCH TEACHING
WE'VE ALSO ANCHORED THAT NORTH
STAR GOAL IN A PRINCIPLE OF
FLEXIBILITY SO WE COULD ADAPT
AS AN INSTITUTION AND AS A
SYSTEM SO ALSO INDIVIDUAL
PEOPLE COULD MAKE THE CHOICES
THAT WERE BEST FOR THEM BASED
ON THEIR OWN FAMILY
CIRCUMSTANCES THEIR HEALTH
CONDITIONS AND OTHER FACTORS
THAT THEY WOULD BE IN THE BEST
POSITION TO DISCERN IN TERMS OF
WHAT THEY FELT COMFORTABLE
DOING OR FELT SAFE DOING.  ALL
OF THIS WAS CAPTURED IN A
RUBRIC THAT WE BEEN CALLING THE
SUNRISE PLAN AND THE SUNRISE
PLAN HAS INCREMENTALLY BEEN
USED AS OUR METHODOLOGY OF HOW
WE BROUGHT MORE LIGHT ONTO
CAMPUS AND STARTED TO BRING
PEOPLE BACK WE STARTED WITH
CLINICAL CARE NOT SURPRISINGLY
GIVEN WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE
DO, AND IT ALSO USED THE
SUNRISE PLAN TO BRING BACK A
LOT OF OUR SERVICES A LOT OF
OUR RESEARCHERS BACK INTO THE
LABS AND WE ALSO HAD A SMALLER
SLATE OF FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES
IN JULY SO IN MANY WAYS WE ARE
DOING A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IN ALREADY DO AND ALL WENT
WELL FROM OF PLANNING
STANDPOINT AND THOSE
EXPERIENCES INFORMED THE FALL
PLAN ADDED TO THE FALL 2020
2020 SCENARIOS PLAN THAT THE
PROVOST WORKED ON AND ALL THAT
WAS PRESENTED TO THE REGENTS
AND APPROVED IN JUNE.  ALL THAT
WAS BASED IN RESEARCH
CONSULTATION WITH HER OWN
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS MDH
THE CDC OUR PEERS AT OTHER
INSTITUTIONS SHARED GOVERNANCE
ETC.  WE ANCHORED IT AND WHAT
WE KNEW WE RECOGNIZED THERE'S A
LOT WE DON'T KNOW THERE'S STILL
A LOT WE DON'T KNOW PART OF
WHAT WE KNOW THAT INCLUDES
HUMAN BEHAVIOR WE'VE HEARD A
LITTLE OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT
TODAY AND SOME OF THE RESEARCH
AROUND THE VIRUS ITSELF
TREATMENTS PREVENTION
MITIGATION AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES
THAT BECOME MORE AND MORE CLEAR
TO US OVER TIME.  I DO WANT TO
STOP FOR A MOMENT EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION TO THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSITY FAMILY FACULTY STAFF
STUDENTS PARENTS AND FAMILIES
WE'VE HAD TO PIVOT A LOT TO USE
THE WORD PIVOT A LOT IT'S A
DIZZYING PROCESS TO GO THROUGH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVERY TIME
THERE'S NEW INFORMATION AND
HAVING TO MAKE CHANGES AND WE
ALSO A COUPLE WHAT A RECENT
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND NOW
INCOMING FRESHMEN HAVE LOST AND
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW I HAVE ONE
ONE MY YOUNGEST IS NOW A
COLLEGE FRESHMAN AS A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO IT'S NOT A LOT OF FUN
TO BE IN THAT AGE GROUP NOW AND
WITH NO MINIMIZATION OF OTHER
TYPES OF SUFFERING THAT A LOT
OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS
EXPENSING WE ARE THINKING ABOUT
THAT PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE
A LOT ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. 
WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS WITH
ALL OF THOSE POINTS OF YOU IN
MIND.  SINCE WE STARTED ALL OF
THIS FIVE MONTHS AGO AND SINCE
WE BROUGHT THE FALL PLAN TO THE
BOARD OF REGENTS IN JUNE THERE
HAVE BEEN SOME ADVANCES AND
SOME CLARITY AROUND WHAT THIS
IS MEANT FOR ALL OF US ON
HIGHER EDUCATION CAMPUSES
INCLUDING MANY OF THE CAMPUSES
YOU ALREADY HEARD FROM AND
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STRUGGLES
AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE MEDIA
LOCALLY NEARBY AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND WE WANTED TO AVOID
THOSE STRUGGLES.  THERE WAS IN
OUR MIND NO REASON TO GO FACED
FIRST INTO SITUATIONS THAT MANY
OF OUR PEERS EXPENSE TO
THEMSELVES HAVE RELIED ON
EXPERTS TO MAKE CAREFULLY
THOUGHT THROUGH PLANS AND YET
STILL WERE EXPERIENCING
SURPRISING LEVELS OF
TRANSMISSION ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
 JUST AS SOME EXAMPLES I'M SURE
YOU'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS WHAT
HAPPENED AT CHAPEL HILL WHERE
INFECTION CLUSTERS REQUIRED
FIRST TO SHIFT TO ONLINE
INSTRUCTION THEN SENDING
STUDENTS HOME NOTRE DAME WHO
