Some legislators wants to extend college credit to high school underclassmenMarch 19, 2012 12:00 AMBy Alex FriedrichSome state senators want to add high school sophomores to the list of students who can attend vocational and technical courses at local colleges.
OHE: Tuition now funds 59 percent of MN public collegesMarch 16, 2012 9:55 AMBy Alex FriedrichJust got the state Office of Higher Education’s reaction to results from the report on higher-ed finance released today by the State Higher Education Executive Officers. The main message: Higher ed is relying increasingly on tuition for funding. Below is the OHE’s reaction. After that comes a full copy of the report. You can also…
Should prison inmates have a shot at higher education?March 16, 2012 4:51 AMBy Alex Friedrich“I can understand the idea that people think it’s unfair for people in prison to get an education. It plays into the ‘either/or’ thinking about punishment: anything that is good for prisoners can’t be good for the rest of us. But that’s not true.” — Joshua Page, assistant professor of sociology at the University of…
Play3min 27secHouse GOP approves payment to schoolsMarch 16, 2012 4:00 AMBy Tim PugmireRepublicans in the Minnesota House have passed their plan to dip into the state's rainy day fund to repay some of the money owed to public schools.
Notes in the Margins: Boomerang kids, MBAs and college assessment anxietyMarch 16, 2012 3:17 AMBy Alex FriedrichBoomerang kids don’t mind their roommates — err, parents Over the last few years, 29-percent of those between the ages of 25 and 34 have at some point moved back in with their parents, often because of the economy, according to a Pew report released Thursday. The vast majority said they were satisfied with the set-up and…
UST law school apologizes for faulty rankings dataMarch 15, 2012 12:10 PMThe University of St. Thomas is apologizing on its Web site for giving incorrect grad-employment data to U.S. News and World Report, which released its rankings earlier this week.
Are college students starting to avoid Wall Street?March 15, 2012 9:27 AMBy Alex FriedrichUniversity of Minnesota associate professor of anthropology Karen Ho, suggests in The New York Times why Wall Street seems to be having a harder time recruiting students: “Everything from Occupy Wall Street to larger critical discourses of ‘fat cats,’ all of that has had some trickle-down effect” to young people. Read the full story here.
St. Thomas law school apologizes for faulty rankings dataMarch 15, 2012 6:21 AMBy Alex FriedrichThe University of St. Thomas is apologizing on its Web site for giving incorrect grad-employment data to U.S. News and World Report, which released its rankings earlier this week. It says it caught the error itself: It has come to our attention that U.S. News published an inaccurate employment at graduation statistic for the UST…
Should MN colleges require computer-skill placement tests?March 15, 2012 5:15 AMBy Alex FriedrichA commentary in City College News, the student paper of Minneapolis Community and Technical College, says the college needs to assess students’ computer skills before they start taking classes. It argues they need to overcome any technology gap stemming from their age, income or culture if they are to succeed in their studies: … Older…
Notes in the Margins: Race, contraception and two-tier pricingMarch 15, 2012 2:33 AMBy Alex FriedrichHelp for Student Borrowers Under a new initiative, the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is providing one-stop shopping for complaints on billing and collection disputes, and financial institutions will have to resolve complaints within 60 days. (The New York Times) Santa Monica College to offer two-tier course pricing The school’s governing board has approved a plan to offer…