N. Dakota university leaders fear ‘catastrophic implications’ of Minnesota’s free tuition plan

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North Dakota higher education officials are deeply worried about losing students and revenue in 2024.

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Out-cue: first-year Minnesota students]

TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Minnesota’s North Star Promise program takes effect in fall 2024 for students from families with incomes under $80,000. More than half the states now have some kind of free college tuition program.

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VERBATIM: Next year is when neighboring Minnesota makes tuition free for thousands of its residents at public colleges and universities. North Dakota State University President David Cook has recently warned of “catastrophic implications” for his school. Close to half of North Dakota State’s students come from Minnesota, and the Fargo school is the top out-of-state destination for first-year Minnesota students.