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Notes in the Margins: Loans, loans and loans

Bipartisan plan in Senate would prevent doubling of student loan interest rate A bipartisan group of senators has announced a proposal to prevent a doubling of the interest rate on certain federal student loans, an increase that would affect 7 million college students in the coming school year. (The Washington Post) Examine Budget Proposals’ Impact…
by Alex Friedrich

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How popular are infographics in MN college marketing?

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…
by Alex Friedrich

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Ranking: Bemidji State 3rd cheapest public school in out-of-state tuition

Ranking: Bemidji State 3rd cheapest public school in out-of-state tuition

We’ve heard a lot recently about the pressure the University of Minnesota is under to raise its tuition for out-of-state students. But here U.S. News & World Report points to Bemidji State University as the campus with the lowest price for non-Minnesotans. According to the MnSCU website, it’s one of about two dozen MnSCU campuses…
by Alex Friedrich

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Demographics shift but kids' books stay white

When it comes to diversity, children's books are sorely lacking; instead of presenting a representative range of faces, they're overwhelmingly white. Only 3 percent of children's books are by or about Latinos -- even though nearly a quarter of all public school children today are Latino.

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Notes in the Margins: Banks, the lure of Canada and the male education gap

New College Grad Takes Job They Don’t Want Every 5 Minutes A recent study, which focused on underemployment among recent college graduates, found about 120,000 of people who last year obtained bachelor’s degrees took jobs in sectors other than those which they most preferred. Very often, that means getting a job in retail or restaurant work, two sectors…
by Alex Friedrich

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State pumps money into early education to close achievement gap

State pumps money into early education to close achievement gap

State lawmakers this spring approved $40 million in funding for all-day kindergarten and more money for pre-kindergarten scholarships for children from low-income families aiming to close the gap in standardized test scores between white students and students of color.
by Tim Post

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How technology has affected North Dakota’s higher-ed investigation

How technology has affected North Dakota’s higher-ed investigation

Here’s a potential disadvantage of outsourcing a university’s email system: You might not be able to find out quickly whether someone has been deleting tens of thousands of emails to escape open-records laws. That’s apparently the problem over at North Dakota State University. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is trying to find out whether the university…
by Alex Friedrich

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Exactly how many more bachelor’s degrees should the metro area be producing?

Late last week I posted about MnSCU officials’ concerns that Metropolitan State University could not handle the demand for four-year degrees all by itself. I asked MnSCU officials: So if Metropolitan State isn’t producing enough, how many more should it be producing? They didn’t have any exact numbers. So far, what they have provided are…
by Alex Friedrich

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Report: Charter schools show performance gain in some areas, but still lag behind traditional public schools

A new national study of charter schools finds some improvement in school performance, but shows students at charters still aren't doing as well as students in traditional public schools.
by Tim Post

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