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The Office of Higher Education’s report on MN for-profits

The state Office of Higher Education just sent this out a few minutes ago. It’s the results of the research I first mentioned last year in this news piece. I’ll post their announcement and then try to swing around and look at the report more deeply on Monday. The second paragraph seems interesting.   OFFICE…
by Alex Friedrich

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Pelowski: Business has nothing to teach higher-ed about pay

Pelowski: Business has nothing to teach higher-ed about pay

I asked Minnesota House higher-education committee Chairman Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) this week — as I did his Senate counterpart and another Senate higher-ed lawmaker — what he thought of the recent decision by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system trustees to eliminate executive bonuses. He hardly sounded impressed: “That will not stop us from…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why the student debt crisis may hit home for Rep. Ellison

Why the student debt crisis may hit home for Rep. Ellison

When Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison spoke to a group of University of Minnesota students yesterday, he compared his son’s situation with the one he faced when he got out of law school. Ellison said he himself bought his first home at 26. And his son? “He can’t — he lives at my home. (Laughter)…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Rep. Ellison says about solutions to a Stafford Loan rate hike

What Rep. Ellison says about solutions to a Stafford Loan rate hike

As I posted earlier, Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison has signed onto legislation again that would prevent the subsidized Stafford Loan interest rate from doubling July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, where it once used to be. The doubling was originally set to occur last year, but after a lot of election-year debate,…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Sen. Bonoff said about the MnSCU end to bonuses

What Sen. Bonoff said about the MnSCU end to bonuses

When I asked Sen. Jeremy Miller (R-Winona) earlier this week for his thoughts MnSCU trustees’ recent elimination of performance-based executive bonuses, I was surprised he called it a “positive move” — because he’s actually in favor of performance pay. Soon afterward, I asked Chairwoman Terri Bonoff (DFL-Minnetonka) for her thoughts. I got a similar reaction:…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Nonresidents, computerized grading, and the peril of MOOCs

Out-Of-State College Enrollment Crowds Out Poor And Minority Students The increase in the percentage of non-resident students enrolling at state flagship universities has “a significantly negative relationship” with the number of students from low-income and “underrepresented racial groups” enrolled, according to a recent report. (The Huffington Post) Contest the enclosure and commodification of the university Higher education…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minn. one of 3 states where computer glitches derail school tests

Minn. one of 3 states where computer glitches derail school tests

School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers' pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators' computer systems.

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Notes in the Margins: Law school, ADHD and cheating online

Tuition-free colleges rare, but there More than 5,000 students across the USA participate in one of seven “work college” programs at Ecclesia College, Warren Wilson College, Sterling College, Berea College, Alice Lloyd College, College of the Ozarks and Blackburn College. (USA Today) Duke University quits elite online learning initiative Duke University just pulled out of an online…
by Alex Friedrich

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Bill Gates answers student questions on technology, life and the world, at Concordia College in Moorhead

Bill Gates answers student questions on technology, life and the world, at Concordia College in Moorhead

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates discussed technology, education and making the world a better place, in a short speech and extended question and answer session with students from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. He spoke April 27, 2013 as part of dedication festivities for the Offutt School of Business at Concordia College.

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