A U. of Minnesota Regent Asks if One of the System's Campuses Is 'Too Diverse'
The campus, in Morris, has lost nearly half of its students over the past decade, across all demographic groups.
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The campus, in Morris, has lost nearly half of its students over the past decade, across all demographic groups.
Another board member said the board's statement wasn't enough.
The vice chair of the University of Minnesota's Board of Regents has accepted an invitation to visit the Morris campus after his controversial comments last week, according to the Morris Campus Student Association.
University of Minnesota Board of Regents meeting last Thursday, Board of Regents Vice-Chair, Steve Sviggum, asked the interim-chancellor at the University of Minnesota-Morris if declining enrollment might be connected to “too much diversity” at the campus.
Sviggum, a former Republican legislative leader, says it's fair to ask the question.