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Notes in the Margins: Porn, administrators and sequestration

Princeton mom: ‘Find a husband on campus’ Why is she advising Princeton women to grab a hubby with such haste? Because beyond the school’s Ivy-covered walls, it seems the world is lacking in brainy gentlemen. (USA Today) Administration – much maligned but very necessary There’s a tendency to want to cut administrative staff. But at a recent conference…
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How much money an anonymous donor gave Augsburg College

How much money an anonymous donor gave Augsburg College

This just in from Augsburg College: $10 million gift to Augsburg College will launch new academic building Gift from 1965 Augsburg College alumnus is largest in College’s history Augsburg College is honored to announce that it has received an unrestricted $10 million philanthropic gift from a 1965 alumnus. The donor’s generous contribution will support a…
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2 reasons MN employers can't find enough of the workers they want

2 reasons MN employers can't find enough of the workers they want

In a preview to a series this week on the so-called jobs-skills mismatch in Minnesota, MPR reporter Tom Robertson was on this morning’s Daily Circuit with Steve Hine, research director at the state Department of Employment and Economic Development. Robertson told of a machine-trades instructor (Ronn Redemske) at a Central Lakes College machining program, who…
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2 reasons MN employers can’t find enough of the workers they want

2 reasons MN employers can’t find enough of the workers they want

In a preview to a series this week on the so-called jobs-skills mismatch in Minnesota, MPR reporter Tom Robertson was on this morning’s Daily Circuit with Steve Hine, research director at the state Department of Employment and Economic Development. Robertson told of a machine-trades instructor (Ronn Redemske) at a Central Lakes College machining program, who…
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Audio of call by Eric Kaler to University of Minnesota alumni

As I noted in a previous post, I got dropped from the original call that Eric Kaler had with about 10,000 alumni last week — though I posted on a couple of questions that I did hear, as well as a few notes on the call. You can view the original University of Minnesota page…
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Will St. Thomas build a doghouse-shaped hall after Charles M. Schulz?

Will St. Thomas build a doghouse-shaped hall after Charles M. Schulz?

Finally — a facilities construction article that’s fun. Here’s an April Fool’s piece on the Opus Magnum blog of the University of St. Thomas. It’s about plans to build Schulz Hall after the Peanuts cartoonist. (Across the street from the existing Schulze Hall, of course.) Get this: Architects are working on plans for the building’s design, to match…
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Why a community leader has issues with Metropolitan State’s building plans

Why a community leader has issues with Metropolitan State’s building plans

Deanna Foster, executive director of the Dayton’s Bluff Community Council, tells the Pioneer Press why some residents are upset over a skyway that’s part of Metropolitan State University’s expansion plan, which is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars: “One of the things about Dayton’s Bluff is that it has wonderful views of the…
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Why a community leader has issues with Metropolitan State's building plans

Why a community leader has issues with Metropolitan State's building plans

Deanna Foster, executive director of the Dayton’s Bluff Community Council, tells the Pioneer Press why some residents are upset over a skyway that’s part of Metropolitan State University’s expansion plan, which is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars: “One of the things about Dayton’s Bluff is that it has wonderful views of the…
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Notes in the Margins: Sex week, student fees and the talented poor

Resurrecting California’s Public Universities The same California State Legislature that cut the higher education budget to ribbons, while spending ever larger sums on prisons, now proposes to magically set things right by requiring public colleges and universities to offer more online courses. The problem is that online courses as generally configured are not broadly useful. (The New York…
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