MN regent questions diversity, enrollment at Morris campus

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The vice chairman of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents has publicly asked whether the increased diversity on the Morris campus is holding down enrollment, a question that’s drawn criticism and a call for his resignation. At a meeting of the board that oversees the university system last week, Vice Chairman Steve Sviggum asked the current Morris chancellor whether it was “possible at all from a marketing standpoint” that the campus had become “too diverse.” Sviggum says he has received a couple of letters from parents whose children aren’t going to go to Morris because it’s too diverse and wouldn’t “feel comfortable there.”