SCSU President Earl Potter III Speaks at Rotary Meeting
Posted by Michael Mullin
on Nov 03, 2010
Earl Potter III, President of St. Cloud State University, provided an interesting program. The University has had to trim 20% from its $140,000,000 budget the last four years, half of that amount for next year alone.
Forty-five percent of the new Fifth Avenue Coborn apartments are filled; ahead of projection. 100% occupancy within three years, says Earl. The on-campus dormitories will undergo a $100,000,000/ 10-year major renovation starting soon. National Hockey Center will become a greater part of the community as it evolves toward a convention space.
Alcohol problems: SCSU was 18% above the national norm, now it is at the national norm. Economic impact of the University on Central MN is $197,000,000 but that doesn’t factor in the social and cultural impact which might be more important.
The current organizational and governance structure – and funding – are not sustainable; the next 20 years will redefine all of that. Colleges in the middle like SCSU (not Harvard, not Community – representing the two ends of the continuum) will have an enormous restructuring challenge.
The University must be what it teaches –preparing people for work and for life.
Forty-five percent of the new Fifth Avenue Coborn apartments are filled; ahead of projection. 100% occupancy within three years, says Earl. The on-campus dormitories will undergo a $100,000,000/ 10-year major renovation starting soon. National Hockey Center will become a greater part of the community as it evolves toward a convention space.
Alcohol problems: SCSU was 18% above the national norm, now it is at the national norm. Economic impact of the University on Central MN is $197,000,000 but that doesn’t factor in the social and cultural impact which might be more important.
The current organizational and governance structure – and funding – are not sustainable; the next 20 years will redefine all of that. Colleges in the middle like SCSU (not Harvard, not Community – representing the two ends of the continuum) will have an enormous restructuring challenge.
The University must be what it teaches –preparing people for work and for life.