Notes in the Margins: Fighting Sioux, Santorum fact-check and high-school coursesMarch 2, 2012 2:26 AMBy Alex FriedrichHow to stop starving public colleges and shrinking the middle class America is making it harder and harder for young people of modest means to attend college. But affordable public higher education is essential to preserving the middle class. (The Christian Science Monitor via University Business) College admissions: When high school courses matter most College admissions officers around…
Play44min 59secGetting an affordable college educationMarch 1, 2012 4:00 PMToday--with the cost of tuition as high as it is--students have to use a much smarter strategy for choosing a college. Personal finance educator Ruth Hayden will discuss how families can figure out what they can afford.
Kaler's State of the University addressMarch 1, 2012 9:43 AMBy Alex FriedrichCheck out his statements about UMore (p. 10), a possible year-round academic calendar (p. 10), faculty “entrepreneurial leave” (p. 13), and investments into “research infrastructure” including libraries (p. 13).
Unionization vote for UMN grad assistants week of March 19March 1, 2012 8:28 AMBy Alex FriedrichThe state Bureau of Mediation Services has set week of March 19 for the election in which University of Minnesota graduate assistants decide whether they want to unionize. Full info should be above.
Former U prez Bruininks named interim head of Bush FoundationMarch 1, 2012 5:53 AMBy Alex FriedrichI’m not big on tracking the comings and goings of college execs (too many, too insider-baseball), but I figured Bruininks and the Bush Foundation are well-known enough to post this announcement from today (which I’ve edited for length). Interesting, considering the recent Strib story and commentary. Robert H. Bruininks Named Bush Foundation Interim President The…
What Oles do when snow turns to rainMarch 1, 2012 5:35 AMBy Alex FriedrichLooks like someone is taking the weird winter weather to heart. From St. Olaf College‘s Facebook site: So that ‘pretty snow’ earlier this week actually turned into rain. Quite a bit of it, in fact, leaving first-year students Michael Mayer, Brian Craig, and David Brendan Johnson no choice but to take the plunge.
Should U execs retire at the pay standard of other employees?March 1, 2012 5:11 AMBy Alex FriedrichUniversity of Minnesota disability services employee Scott Marshall writes in the Star Tribune how the U could avoid paying its top execs extravagant retirement payouts: Short of stopping the practice of paying administrators anything at all when their job responsibilities are done, how about this: When a university administrator leaves her position, the university pays…
When are students chaff — and when are they just not the right fit for a college?March 1, 2012 3:05 AMBy Alex FriedrichCollege admissions counselors I’ve spoken to and read about always seem to play down the importance of getting into a prestigious school and instead stress that students need to have the “right fit” with a college. Ah, the “right fit.” It sounds so warm and fuzzy and holistic. But students — and their anxious helicopter…
Moorhead ends attempt to build Division I hockey programMarch 1, 2012 2:21 AMBy Alex FriedrichMinnesota State University – Moorhead President Edna Szymanski tells The Advocate student paper why she ended on Monday the university’s $37 million fundraising campaign to establish a hockey program after generating about half of the financial goal: “The other half wasn’t about to materialize in the next few days.” Read the full story here.
Notes in the Margins: Car loans, veterans and transfersMarch 1, 2012 1:52 AMBy Alex FriedrichAre car loans, college loans so different? Before you read on, take a quick look at the car in your driveway or garage. What do you see? If you are like many Americans, you see a symbol of your independence, autonomy, even freedom. (The Washington Post) Different Tuition Rates Become More Common at Public Colleges, Study…