The Fight Over NDSU’s Dunbar Hall Reveals an Ugly Truth About Our Priorities in Higher Education
Dunbar Hall is a chemistry lab building on the North Dakota State University campus. It's also in embarrassingly poor condition,...
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Print Column: Subjecting Mark Kennedy to an Ideological Litmus Test Is Unfair
MINOT, N.D. -- Once upon a time I thought Mark Kennedy was going to be a good leader for the...
UND Should Absolutely Consider Heidi Heitkamp for President
One way or another, UND President Mark Kennedy is gone. "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay...
What Is the Point of the State Board of Higher Education?
There are two very ugly, very tumultuous situations in North Dakota's university system right now. Situations in need of accountability....
Plain Talk: Burgum Vows Veto Fight With Legislature Isn’t Over, University of Colorado Student Says Kennedy Will Face Protests on Visit
On this episode of Plain Talk, Governor Doug Burgum says a separation of powers fight with the Legislature isn't over...
Print Column: Let’s Talk About How We’re Going to Replace Kennedy at UND
MINOT, N.D. - Reading the headline, I’m sure some of you readers think I’m getting ahead of myself. After all,...
Judge Mark Kennedy on His Competence as a Leader Not His Politics
A decision by the University of Colorado to make current University of North Dakota President Mark Kennedy their president has...
Whatever Colorado Decides, North Dakota Needs to Be Done With Mark Kennedy
Yesterday University of North Dakota President Mark Kennedy sent the campus community what sure seemed like a resignation letter. "With...
Would a New Governance Structure for North Dakota’s Universities Really Change Anything?
Earlier this week it appeared as though the cause of reforming the North Dakota University System's governance structure was dead....
Plain Talk: More Than You Ever Really Wanted to Know About Pore Space
On a previous episode of Plain Talk, state Senator Jessica Unruh made the case for her bill (which has now...
