CBS News: North Dakota State extends new scholarship brought amid worries about Minnesota tuition program

Background: Last legislative session, MN passed a bill authorizing free tuition for any MN student attending a MN state or community college if family income was less than $80k. ND legislators immediately started whining and threatening some form of court action. Private college Concordia at Morehead MN (across the Red River from NDSU & Fargo) announced this fall free tuition for MN & ND residents if family income less than $90k. NDSU started panicking more and finally offered a one-time one-year free tuition for ND & MN residents meeting income requirements. NDSU has now extended that to two years.

About half of NDSU students come from Minnesota.

Thank you MN legislature for creating a cascading event.