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Mpls. tackles high rate of African-American student suspensions

Mpls. tackles high rate of African-American student suspensions

The Minneapolis Public School District is making a concerted effort to tackle what it considers a pervasive problem.
by Laura Yuen

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What is next for Fairview and the U?

What is next for Fairview and the U?

Here’s a version of my chat (audio above) with MPR’s Steven John today on All Things Considered: SJ: A day after merger talks abruptly ended between Fairview Health Services and its suitors — Sanford Health and the University of Minnesota — Fairview and the U are left to figure out where to go from here…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's Rep. Pelowski doing about admin spending?

What's Rep. Pelowski doing about admin spending?

Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona), chairman if the House higher-ed committee, tells MPR political editor Mike Mulcahy he’s got some legislation coming out Monday that targets colleges’ administrative spending: “You will see oversight language on Monday that begins to address both reporting to the legislature on a mandatory basis, on a regular basis, of how they’re spending…
by Alex Friedrich

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What’s Rep. Pelowski doing about admin spending?

What’s Rep. Pelowski doing about admin spending?

Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona), chairman if the House higher-ed committee, tells MPR political editor Mike Mulcahy he’s got some legislation coming out Monday that targets colleges’ administrative spending: “You will see oversight language on Monday that begins to address both reporting to the legislature on a mandatory basis, on a regular basis, of how they’re spending…
by Alex Friedrich

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The Senate higher-education omnibus bill

Other news commitments keep me from looking at this more closely, but I’ll get to it soon. For now, here’s the latest version of the Senate higher-ed omnibus bill — numbers included. Chairwoman Terri Bonoff’s announcement of her highlights is here.
by Alex Friedrich

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UMN prof: How the university of the future will operate — if it still exists

UMN prof: How the university of the future will operate — if it still exists

Here’s part of a recent interview on “the university of the future” between John Moravec, a faculty member in the University of Minnesota‘s Innovation Studies/Master of Liberal Studies graduate programs, and Carlos Scolari a researcher in digital communication, semiotics and media ecology at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. It’s taken from the blog Education Futures, which Moravec edits. CS: How do…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: How to avoid plagiarism

Video: How to avoid plagiarism

Courtesy of the Twitterverse — a campy University of Washington video on how to avoid plagiarism. I’m not sure it does what it aims to do. It’s worth a chuckle or two, but there’s lots of filler. And is it really the proper way for an esteemed university to teach a lesson as important as…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Business school, Congressional student debt, and life in a van

Ken Ilgunas Lives in a Van While a Graduate Student at Duke University How I found Thoreau — and avoided a life of debt-ridden desperation — by living in my van as a graduate student at Duke University. (The New York Times) Explore Congress Members’ Student Loan Debt A recent study says members of Congress face increasing student…
by Alex Friedrich

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Report details St. Paul school suspensions

A new national report is shedding light on the high suspension rates among students of color and special-needs children in Minnesota's largest school district.
by Laura Yuen

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Sanford pulling out of Fairview merger discussions

Krabbenhoft Letter Re Sanford and Fairview Discussions (PDF) Krabbenhoft Letter Re Sanford and Fairview Discussions (Text)
by Alex Friedrich

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