Alex FriedrichThis announcement just came in from the governor’s office. I’ve restructured it to get the most interesting stuff up top: Governor Dayton appoints members to MnSCU Board of Trustees Today, Governor Mark Dayton announced the appointment of five new members of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universites (MnSCU) Board of Trustees and the reappointment of Read more →
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Archives for July 2012
False Promises It has long been clear that an oily subgroup of for-profit schools were doing very well for themselves by recruiting students who had no real chance of graduating, pocketing their federal financial aid and leaving the students with valueless credentials — or none at all — and crippling debt. (The New York Times) Read more →
I’ve chatted with Tom Crann on All Things Considered about Sen. Tom Harkin’s investigation into for-profit colleges and the three Minnesota schools that were in the report. Above is the first volume of the report, where you can see in detail what what’s said about each college. The Web page with links to all the Read more →
Admissions 101: One dad’s promising college selection system Chris Katucki is a retired attorney who invented his own system for identifying hidden gem colleges. When his son Tommy was a high school junior, Katucki began experimenting with available undergraduate statistics and produced a clever formula for the kind of place we would want our children Read more →
Better Disclosure for Private Loans At a minimum, Congress should revisit the bankruptcy law. It should also pass a pending bill sponsored by two Democratic senators, Richard Durbin of Illinois and Tom Harkin of Iowa, that would require colleges and lenders to thoroughly explain borrowing options to students. It would also prevent unnecessary borrowing by requiring Read more →
Here’s a lightly edited announcement from U.S. Senator Al Franken and colleagues on the universal financial aid form. (You can also hear this morning’s short Daily Circuit talk on the “shopping sheet” and college affordability.) Sens. Franken, Harkin, Grassley: Universal Financial Aid Form Needs to be Mandatory to Help Families Understand True Cost of College Read more →
Free Cell Phones for College Students One university is providing smartphones to its incoming freshman class. (U.S. News & World Report) Free Speech Codes on Campus: Political correctness run amok? Indiana University Southeast is the latest college to see its speech code come under fire from a group that advocates freedom of speech on campuses. One Read more →
Got this statement from the University of Minnesota this morning: Statement by University of Minnesota President Eric W. Kaler about NCAA sanctions imposed on Penn State University of Minnesota President Eric W. Kaler released the following statement today in response to NCAA sanctions against Penn State: “First and foremost, we express our sincere sorrow for Read more →
Core values If the core of an MBA programme itself has a core, then it is the finance and strategy courses. Nothing could be more fundamental; they are the building blocks on which nearly all other business knowledge is built. Interesting, then, that a new survey of applicants, current students and recent graduates, conducted by Read more →
Here’s a little something you might want to make time for: an hour-long live evening discussion about student debt — by 89.3 The Current and The Citizens League. The July 23 event at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis is part of MPR’s Policy and a Pint series. Above is the audio promo, and below is Read more →