HAD A NOVEL TESTING PROGRAM A
NATIONAL STORY YET HAD A BIG
SURGE ON CAMPUS.  MARYLAND
MICHIGAN STATE AND RUTGERS BIG
TEN PEERS HAVING GONE ONLINE
SHARP SPIKES IN THE SOUTHEAST,
A SPIKE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH DAKOTA NOT FAR FROM US
AND CLOSE TO THE CROOKSTON
CAMPUS IN PARTICULAR WITH THE
SURGE SO HIGH THE NATIONAL
GUARD IS THERE HELPING THEM
WITH THEIR SHIRTS PROGRAMMING
AND SCHOOL SIMILAR IN SIZE TO
SUMMER REGIONAL CAMPUSES AND
SYSTEM CAMPUSES EAST CAROLINA
GOING ONLINE, BUTLER THE
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AND TOLEDO
ALL HAVING TO MAKE CHANGES IN
THEIR FALL PLANS SO IT'S A
FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE WE KNOW
THIS.  I WILL ADD TO THAT THERE
IS BEEN SOME WHIPLASH AND
GUIDANCE THAT WE RECEIVE AN ARE
RELYING ON BECAUSE WE ARE
OBLIGATED TO WEAR SOME REMARKS
FROM THE FEDERAL LEADERSHIP
CHANGE THE TESTING STANDARDS IN
WAYS THAT COST SURPRISE THAT
DIFFERENT FROM CDC GUIDANCE AND
WITH CDC GUIDANCE CHANGING
RAPIDLY WITHIN A 48 HOURS
48 HOURS MAKING SOME OF OUR
ABILITY TO FIND SOLID GRIND
CHALLENGING AS WELL.  WE
DEVELOPED OUR M TEST PROGRAM
WHICH IS THE PROGRAM WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD WITH WITH BOARD
APPROVAL AND WITH GUIDANCE FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
THE CDC AND HER OWN EXPERTS AND
IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE
MINNESOTA STATE PROGRAM
STATEWIDE WE ARE PRETTY
CONSISTENT ABOUT THIS BUT WE
ALSO KNOW THAT TESTING IS NOT A
SILVER BULLET TESTING ITSELF
DOES NOT CURE THE VIRUS IT'S
INFORMATION USEFUL INFORMATION
AND INFORMATION WE RELY ON BUT
WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO DO MORE
THAN THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A
PLAN THAT HELPED US AVOID MOST
OF THE STRUGGLES THAT ARE PEERS
EXPERIENCED BEFORE WE DID AND
THAT GAVE US THE CAPACITY TO
ANCHOR INASMUCH SOLID GROUND AS
WE POSSIBLY COULD.  LAST WEEK
WE ASKED THE BOARD OF REGENTS
TO MODIFY THE FALL PLAN TO
DELAY THE MOVE-IN FOR STUDENTS
LIVING IN UNIVERSITY HOUSING ON
THE CAMPUSES THAT HAD NOT
OPENED YET THAT'S DULUTH
ROCHESTER AND THE TWIN CITIES
FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS TO
TWO WEEKS TO PROVIDE SOME TIME
TO EVALUATE WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND CLOSE BY
SO WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE
FELT OUR PLAN WAS AS LIKELY AS
POSSIBLE TO AVOID THE STRUGGLES
WE WERE SEEING ELSEWHERE.  FOR
CROOKSTON AND MORRIS STUDENTS
HAD ALREADY ARRIVED SO WE MADE
SURE WE TOOK AS MANY OF THE
LESSONS WE COULD FROM THOSE IN
REAL TIME THEY HAVE HYBRID
DELIVERY MODELS VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT YOU HEARD FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES AND ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH MDH AND HER
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AND ARE
ALSO ARE IN COMMITTEES WHERE
CASES IN THIS RONI COMMITTEES
ARE LOWER SO THEY BEEN ABLE TO
MANAGE WITH INCAPACITY AND
THINGS ARE GOING WELL ON BOTH
CAMPUSES.  BRINGING THAT
PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD OF
REGENTS WAS A DIFFICULT
PROPOSAL TO BRING FORWARD THIS
WHOLE THING IS PRETTY DIFFICULT
I WILL SAY I DON'T THINK ANYONE
WOULD BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT
FROM ANY OF US IN THE HIGHER
EDUCATION LEADERSHIP NO ONE
ONE LIKES THIS IT'S NOT
SOMETHING ANY OF US BENEFIT
FROM AND ALL OF US WHO WORK IN
HIGHER EDUCATION AND I'LL TAKE
SOME LIBERTY AND SPEAK FOR MY
COLLEAGUES NOTHING MAKES US
HAPPIER THAN HAVING OUR
STUDENTS AROUND TO FINDING WAYS
TO DO THAT AND MOVING FORWARD
HAS BEEN THE GUIDING LIGHT AS
WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS
BUT WE NEEDED THAT TIME AND
WE'VE USED IT WELL AND I WANT
TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS
HAPPENED SINCE THEN.  WE HAVE
ADDED ANOTHER CHAPTER TO THE
UNIVERSITY SUNRISE PLAN THAT WE
ARE CALLING THE MAROON AND GOLD
SUNRISE OF COURSE, AND THE
MAROON AND GOLD SUNRISE IS HOW
WE ARE GOING TO HOUSE STUDENTS
IT'S A PHASED APPROACH IT STILL
USES THE HYBRID COURSE DELIVERY
