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What Dayton and Franken said about student debt

What Dayton and Franken said about student debt

“When I was an aide to then-Sen. Walter Mondale in 1975-1976, education was one of my areas of responsibility. And back then federal student financial aid was one-third grants, one-third loans and one-third college work-study. Now it’s 2 percent college work-study, 18 percent grants for the poorest student and 80 percent loans; which means for…
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How money factors into campus rape cases

Wendy Murphy, adjunct faculty member teaching sexual violence law at New England Law in Boston, told Daily Circuit host Keri Miller this morning why universities seem to be sweeping campus rape cases under the rug: “Higher education is very concerned about bad press, because they think if parents hear that there are rapes at a…
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How a skills gap may be forming in high school

How a skills gap may be forming in high school

This week, MPR’s Ground Level and reporter Tom Robertson look at whether there really is a jobs-skills mismatch n Minnesota — what’s causing what we’re seeing, and what’s being done about it. (Hint: It’s a lot more complicated than you think.) I posted yesterday on a conversation Robertson had with Steve Hine, research director for…
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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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Challenge of college rape persists, despite directive

Challenge of college rape persists, despite directive

In the two years since the Obama administration pressed colleges and universities to deal more forcefully with sexual assault, what has changed?

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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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