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An agreement was signed Wednesday in Hancock.
The two institutions have created a task force that will develop proposals for possible partnerships and collaborations of programs, university operations and student opportunities. It will consider such things as early acceptance programs for FinnU undergraduates into NMU graduate programs, areas of possible technology integration, program synergies and enhancements, and assessing potential operating efficiencies.
Finlandia President Philip Johnson and NMU President Fritz Erickson say there’s no formal timeline for the task force’s work.
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Members of the union rallied on campus last week to draw attention to the first offer and lack of progress on contract negotiations. Union President Dwight Brady says professors “took one for the team” when they agreed to a pay freeze last year. He believes faculty have gone “above and beyond” to accommodate huge instruction changes over the pandemic year, and the administration has refused to bargain again until after the Board of Trustees meets at the end of the month.
NMU officials says enrollment is down, but Brady says fall admissions numbers look better than expected. He thinks federal funding will mitigate university losses.