OF SOME FACE-TO-FACE SOME
HYBRID SOME DISTANCE LEARNING
HEARD FROM EVERYONE IN THE
PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE
MINNESOTA STATE SYSTEM SO THE
PLANT REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO
HOW WE REOPEN UNIVERSITY
HOUSING AND ACTUALLY BRING
STUDENTS BACK TO CAMPUS.  IN
THE TWIN CITIES DULUTH IN
ROCHESTER CAMPUSES IN THE FIRST
PHASE WHICH WILL START EARLIER
IN DULUTH THAN IN THE TWIN
CITIES IN ROCHESTER BECAUSE OF
HOW THE CLASS SCHEDULES WORK
STUDENTS WILL MOVE INTO
UNIVERSITY HOUSING FOR AN
AVERAGE OF TEN DAYS DEPENDING
ON WHEN THEY MOVE IN THEY WILL
BE IN SORT OF THE DORM VERSION
OF THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER WHERE
THEY CAN'T LEAVE TO ATTEND
CLASSES TO EAT, TO EXERCISE
THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK THERE
ARE WHAT I WOULD CALL COMMON
SENSE EXCEPTIONS BUT OTHERWISE
THEY SHOULD STAY AT HOME WHICH
WOULD BECOME THEIR DORM ROOM IF
THAT PHASE OR STEP GOES WELL
USING A REVIEW THAT I WILL
DETAIL FOR YOU AT THE END I
KNOW YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT THAN WE WOULD MOVE
TO THE NEXT STEP.  STEP TWO
TWO OPENS ACCESS TO MORE CAMPUS
FACILITIES THE WRECK LIBRARY
STUDENT UNIONS AND SURROUNDING
COMMUNITY AND ASKS STUDENTS BE
HOME BY 9 P.M. WITH ALSO THE
SAME COMMON SENSE EXCEPTIONS IF
THEY WORK OR HAVE OTHER
REASONABLE REASONS THAT THEY
WOULD HAVE TO BE OUT LATER THAN
THAT IF THAT GOES WELL USING
THE SAME HOLISTIC REVIEW WE
WOULD EXTEND THE BE HOME BY
TIME TO MIDNIGHT FOR TWO MORE
TWO MORE WEEKS AND IF THAT GOES
WELL WE WOULD REMOVE THE BE
HOME BY LIMIT AND STUDENTS
WOULD BE ON CAMPUS DOING WHAT
STUDENTS DO AND WHAT WERE NOW
CALLING COVID NORMAL WEARING
MASKS AND SIX FEET APART
AVOIDING LARGE GATHERINGS BUT
OTHERWISE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
CAMPUS FACILITIES.  THIS WE
BELIEVE GIVES US THE
COMMENDATION OF INFORMATION
THROUGH THE PREVIOUS ASPECTS OF
THE SUNRISE PLAN THAT HAD BEEN
WORKING WELL FOR US AND SOME OF
THE BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATIONS
WE'VE SEEN WORK ON OTHER
CAMPUSES I WANT TO BE CLEAR WE
ARE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR
STUDENTS DURING THIS TIME WE
WILL HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM
TO DO WE WILL HAVE INCENTIVES
FOR THEM TO COMPLY WERE
STRIKING THE BALANCE BETWEEN
SOMETHING THAT FEELS
IMPRISONING WE DON'T WANT THAT
WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO
ENJOY CAMPUS LIFE WE WANT THEM
TO HAVE A REASON TO COME ONTO
CAMPUS BUT IN A WAY THAT ALSO
ALLOWS US TO INCENTIVIZE
AVOIDING THE MOST KNOWN WAYS
THAT TRANSMISSION OCCURS SO WE
CAN REMAIN WITHIN OUR CAPACITY
THAT WE CAN STICK TO A STANDARD
THAT HAS BEEN OUR STANDARD ALL
ALONG WHICH IS OUR CAMPUSES ARE
AS SAFE AS ANY PLACE ELSE AND
WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC BY USING
THIS PROCESS WE WILL SEE OUR
WAY THROUGH TO THANKSGIVING
WHICH FROM THE ORIGINS OF OUR
FALL PLAN HAS BEEN THE MOMENT
WHERE WE WOULD PIVOT EVERYTHING
BACKED ONLINE AND STUDENTS
COULD RETURN HOME.  IN CLOSING
I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR
STAFF IN THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP IN SUPPORT AND
OVERSIGHT WE WELCOME YOUR
QUESTIONS INCLUDING QUESTIONS
GOING TO OUR PROVOST TO
DR. TOLAR OR THE STAFF FOR
THEIR MORE INTELLIGENT RESPONSE
THAN MINE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. 
JUST THANK YOU MDM.  PRES.  WE
APPRECIATE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS.  CAN YOU HELP ME
UNDERSTAND AS DECISIONS ARE
MADE BY THE UNIVERSITY BY
YOURSELF AND THE REST WHAT'S
THAT PROCESS LOOKING LIKE AS
YOU'RE PIVOTING IN YOUR MAKING
ADJUSTMENTS ON A WEEKLY OR
DAILY BASIS WHATEVER IT IS THE
ADMINISTRATION YOU HAVE REGIONS
YOU HAVE FACULTY YOU HAVE THE
UNIONS AND STUDENTS THE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION, WHO WAS INVOLVED
IN THOSE I UNDERSTAND FROM THE
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE YOU'RE
LOOKING AT A LOT OF DATA BUT
HERE FOR THE DECISIONS MADE AT
THE UNIVERSITY CAN YOU HELP ME
UNDERSTAND THAT MORE.
