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Tim Post

Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio
tpost@mpr.org

Tim Post covers higher education for MPR. Tim grew up in the shadow of the Black Hills in the small western South Dakota town of Newell. After graduating from the University of South Dakota, he began his career in public radio in Sioux City, Iowa. He returned to his home state in 1996 and spent three years as a reporter and program host at South Dakota Public Radio. In 1999, Tim joined Minnesota Public Radio as a reporter in the Collegeville bureau. After nine years of covering central Minnesota, he moved to MPR's St. Paul bureau where he reports on higher education. Tim lives in St. Paul with his wife Jen and their daughters Maddie and Janey.

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MnSCU reviewing audit report on administrative spending

The state Legislative Auditor is recommending changes to how the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system handles some administrative spending. (02/09/2010)

Outlook bleak for state-funded college financial aid

The state of Minnesota's fiscal woes could impact a cash-strapped government program that provides financial aid for needy college students. (02/05/2010)

Twins say no deal yet with Mauer

Minnesota Twins officials are discounting a published report that the team has agreed to a new long-term contract with American League MVP Joe Mauer. (02/01/2010)

U of M has big plans for UMore Park land

The University of Minnesota has big plans for UMore Park, 5,000 acres it owns in Rosemount. The university hopes to build an environmentally friendly community on the land -- one that could be home to 30,000 people in a few decades. (02/01/2010)

College officials expect deep cuts in higher education funding

The future of the state's higher education budget is on the agenda at a hearing Tuesday at the Capitol, and College officials fear deep cuts in state funding in the next three years. (01/26/2010)

Minn. college graduation rates going up

A new state report shows graduation rates at Minnesota colleges are on the rise. Colleges say that's because they're pushing students harder to finish their degrees in six years or less. (01/25/2010)

University of Minn. clerical workers fear furloughs

Clerical workers at the University of Minnesota fear job furloughs as the school faces more cuts in state funding. (01/22/2010)

MnSCU trustees seek public input

The Minnesota State Colleges board of trustees will kick off a series of meetings to gather public input Thursday. (01/21/2010)

U of M's Bruininks diagnosed with prostate cancer

The President of the University of Minnesota has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. (01/19/2010)

Franken 'cautiously optimistic' about Afghanistan

DFL U.S. Sen. Al Franken is offering cautious support of President Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban. (01/13/2010)

More Minnesota students taking online, hybrid classes

Both the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system say they've seen double-digit increases in recent years in the number of students taking online courses. (01/12/2010)

'Physics Circus' at U of M mixes science and stagecraft

Collapsing steel drums with steam and shooting rolls of toilet paper with a leaf blower are just a few ways a group of scientists use to prove that physics isn't so complicated in show that they call the "Physics Circus." (01/07/2010)

Insight Bowl an important appearance for Gophers

The Minnesota Gophers football team is in Tempe, Ariz., getting ready to take on the Iowa State Cyclones in Thursday's Insight Bowl. The Insight isn't considered a major college bowl game, but it is worth a lot, financially and otherwise, to the U of M football team. (12/31/2009)

Minn. colleges ready to begin teacher prep programs in 2010

Augsburg College is one of a dozen colleges in Minnesota and the Dakotas gearing up in 2010 in an effort to turn out better teachers. The Minneapolis-based Bush Foundation announced earlier this month it would put $40 million into the initiative over the next ten years. (12/30/2009)

College endowments better than last year, but still down

Endowments at most Minnesota colleges declined by millions of dollars over the past year, but many colleges say the picture isn't as grim as it appears. (12/21/2009)