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Why Arne Carlson says the University of Minnesota needs better regents

Why Arne Carlson says the University of Minnesota needs better regents

Former Republican governor Arne Carlson has been on a tear recently. First he wrote this blog post about administrative pay at the University of Minnesota. Then he wrote a related opinion piece for the Star Tribune, which took aim at the U’s Board of Regents. He talked to MPR’s Kerri Miller on The Daily Circuit…
by Alex Friedrich

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Arne Carlson hits U of M on 'administrative bloat and excessive compensation'

Former Gov. Arne Carlson took to the Star Tribune this weekend to call out the University of Minnesota for "excessive compensation and administrative bloat."

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What the University of Minnesota says about the loss of its head lawyer

What the University of Minnesota says about the loss of its head lawyer

This is the University of Minnesota’s official announcement of General Counsel Mark Rotenberg’s departure: Mark B. Rotenberg, who has served as the University of Minnesota’s Chief Legal Officer for the past 20 years under four presidents and 11 Board of Regents chairs, will leave the U to take the post of vice president and general…
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UMN general counsel Rotenberg leaving for Johns Hopkins

UMN general counsel Rotenberg leaving for Johns Hopkins

University of Minnesota General Counsel Mark Rotenberg is leaving the U for a similar position at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MinnPost reports. Sure, that’s insidery stuff, but writer Eric Black mentions why Rotenberg was worth watching: Rotenberg has been in the middle of some of the most important controversies that the U has faced…
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Macalester: How final is a financial aid offer?

Macalester: How final is a financial aid offer?

Macalester College financial aid chief Brian Lindeman discusses in The New York Times how final a college’s financial aid offer is: “Most financial aid offices will not respond positively to simple requests for more aid. We generally won’t improve financial aid packages in response to a financial aid offer from another school.  … Over the years,…
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Notes in the Margins: Ag, adjunct profs and an old ally

More colleges break the news to would-be students online While some holdouts continue to rely only on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the news, growing numbers of colleges have migrated to online notification in recent years, via Web sites or e-mail. (The Washington Post) The paradox of the college denial letter At the heart of college…
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Amid school changes, giving voice to busing's past

Amid school changes, giving voice to busing's past

Boston is working to move forward from the legacy of the school busing crisis in the 1970s. But raw feelings remain from that divisive time.

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Loan education becomes prerequisite as student debt balloons

Loan education becomes prerequisite as student debt balloons

For students now sprinting toward the end of their college days, the finish line may not be much of a relief. More than ever, their gait is slowed by the weight of impending debt. Thirty-seven million Americans share about $1 trillion in student loans, according to Federal Reserve data.

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Edina student wins Minn. geography contest

A seventh-grader from Edina has won a statewide geography contest and will represent the state at the national finals next month.

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