 YES MR. CHAIR.  TACTICALLY
WE'VE STOOD UP A COMMITTEE
THAT'S PART OF OUR POLICY TO
STAND UP WHICH IS CALLED THE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
WE'VE EXPANDED THE COMMITTEE TO
INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE THAN IT
NORMALLY DOES WE USE THAT
COMMITTEE WHEN WE HAVE BAD
WEATHER WE USE THE COMMITTEE
WHEN WE HAD H1 N1 A FEW YEARS
AGO THE EXISTENCE OF THE
COMMITTEE IS RECOGNIZED IN
POLICY BUT WE EXPANDED IT SO WE
HAD FACULTY LEADERSHIP AS PART
OF THE COMMITTEE ALL THE
CHANCELLORS ARE PART OF THAT
COMMITTEE MOST OF THE CABINET
MY EXECUTIVE TEAM SO TO SPEAK
IS ON THAT COMMITTEE AND THEN
WE HAVE STANDING MEETINGS WITH
OTHER GOVERNANCE GROUPS THAT
ARE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE SO
THERE KEPT INFORMED LIKE
STUDENT GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP
FOR EXAMPLE THE UNIONS FOR
EXAMPLE.  EVERY DECISION THAT
HAS EVENTUALLY PERCOLATED UP
AND BECOME PART OF THE PLAN WAS
BROUGHT INTO THAT COMMITTEE
THAT IT BRAINSTORMED BEFORE IT
THEN WENT TO THE OTHER GROUPS
YOU DESCRIBED OR APPROPRIATE TO
THE BOARD OF REGENTS WHAT WERE
DOING IS OPERATIONAL BUT THINGS
THAT ARE WITHIN THE BOARD OF
REGENTS GOVERNANCE OR PURVIEW
HAS PERCOLATED UP TO THE BOARD
OF REGENTS EITHER DURING THE
REGULAR MEETING PROCESS THROUGH
SPECIAL SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT
WE'VE HAD TO ADDRESS THE
DECISIONS WE HAD TO MAKE.
 THANK YOU.  I HAVE SEN. 
MILLER FOLLOWED BY SEN.  JENSEN
AND SEN.  ABELER.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.  I'D LIKE
TO THANK ALL OF THE EDUCATIONAL
HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS IN THE
COMMITTEE TODAY FOR ALL YOUR
HARD WORK AND EFFORTS AND FOCUS
ON KEEPING STUDENTS FACULTY
STAFF AND OTHERS SAFE THESE ARE
CERTAINLY DIFFICULT AND
UNCERTAIN TIMES FOR ALL OF US
AND YOUR EFFORTS ARE VERY MUCH
APPRECIATED.  PRES.  GABEL I
HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR
YOU OR ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES
AT THE UNIVERSITY I HAVE SOME
CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE STUDENTS
ATTENDING DIFFERENT UNIVERSITY
CAMPUSES AND THEY BROUGHT
FORWARD A COMPLAINT TO ME I'LL
BE HONEST I DON'T KNOW ALL THE
DETAILS, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A COVID RISK
AND AGREEMENT TO PAY TUITION
AND FEES THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO
CLICK ON OR SIGN OFF ON BEFORE
THEY CAN GET INTO THEIR EMAIL
INTO THE BEST OF THEIR
KNOWLEDGE AS PARENTS THEY
WEREN'T NOTIFIED THAT THEIR
STUDENTS HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON
THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT.  CAN YOU
SHARE A LITTLE DETAIL ON THAT
FOR ME PLEASE.
 MR. CHAIR AND SEN.  MILLER,
ACTUALLY HAVING AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE SEMESTER THAT STUDENTS
HAVE TO CLICK THROUGH IN ORDER
TO GO INTO COURSE CONTENT IS
PRETTY TYPICAL FOR US BECAUSE
IT'S THE ONE PLACE WHERE
ONE PLACE WHERE STUDENTS GET
INFORMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SEMESTER.  IT'S NORMALLY
SOMETHING THAT NO ONE PAYS ANY
ONE PAYS ANY ATTENTION TO ITS
THEREFORE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
PURPOSES THINGS LIKE DON'T
FORGET TO ORDER YOUR BOOKS IT
CAN VARY FROM INFORMATION TO
THINGS THAT ARE MUCH MORE
FORMAL THAN THAT RIGHT NOW WE
HAVE SOMETHING THE STUDENTS
CLICK THROUGH THAT ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT COLD IT IS A RISK AND THEY
ARE TAKING COURSES THAT COME
WITH TUITION IT'S AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT WE'VE
COMMUNICATED ABOUT IT SINCE TO
MAKE SURE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND
THEY'RE NOT SIGNING A WAIVER BY
CLICKING THROUGH BUT WERE
MAKING THEM AWARE AND WE FEEL
WE NEED TO MAKE THEM AWARE EVEN
IF THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT
TO HEAR IT FRANKLY THAT THIS IS
HOW WE MANAGE THIS TIME WE ARE
IN THIS IS HOW WE PUSH OUT
INFORMATION AND IT'S NOT A
CONTRACT OR LEGAL DOCUMENT IT'S
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
 MR. CHAIR AND PRES.  GABEL
THANK YOU FOR THAT.  DO YOU
KNOW IF PARENTS HAVE BEEN
NOTIFIED OR GIVEN THAT SAME
INFORMATION THAT THE STUDENTS
ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT PEOPLE
ARE SIGNING INTO THEIR EMAIL
ACCOUNTS.
 MR. CHAIR AND SEN.  MILLER WE
SENT AN EMAIL I'M NOT SURE
EVERYONE READS ALL THEIR EMAIL.
 WERE ALL GUILTY OF THAT AT
SOME POINT.
 I MAY BE SPEAKING FROM
EXPERIENCE BUT IF THERE IS A
PARENT IF YOU'RE HEARING FROM A
CONSTITUENT THIS WOULD GO FOR
EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE OR
ANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES TO LET
US KNOW WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO
ADDRESS THE CONCERN DIRECTLY
WITH THAT FAMILY.
