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Last week, Mameneh started as the Manager of Equity and Inclusion. Mameneh's role is to help build a culture of inclusion within LeadMN, help students develop cultural competency skills, and advance social change within higher education that addresses the opportunity gap in Minnesota.

Today’s anniversary is the perfect opportunity to recommit to the broader effort of engaging our young people for informed and authentic citizenship. Minnesota can and should lead the effort.

Priscilla Mayowa, a task force member and president of the statewide community college student association LeadMN, struck a more skeptical tone. "My biggest concern … is that these recommendations will result in no real change."

Mental health is becoming a growing crisis among college students that is impacting their academic andco-curricular success. The Covid-19 pandemic has only exacerbated and accelerated that crisis.

As enrollment continues to decline at Minnesota’s public higher education institutions, more needs to bedone to boost enrollment and ensure that Minnesota has the educated workforce necessary to meet thestates needs in the 21st century.