Metropolitan State University is a four-year public university located in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, United States. It is a member of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU).
Founded in 1971, with David E. Sweet as its first president, the university initially followed a quite non-traditional course: Students could design their own degree plans, instructors wrote "narrative evaluations" instead of using traditional letter grades, and...
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Metropolitan State University is a four-year public university located in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, United States. It is a member of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU).
Founded in 1971, with David E. Sweet as its first president, the university initially followed a quite non-traditional course: Students could design their own degree plans, instructors wrote "narrative evaluations" instead of using traditional letter grades, and much of the teaching was done by community faculty with practical knowledge in the field. While the university has recently moved towards a more traditional format, it retains the "First College" which allows students to design individualized degree plans. When Metro State began, it was a college for working adults. It was strictly an upper-division college, so students could only complete their junior and senior years there. The university didn't begin admitting freshmen and sophomores until 1994.
Metro State has an enrollment of about 9...
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