 THANK YOU.  SEN.  JENSEN.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND THANK
YOU PRES.  GABEL FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION.  CERTAINLY I
WOULD ECHO SEN.  MILLER'S
COMMENTS REGARDING THE
CHALLENGES YOU'VE HAD EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE TESTIFIED
AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE
NOT.  IT'S REALLY AN ODD TIME I
UNDERSTAND THAT BUT COULD YOU
FOR ME PRES.  GABEL YOU
MENTIONED IN YOUR COMMENTS YOU
CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHEREN TO
STUDENTS WOULD WANT TO COME ON
CAMPUS AND I DIDN'T REALLY FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE I DIDN'T REALLY
HEAR MANY BULLET POINTS THAT
WOULD MAKE A STUDENT WANT TO
COME ONTO CAMPUS IT SOUNDED TO
ME LIKE A STAY-AT-HOME PLAN IN
A 12' X 15' DORMITORY ROOM
COULD BE PROBLEMATIC ON
NUMEROUS LEVELS PARTICULARLY ON
MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO JUST THE
LOSS OF AUTONOMY AND THE ENTIRE
TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO
COLLEGE IT SEEMS THE PLANS YOU
PUT IN PLACE WHILE I UNDERSTAND
YOUR BEST EFFORTS TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE THEY ARE
TROUBLESOME FOR ME.  MY
QUESTION IS COULD YOU REVIEW
FOR ME WHAT IT IS THAT WOULD
MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE FOR STUDENT
TO WANT TO COME LIVE ON CAMPUS
WITH THE PARAMETERS YOU PUT IN
PLACE AND THE SECOND THING IS
IF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY IN CHARGE
FOR A DAY AND YOU COULD DO
ANYTHING YOU WANTED OR YOU
THOUGHT WAS BEST IN REGARDS TO
DOING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO
IN TERMS OF OPENING THE
UNIVERSITY, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL
THE LEGISLATURE WOULD BE THE
MOST HELP FOR YOU IN TRYING TO
KNOW IF YOU WOULD IN AN EMPEROR
KIND OF FASHION YOU GET TO
DECIDE YOU GET TO TELL THE
LEGISLATURE WHAT IT IS YOU'D
LIKE US TO DO TO MAKE YOUR JOB
EASIER IN THE STUDENT
EXPERIENCE BETTER THANK YOU.
 MR. CHAIR AND SEN.  JENSEN,
THAT A BIG QUESTION I WILL
STALL BY ANSWERING THE FIRST
QUESTION AND THINK ABOUT THAT. 
WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO IS FINE
A REALLY NARROW BALANCE BETWEEN
THE SAFETY AND CAMPUS LIFE
WHICH IS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR
ALL OF US.  OME OF THIS MY SON
WOULD BE HORRIFIED I'M WATCHING
CLOSELY WHAT HIS EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN AND HIS FRIENDS SCATTERED
THERE AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS I'M
HEARING IF YOU DATA POINTS IF
YOU WILL OF INTEL FROM A
VARIETY OF FRESHMAN
PERSPECTIVES IN TALKING TO
PEERS AND COLLEAGUES THAT ONE
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THE FIRST
FEW DAYS I DON'T THINK I COULD
BE ANYTHING BUT HONEST TO SAY
AT THAT FIRST TIME IS NOT GOING
TO BE MUCH FUN IT'S NOT GOING
TO BE ZERO FUND BUT IT'S GOING
TO BE A VERY AMPED DOWN LEVEL
F CAMPUS LIFE WHILE WE
REINTEGRATE ON THE TWIN CITIES
CAMPUS AND CERTAINLY IN DULUTH
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ALL AT
ONE TIME INTO AN ECOSYSTEM. 
THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE THINK
WE CAN DO IT AND THEN SUSTAIN
IT BUT IF WE CAN DO THIS RIGHT
AND A MATTER OF LESS THAN TWO
TWO WEEKS THAN WE START TO OPEN
THINGS UP AND IT STARTS TO FEEL
A LOT MORE LIKE A NEW NORMAL
AND WE ALL HATE THAT PHRASE BUT
WHERE YOU CAN GO TO DIFFERENT
THINGS YOU CAN BE OUT AND DO
YOU CAN HAVE STUDY GROUP
MEETINGS AND YOU CAN MEET WITH
YOUR PROFESSOR IF YOU'RE ON
CAMPUS AND YOU CAN GO OFF
CAMPUS AND EAT YOU JUST GET
HOME BEFORE THE BIGGEST
TEMPTATION STARTS AND IF THAT
GOES WELL THEN WE START TO OPEN
THINGS GRADUALLY SO WE FEEL
THIS IS THE WAY TO BALANCE
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT
IT GETS A LOT MORE FUN OVER
TIME IF WE MAKE THE HARD
CHOICES IN THE BEGINNING.
 PRES.  GABEL.
 OKAY O WITH MY COLLEAGUE
LISTENING AND I WILL SAY FIRST
AND FOREMOST WE APPRECIATE AS
CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA MENTIONED
THE INVESTMENT BY THE STATE
INTO HIGHER EDUCATION I WOULD
BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T START
WITH THE APPRECIATION FOR THE
WIN WHICH RESOURCES SO MANY OF
OUR CHALLENGES ARE SOLVED BUT
WITH THAT SAID OVER TIME REAL
SUPPORT FOR THE PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN WHAT ALL OF US ARE
DOING THAT HAVE LARGE GROUPS OF
PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WHAT'S
HAPPENING TO SUPPORT OUR
ABILITY TO DO RESEARCH INTO
VACCINES MITIGATING TREATMENT
AND CHEAP FAST TESTING, WE HAVE
THE SCIENTISTS TO DO THAT IT'S
JUST A QUESTION OF THE
INVESTMENT INTO THOSE THINGS
BECAUSE WERE VERY HAPPY TO PUSH
THEM OUT NOT ONLY FOR OUR
CAMPUS BRAWLER US IS IN THE
STATE IN ORDER FOR US TO BE
HAVE MORE OF THE FUN AND LESS
OF THE RESTRICTION AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE.
