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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)

Enrollment by Institution Type
(203,756 in fall 2010)

Note: Enrollment based on MnSCU data

Campuses
MnSCU's 32 institutions operate 54 campuses in 47 communities.

Goverance

• MnSCU is a public higher education system, headed by a chancellor.
• Since 1995, the operation of two-year colleges and four-year state universities has been consolidated in the MnSCU system.
• MnSCU is governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
• Eight members of the Board of Trustees must represent the state's congressional districts, each representing one district.
• Three members must be MnSCU students or recent graduates.
• Trustees are appointed to staggered six-year terms.
• Trustees serve without pay.
• The Board of Trustees elects a chair.

Related link:

• Legislative Reference Library Links to the World: Higher Education

Originally published January 2011.