Both tuition and aid at the University have risen in recent years. This “high-tuition, high-aid” model expands access for low-income for students but often shifts costs and loans to the middle class.
Bao Khang lives in north Minneapolis and plays an essential role in her family – in the Hmong culture, family is valued above all else. But she’s planning on leaving for college, and with the new-found independence so too comes the longing for home.
Eighty-six percent of the graduating class in 2011 at Edina High School went on to pursue a four-year degree. Senior Tierra Davis talks about what it's like to be part of this majority as she looks ahead to graduating in the summer of 2012.
Ryan Bergerson, a senior at Lac qui Parle Valley High School in Madison, Minn., is the last of three siblings to leave his small-town family home. But first he must choose between the University of Minnesota and Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.
Midterm elections across the country brought a significant change to Congress and many state Legislatures, and those changes have already resulted in aggressive new pro-gun legislation throughout the country.
Members of the Somali community are torn over whether to condone a mild form of female circumcision as a rite of passage. Some believe U.S. doctors should be allowed to perform the procedure. Others are happy to do away with it.