 SEN.  JENSEN ARE YOU GOOD.
 I'M GOOD THANK YOU PRES. 
GABEL THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
 SEN.  ABELER.
 THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THE
HEARING.  I WAS LISTENING
THROUGHOUT AND I HAVE A COUPLE
OF THINGS I WILL MAKE THIS A
COUPLE OF THOUGHTS IT WAS
ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THE
AUGSBURG AND THE PRIVATE
SCHOOLS WERE SORT OF CLOSED ON
TRACK WITH THEIR ENROLLMENTS AS
MINNESOTA STATE IS COMPARED TO
THE WHOLE SYSTEM SO WE
CERTAINLY HAVE OUR HANDS FULL I
WANTED TO COMMEND THEM FOR WHAT
THEY BEEN DOING THAT WAS PRETTY
GOOD.  AND TO PRES.  GABEL I
REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST MET YOU
SAID WE LIVE IN INTERESTING
TIMES YOU'VE GOT THAT WHOEVER
WISH THAT UPON YOU YOU MAY WANT
TO REVISIT THAT WISH BUT WANT
TO THANK YOU SEN.  JENSEN HAD
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE
SPECIFICS OF THE PLAN I'M HAPPY
YOU HAVE A PLAN I'M HAPPY THERE
IS TWO WEEKS AND THEN AN
INTERVAL AND ANOTHER INTERVAL
TIME SO STUDENTS CAN KNOW WHAT
TO EXPECT AND PROBABLY GIVEN
THE COMPLEXITY OF YOUR PLACE
YOU NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND THAT WAS REFRESHING TO FOR
ME TO HEAR I CAN'T AVOID SAYING
IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE GOV. 
WHO HAS OPEN ENDED EVERYTHING
I'VE A FEELING YOU HAD QUITE A
PROCESS YOU MENTIONED YOU
LISTEN TO THE CDC AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND YOUR
OWN FOLKS AND THE FACULTY AND
THE STUDENTS I AM EXPECTING IT
WAS AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS. 
SPEAKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRYING TO LIVE ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THIS WARRANT INTO HIGHER
EDUCATION RIGHT NOW THEY'RE
VERY INSECURE ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN AND TO SEN. 
JENSEN'S CONCERN IS VALID THAT
THE STUDENTS GET TO GO TO
SCHOOL AND YOU HAD A PROCESS
AND IT COULD BE CHANGED AS YOU
GO FORWARD SO I WANTED TO
COMMEND YOU FOR THAT I DON'T
KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN
THIS NEXT SESSION COMING UP BUT
MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS I THINK
IF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
IN MINNESOTA THEY SHOULD BE
PLEASED WITH THE ARRAY OF
LEADERS THEY SAW TODAY WERE
JUMPING INTO THIS WITH THE
DEDICATION TO STUDENTS AND AN
INCLUSIVE PROCESS AND THE
CHALLENGES OF KEEPING MINNESOTA
AT THE TOP OF THE PACK IN
HIGHER EDUCATION THAT'S ALL I
HAVE THANK YOU.
 THANK YOU SEN.  MADDEN PRES. 
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A
QUESTION IF YOU WOULD RESPOND
AND THEN SEN.  DRAHEIM IS NEXT.
 MR. CHAIR AND SEN.  THANK YOU.
 SEN.  DRAHEIM.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON I
GUESS THE TOPICS I WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT ONE IS THE TOPIC I
ALWAYS BRING UP WHICH IS THE
COST OF ONLINE COURSES.  WITH
THE HYBRID COURSES BEING TAUGHT
I WOULD ASK BOTH SYSTEMS ARE
THEY COLLECTING THE SYLLABI FOR
FUTURE SE ARE WE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO REUSE WHAT'S BEEN DONE
THAT WAS PART OF THE PUSHBACK
FOR THE BILL WE HAD THE COST OF
SETTING THAT UP FOR DOING MORE
ONLINE COURSES NOW AND WHAT ARE
YOU USING IN THIS TOUGH
SITUATION FOR THE FUTURE FOR
REDUCING THE COST OF CLASSES.
 MAYBE WE WILL START WITH PRES.
 GABEL IF YOU WOULD TURN IT
OVER TO A COLLEAGUE OR ANSWER
YOURSELF AND THEN TURN IT OVER
TO THE MINNESOTA STATE SYSTEM.
