HF 165

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to higher education; Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities; authorizing applied doctoral degrees
at state universities; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 135A.052, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 135A.052,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Statement of missions.

The legislature
recognizes each type of public postsecondary institution to have
a distinctive mission within the overall provision of public
higher education in the state and a responsibility to cooperate
with each other. These missions are as follows:

(1) the technical colleges shall offer vocational training
and education to prepare students for skilled occupations that
do not require a baccalaureate degree;

(2) the community colleges shall offer lower division
instruction in academic programs, occupational programs in which
all credits earned will be accepted for transfer to a
baccalaureate degree in the same field of study, and remedial
studies, for students transferring to baccalaureate institutions
and for those seeking associate degrees;

(3) consolidated community technical colleges shall offer
the same types of instruction, programs, certificates, diplomas,
and degrees as the technical colleges and community colleges
offer;

(4) the state universities shall offer undergraduate and
graduate instruction through the deleted text begin master's deleted text end new text begin applied doctoral
new text end degree, including specialist certificates, in the liberal arts
and sciences and professional education; and

(5) the University of Minnesota shall offer undergraduate,
graduate, and professional instruction through the doctoral
degree, and shall be the primary state supported academic agency
for research and extension services.

It is part of the mission of each system that within the
system's resources the system's governing board and chancellor
or president shall endeavor to:

(a) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public
money;

(b) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to
manage the state's resources and operate the system as
efficiently as possible;

(c) coordinate the system's activities wherever appropriate
with the activities of the other system and governmental
agencies;

(d) use technology where appropriate to increase system
productivity, improve customer service, increase public access
to information about the system, and increase public
participation in the business of the system;

(e) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management
practices to the extent otherwise required by chapters 43A and
179A; and

(f) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law
necessary to carry out the mission of the system.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
new text end