Land-grant universities An old dream in trouble

摘要

The president of the University of Minnesota is not a happy man. Mark Yudof recently asked the state legislature for another $221m for his university. In a blustery fit of fiscal conservatism, Minnesota's governor, Jesse Ventura, said it should get only a quarter of that. As the legislature squabbles over its budget proposal, the Minnesota House's offer of $64m is only $8m above the governor's, and the Senate is prepared to stump up only $138m.