 MR. CHAIR AND SEN.  DRAHEIM I
WILL ANSWER.  THE SHIFT TO
ONLINE EDUCATION I WILL BRIEFLY
SPEAK FOR THE UNIVERSITY WE
HAVE NO ADDITIONAL FEES THAT WE
ARE CHARGING AS A RESULT OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IN FACT
WE HELD TUITION AND FEES FLAT
THIS YEAR WE DID HAVE SOME
PRE-EXISTING ONLINE PROGRAMS
THAT A VERY SMALL SUPPLEMENTAL
FEES THAT ARE NOT ACROSS THE
BOARD FOR ONLINE EDUCATION LIKE
SOME OF OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
HAVE SPECIFIC FEES AS WE
PROVIDED TO YOU IN A MEMO A FEW
MONTHS BACK I'M SURE YOU'RE
FAMILIAR WITH.  WE ARE LEARNING
A LOT OBVIOUSLY ABOUT MANY
THINGS THAT WOULD BE A NATIONAL
CONVERSATION AROUND SOME OF THE
SILVER LINING AND DISTRIBUTED
LEARNING AND ONE OF MY
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED
EARLIER HOW THIS PUSHES US
OUTSIDE THE BOX AND SOME OF
THAT WILL STICK FOR SURE IN
TERMS OF HOW WE CAN REACH
STUDENTS TIMING A LOT OF THE
STRUCTURES WE HELD AS ALL TRUE
SEVEN TIMBER TO DECEMBER
JANUARY TO MAY KIND OF THINKING
IS LIKELY TO SHIFT OVER TIME
NOT JUST IN MINNESOTA BUT YOU
WILL SEE A LOT OF THAT
NATIONALLY AND SOME HAD ALREADY
STARTED IN THE PANDEMIC
CATALYZES IT.  WHERE WE FIND
SAVINGS IS A LITTLE HARDER TO
SEE NOW I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT TO
ASK THE QUESTION AND I SUSPECT
IT'S IN THEIR RIGHT NOW WERE SO
TACTICAL TRYING TO GET
EVERYTHING STOOD UP FOR THE
FIRST TIME THAT IS HARD TO SEE
BUT WERE ABSOLUTELY SAVING
EVERYTHING AND THINKING ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE
NOW THAT BECOMES THE FOUNDATION
FOR THE FUTURE WHICH SHOULD
SAVE US SOME OF THE STARTUP FOR
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
LIKELY TO EMERGE FROM THIS SO I
DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER
FOR YOU FROM THE UNIVERSITY
THERE WILL BE A VARIETY OFTIC
POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM THIS
DOWN THE ROAD.
 THANK YOU MDM.  PRES. 
CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA.
 THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON AND
SEN.  DRAHEIM.  EVEN BEFORE THE
PRE-COVID 19 SITUATION ONLINE
19 SITUATION ONLINE CLASSES
INCREASED WE HAVE COMMITTED
OURSELVES TO REVIEWING THE
WHOLE ONLINE STRUCTURE AND
UNDERSTANDING BETTER THAT AS
THESE PROGRAMS MATURE WHAT
OUGHT TO BE THE FEE STRUCTURE
IN THAT REGARD WE ARE FROZEN
OUR ONLINE DIFFERENTIAL NOW FOR
THE PAST TWO YEARS AND WE HAVE
NOW EXTENDED THAT FOR THE NEXT
TWO YEARS ALSO.  ALONG WITH
THAT EVEN INCLUDING THE ONLINE
DIFFERENTIAL WE ARE STILL ONE
ONE OF THE LOWEST AFFORDABLE
EDUCATION PROVIDERS IN THE
STATE.  ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO
THE QUESTION OF AFFORDABILITY
WE LOOK AT A LOT MORE HOLISTIC
LEE GOING BACK TO SEN. 
ABELER'S COMMENTS WE ARE ALSO
LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS IN WHICH
ALSO WE CAN AFFECT THE COST OF
ATTENDING COLLEGE WHETHER
CREATING THE DEGREES WHERE WE
REMOVE THE TEXTBOOK COSTS AND
OTHER ELEMENTS AND WHETHER IT
IS A QUESTION OF LOOKING AT
OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN USE
TECHNOLOGY TO LOWER THE COST OF
PROVIDING SOME OF THE SERVICES
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE
GAMUT OF OUR COSTS AND REVENUE
STRUCTURE AND THAT IS IN
PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF
LEADING UP TO OUR NEXT BIENNIAL
BUDGET REQUEST THAT WILL BE
WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR THE NEXT
FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
FIVE MONTHS.
 THANK YOU CHANCELLOR I KNOW
WE'RE COMING UP TO THE 230 MARK
230 MARK IF YOU CAN HOLD WITH
US FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES SEN. 
DRAHEIM IS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION
AND THEN SEN.  CLAUSEN.
 IWILL LET SEN.  CLAUSEN GO
AHEAD.
 SEN.  CLAUSEN.
 MR. CHAIR, PRES.  GABEL THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AS I
REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE
TALKED TO HUNDRED YEARS AGO IT
SEEMS YOU ARE PROJECTING OVER A
$350 MILLION DEFICIT AT THE END
OF THE SUMMER AND SIMILAR TO MY
QUESTION FOR THE MINNESOTA
STATE SYSTEM COULD YOU PROVIDE
A SUMMARY REPORT ON YOUR
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO THE
DEFICIT AND WHAT IS YOUR PLAN
GOING FORWARD AS YOU MOVE IN TO
THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
 PES.  GABEL.
