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MPR News Intelligence on higher education

Archives for January 2011

Schools

Background and schedule for MnSCU chancellor interviews

Alex Friedrich January 28, 2011, 3:24 PM Jan 28, 2011
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MPR / Tim Post Big decision to make By the end of next week, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system’s board of trustees is expected to hire a new chancellor. Trustees are expected to name the candidates Monday, and public interviews will take place that week. Here’s MPR’s Tim Post report. Details of the Read more →

Money

What one legislator said about the state's textbook report

Alex Friedrich January 28, 2011, 2:52 PM Jan 28, 2011
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Just after yesterday’s MN House hearing on a state textbook report, I talked to Rep. King Banaian (R – St. Cloud), who is on the House higher education committee. Banaian is a St. Cloud State University economics professor and director of the Center for Economic Education. He agreed that professors need to be more aware Read more →

Money · Schools

Carleton second most loved by its alumni

Alex Friedrich January 28, 2011, 11:27 AM Jan 28, 2011
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If the breadth of alumni giving equals love, then Carleton College is the second most-loved college in the U.S. according to data from US News & World Report. More than six in 10 alumni give money to the school, the magazine reports. The rankings do not factor in the size of the gift, however. The Read more →

Learning

Why Latin still matters in higher education

Alex Friedrich January 28, 2011, 11:10 AM Jan 28, 2011
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As we lament the lack of learning in college by students with their iPads, social-network savvy and high self-esteem, University of Minnesota senior Peter Wildberger suggests that old school — and he means the oldest of old school — still might be the best school: Since I started school without direction, I didn’t learn much Read more →

Money

House budget bill criticized for stance on higher-ed funding

Alex Friedrich January 28, 2011, 9:18 AM Jan 28, 2011
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MPR’s Tom Scheck reports on the state House passage of a budget bill that, among other things, cuts $185 million from a funding increase to the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, leaving them with essentially flat funding from this year to next. He quotes Rep. Tom Rukavina, DFL-Virginia, who criticized Republicans Read more →

Student Life

Video: Goldy, this guy needs your help

Alex Friedrich January 28, 2011, 8:43 AM Jan 28, 2011
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Just painful.

Notes in the Margins: ROTC, Kaplan and the Fighting Sioux

Alex Friedrich January 28, 2011, 8:30 AM Jan 28, 2011
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UND denies pressuring Summit League to take stand on nickname, logo Less than a day after a news story implied UND pressured the Summit League to take a stand against the controversial Fighting Sioux nickname to help place the school’s potential membership on the fast track, UND athletic department officials went on the offensive to Read more →

Money

Why the Supreme Court ruling is a mixed bag for medical residents

Alex Friedrich January 27, 2011, 4:20 PM Jan 27, 2011
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MPR’s Elizabeth Dunbar reports today on a twist to the story on the Supreme Court ruling that medical residents be considered employees rather than students, and must pay Social Security. A number of medical-resident reps applauded the ruling, because they hope it will allow them to gain more federal labor protection — like disability pay Read more →

Money

St. Cloud State rescinds most of its layoff notices

Alex Friedrich January 27, 2011, 3:50 PM Jan 27, 2011
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Fortunately, it looks like the financial situation at St. Cloud State University isn’t quite as dire as once thought. First came the news in November that students voted to increase student fees to buy another two years for a number of athletic programs, including football, which were slated for elimination. Now the St. Cloud Times Read more →

Money

What Minnesota House higher-ed pols said about textbooks

Alex Friedrich January 27, 2011, 1:49 PM Jan 27, 2011
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Either he’s grandstanding, or state Rep. Joe Atkins has had some bad experiences with textbooks and costs — I assume during some period of teaching he said he’s done. At a state Office of Higher Education (OHE) presentation on textbook costs today, he told the other House higher education committee members: College textbooks “are an Read more →

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