Alex FriedrichAdjunct faculty members at Hamline University are expected to begin voting tomorrow on whether to unionize. The employees have two weeks in which to vote, and the National Labor Relations Board should announce results a few days after that, said Denise Welte, organizing director for the Service Employees International Union Local 284. The union is Read more →
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St. John’s University President Michael Hemesath writes in the Quad 136 blog that the debate over presidential pay is a proxy for the debate over whether college administration has become bloated. He says many people don’t fully understand that society has put increasing demands on colleges over the years — which have required larger administrations Read more →
The University of St. Thomas School of Law said today it’s freezing tuition next fall — and implementing a de-facto tuition cut — making it one of a handful of private Minnesota higher-ed institutions in the past few years to announce such moves. (Close to 30 colleges and universities have done the same around the Read more →
http://youtu.be/GdBQO-7zT5o Alfonso Wenker, a University of St. Thomas alumnus who founded the Minnesota Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Campus Alliance tells the Pioneer Press about campus reaction to President Julie Sullivan’s convocation remarks supporting inclusiveness of homosexuals: “It was a pretty pointed statement. It’s no secret that St. Thomas has climate issues for gay students Read more →
The national law-school slump has hit the University of St. Thomas School of Law as it has many others, but Dean Rob Vischer says its endowment should keep it solid for years to come. The school was built for 150 students per class, he says, and has been a above or below that number through Read more →
A Chronicle of Higher Education story on the growing number of lay people leading Roman Catholic colleges includes Julie Sullivan, who earlier this year was named to lead the University of St. Thomas. Its nugget on Sullivan: She said this spring that she was keen to preserve the university’s traditions. “I hope they’re not changed,” Read more →
I was hoping for a few details on the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business’ use of infographics to market itself, so I spoke with Dean Christopher Puto. The university worked with its PR firm to produce three since December. (The first is here, and the second one is above. It hasn’t officially Read more →
Although I see fewer infographics going around these days, they have been all the rage over the past two to three years. I recently saw one I hadn’t seen before, at least in Minnesota: an infographic that serves as a college marketing tool. It’s by the University of St. Thomas Opus School of Business. And Read more →