 MR. CHAIR AND SEN.  CLAUSEN,
THE $350 MILLION WAS THE
PROJECTED LOSS THROUGH THE FALL
ACTUALLY SO THAT WAS THE
MAXIMUM PROJECTED LOSS WE ARE
STILL TALLYING WE ARE LITTLE
LATER THAN MINNESOTA STATE WE
DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER THE
CHANCELLOR REFERRED TO WHERE WE
SEE THE FINAL ENROLLMENT WE
WILL KNOW ALL OF THAT IN ABOUT
TWO WEEKS BUT IN USING THE $350
$350 MILLION HOPEFULLY A
PROJECTED LOSS WE STARTED LAST
SPRING WITH A HIRING FREEZE AND
CANCELING A LOT OF ACTIVITIES
WE HAD ALREADY BUDGETED TO DO
THOSE WERE IMMEDIATE SAVINGS AS
YOU KNOW WE PULLED OUR RAYS OFF
THE TABLE THAT WAS IN THE
BUDGET FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF
THE BIENNIUM THAT WAS A
BUDGETARY SAVINGS EVEN THOUGH
IT HAD NOT YET OCCURRED WE HAVE
SOME WHAT WERE INTERNALLY
CALLING THAT ACTUAL SAVINGS FOR
NOT TRAVELING OUR UTILITIES ARE
DOWN THAT WOULD BE TRUE I
ASSUME FOR ALL OF US ALTHOUGH
WHEN THE UNIVERSITY CONSUMES
FEWER UTILITIES IS A SAVINGS
FOR US BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR
EVERYONE ELSE WITH WHAT THAT
DOES TO THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE.
 WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
BENEFIT UNIT LEVEL WE HAVE A
LOT OF BUDGETARY INDEPENDENCE
THIS WILL BE THE DEAN'S ON THE
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ND THE
INDIVIDUAL UNITS LIKE ATHLETICS
AND OTHERS THAN THE CHANCELLORS
ON EACH OF THE SYSTEM CAMPUSES
TO START PROJECTING OUT THEIR
OWN STAIRSTEP WHERE THEY WOULD
MAKE CUTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO
UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES
THEY HAVE AND THE CENTRAL
ADMINISTRATION GOES BACK FILL
BECAUSE SOME HAVE MORE DEGREES
OF FREEDOM THAN OTHERS TAKING A
VOLUNTARY PAY CUT PLAN THE
FACULTY AND STAFF DID THIS
VOLUNTARILY DEVELOPED IT
THROUGH SHARED GOVERNANCE BUT
ALSO STAIR STEPS WITH THE
HIGHEST PAID TAKING THE BIGGEST
CUTS AND SOME OF OUR FACULTY
AND STAFF AT THE LOWER END ON
SALARY TAKE NO CUT AT HALL
THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE IF WE
HAVE TO DO MORE THAT WE ARE
PREPARED TO WE HAVE COURSE HOPE
WE DON'T HAVE TO BUT WE THINK
IT SHOULD START WITH US AND
THEN WE FROZE TUITION AND FEES.
 SEN.  CLAUSEN ANY FOLLOW-UP.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR THANK YOU
PRES.  GABEL AS YOU MOVE
FORWARD WITH YOUR PLANS PLEASE
KEEP US UPDATED AND WE WOULD
ALL APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU.
 THANK YOU SEN.  CLAUSEN.  MDM.
 PRES.  JUST TOUCHING ON PART
OF THAT RESPONSE YOU MENTIONED
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE FULL
NUMBERS ON ENROLLMENT OR A
PERCENTAGE DO YOU HAVE ANY
PROJECTIONS ON THE FIVE
FIVE CAMPUSES OR THE SYSTEM AS
A WHOLE WITH REGARDS TO WHETHER
THERE IS A DEFICIT IN
ENROLLMENT OR AN INCREASE.
 THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.  LOOKING
SPECIFICALLY AT FRESHMEN IN THE
TWIN CITIES CAMPUS HAD A
WATERMARK YOUR LAST YEAR AND WE
ARE DOWN 100 FRESHMEN FROM THAT
WATERMARK SO WE ARE STILL
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD RELATIVELY
SPEAKING BUT IT IS A SLIGHT
DECLINE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE
ROCHESTER IS UP A LITTLE THE
OTHER THREE CAMPUSES DULUTH
THREE CAMPUSES DULUTH CROOKSTON
AND MORRIS ARE DOWN.  TO
VARYING DEGREES IT RANGES FROM
4% TO 11% IN MORRIS SO ON THE
WHOLE WE ARE NOT DOWN
PRECIPITOUSLY THE COMPOSITION
IS DIFFERENT WE HAVE MORE
MINNESOTANS WHICH WE ARE HAPPY
ABOUT WE NOT SURPRISINGLY HAVE
FEWER INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
AND IF YOU ARE NON- RECIPROCITY
STUDENTS MOST OF OUR PEERS IN
OTHER STATES HAVE ALSO SIMILAR
COMPOSITIONS SO STUDENTS ARE
STAYING CLOSER TO HOME AS I
THINK WE'VE SEEN IN THE
CONVERSATION FROM ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS YOU
HEARD FROM TODAY.
 THANK YOU MEMBERS ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS FOR PRES.  GABEL OR
ANY OF THE OTHER GUESTS I DON'T
SEE ANY.  PRES.  GABEL AND
CHANCELLOR MALHOTRA AND
PRESIDENT PROVEN OH AND OTHER
GUESTS I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING
THE TIME GIVING US AND UPDATE
CHALLENGING DAYS FOR SURE SOME
OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
REFERENCED IT AND OUR
APPRECIATION IN THE PRUSSIANS
YOUR UNDER CAN'T BE UNDERSTATED
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DOING IF
WE CAN BE HELPFUL WERE IN THE
SEASON OF ELECTIONS AS WE MOVE
FORWARD IN THE PREPARATIONS FOR
THE NEXT SESSION THE BUDGETS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE
THAT WE CAN BE HELPFUL WITH IN
THE WEEKS TO COME PLEASE LET US
KNOW.  MEMBERS WITH THAT WE ARE
ADJOURNED WITH THIS SPECIAL
COMMITTEE HEARING THANKS FOR
PARTICIPATING. 
