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Archives for July 2010

Word of the Day: Verbigeration

Alex Friedrich July 30, 2010, 2:54 PM Jul 30, 2010
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OK, I had an idea of what this $25 word meant when U of M professor Eva von Dassow used it in her speech to regents last month, but I just had to look it up. verbigeration: n. the constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases, as in mental illness. Example: All of the Read more →

Learning · Money · Schools

Watching U officials get lectured

Alex Friedrich July 30, 2010, 2:27 PM Jul 30, 2010
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A YouTube video that’s blazing its way through the academic community is a 3-minute speech last month to regents by U of M professor Eva von Dassow, who rails about what she sees as the U’s calculated starving of the liberal arts. Von Dassow, who teaches classics and Near Eastern studies, argues that the university’s leaders are overstating Read more →

Money · Schools

How do we lure the big dogs to the U and MnSCU?

Alex Friedrich July 30, 2010, 12:41 PM Jul 30, 2010
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MPR’s Tim Post looks at how officials are figuring out what to pay the future chiefs of both the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system (MnSCU). What each man gets so far: University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks ranks as one of the highest-paid public college presidents in the U.S. His Read more →

Getting In · Student Life

How St. Olaf lost a potential student

Alex Friedrich July 30, 2010, 9:13 AM Jul 30, 2010
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Calebrw via Wikimedia Commons You can’t please everyone Here’s a blog post I stumbled upon by a parent who just recently finished a campus tour of St. Olaf. I’m always curious what they and their children think of campuses. In this case, they didn’t think much of what they saw: an overly frank tour guide; a Read more →

Getting In · Money

The Underground Railroad for college

Alex Friedrich July 30, 2010, 8:35 AM Jul 30, 2010
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PerfesserC via Wikimedia Commons A Navigate scholarship pays for Denise’s tuition at MCTC   To get a deeper view of the struggle that illegal immigrants have in getting an education, check out this piece by MPR’s Sasha Aslanian on a student group that helps illegal immigrants get into college and find ways to pay for it. Read more →

Learning · Post-Grad

Studying abroad: It's a job, not just an adventure

Alex Friedrich July 29, 2010, 2:00 PM Jul 29, 2010
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I recently mentioned an article about how students are having a hard time articulating to potential employers what they got out of their studies abroad. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 7 Signs of Successful Study Abroad Programs mentions something the University of Minnesota does that I think might help that. In short, it connects its overseas Read more →

Money · Student Life

Gopher tix not so hot with students

Alex Friedrich July 29, 2010, 1:23 PM Jul 29, 2010
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Randy Stern via Wikimedia Commons Students aren’t biting like they did last year Those ingrates! After the university and state of Minnesota cough up around $290 million to build the Gophers a new stadium, the Minnesota Daily reports that students are slow to buy tickets this season. Sales are down by about 15 percent compared Read more →

Money · Schools

St. Cloud State starting layoffs

Alex Friedrich July 29, 2010, 10:52 AM Jul 29, 2010
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St. Cloud State has begun its attempt to cut as many as 90 probationary (tenure-track) faculty by sending out layoff notices to 26, the St. Cloud Times reports. The notices are a sort of early warning to the 26, and are not a final dismissal. Those 26 represent just over $2 million in payroll, and the university faces Read more →

Learning · Money

Why textbooks cost so much

Alex Friedrich July 28, 2010, 5:12 PM Jul 28, 2010
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User:K.lee via Wikimedia Commons Planned obsolescence — not just for appliances anymore In light of the recent federal legislation to reduce the cost of textbooks, The New York Times offers a series of essays in its Room for Debate feature on “The Real Cost of Textbooks.” The book publishers supported the legislation. But a number Read more →

Novel use for ACT scores

Alex Friedrich July 28, 2010, 3:00 PM Jul 28, 2010
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From what appears to be state Rep. Pat Garofalo’s Twitter account: NEWIDEA-post ACT scores nxt 2 twitter name so we quickly figure who 2 ignore. Losing patience w ignorant basement dwellers who tweet allday.

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