UW Provost Paul DeLuca Jr.tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel what he thinks about a recommendation that the University of Wisconsin-Madison end a reciprocity agreement with Minnesota and Minnesota residents out-of-state tuition: “Every now and then, someone makes a suggestion like that. That’s a very narrow, short-sided perspective.” Read the full article here.
www.ohe.state.mn.us Looks like they’ve made it more accessible to parents. Would be curious to hear how helpful it proves to be.
Emory University English professor Mark Bauerlein writes in the Star Tribune why the University of Minnesota is wrong to largely exclude classics from its “College in the Schools” program: The point here is not to censure the course for its contemporary, multiculturalist focus. Prof. McNaron and CIS have, in fact, developed machinery to ensure college-level Read more →
MN Senate Fiscal Note for Dream Act – S0723_1E When I posted a while back about the cost of the Minnesota Dream Act — About half a million dollars a year in State Grant funding — I neglected to include a couple of additional costs. It’s estimated that the University of Minnesota would take a Read more →
Just got around to getting the transcript to University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s recent conference call with about 10,000 alumni. One tidbit: The callers were asked what the U’s priority should be. Here are the results, according to the moderator: “It really came down to two things. Undergraduate education was the top priority of Read more →
Here’s a neat idea the state Office of Higher Education has come up with: a free smartphone app that helps students stay on top of their college search. Here’s the OHE announcement by Director Larry Pogemiller. I’ve put in bold the stuff that sounds pretty nifty: Dear Colleagues, Better student planning and preparation are essential Read more →
“So the other day, I get a call from Sen. Al Franken, and he says, ‘Hey, Jason Alexander is in town. Do you want to have dinner with him? He’s the guy who played George (Costanza in the TV show Seinfeld).’ And I said, ‘Of course, I want to have dinner with him.’ (Laughter.) And Read more →
The radio story I did yesterday for MPR — “Bill would ease college financial challenges for students illegally in Minnesota” — had to leave a few things out, so I thought I’d update you today. (The people in the first two photos of this post are the ones in the piece, by the way.) As Read more →
With the usual rankings-related caveats in mind, I was drawn to this little article in U.S. News & World Report on which schools are ranked higher by high-school counselors than their peers. St. Mary’s University of Minnesota topped the list of colleges with a greater repuation among counselors than of peer colleges. It had the Read more →
Late yesterday afternoon I attended a screening of “Paying for College: How Minnesota Families Make It Happen,” which I previewed here. About 100 or so higher-ed and K-12 officials saw the 26-minute video, which is a co-production of TPT’s Minnesota Productions & Partnerships, and is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the Read more →
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