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Who is on the House higher-education committee

Who is on the House higher-education committee

As promised, here’s the list of the Minnesota House higher-ed committee members shaping policy this session: Meets: Mon 12:30 – 2 p.m. (Room 5 of the State Office Building)   Chairman: Gene Pelowski (DFL-Winona) Vice Chair: Unnamed (Terry Morrow recently announced his retirement.) GOP Lead: Bud Nornes (R – Fergus Falls) Zachary Dorholt (DFL –…
by Alex Friedrich

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Who is on the Senate higher-education committee

Who is on the Senate higher-education committee

Here’s who’ll be shaping policy this session in the Senate (which convenes Jan. 8).The list is from the Minnesota Senate website, but I’ve added each lawmaker’s city of residence. I’ll also be posting one of these for the House as well. The House doesn’t have anything like this comprehensive guide yet, so I’ll have to…
by Alex Friedrich

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How I hope Minnesota is better than Nevada

How I hope Minnesota is better than Nevada

I’m finally back from the second leg of my paternity leave. (It was five weeks, and I’ve got plenty of pictures, but for some reason this blog won’t let me upload them. It’s time for me to start a Minnesota College Savings Plan — just as I said I would do in November — but…
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Notes in the Margins: Admissions questions, blacks in IB, and ratings for a price

Expert suggests putting all black students in IB To close gaps, schools must make the students who are behind (e.g., black students) run faster. And if they do not, then gaps remain. It does come down to a requirement. There is no negotiating excellence and better outcomes. (The Washington Post) New college application questions encourage creative thinking Trying to…
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Minn. public colleges must work for funding boost from DFL

Minn. public colleges must work for funding boost from DFL

DFL leaders say they'd like to make more higher education funding a priority when the legislative session starts next week. But public colleges and universities may have to work harder to get that money.
by Alex Friedrich

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U of M bureaucracy scrutinized in Wall Street Journal report

U of M bureaucracy scrutinized in Wall Street Journal report

New analysis by the Wall Street Journal suggests that tuition at public universities has been rising much faster than inflation because of bloated buraucracies. Joining MPR's Cathy Wurzer with reaction to that finding is Laura Brod, a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market

Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market

Today's increasingly career-focused students mostly aren't buying the idea that a liberal arts education is good value, and many small liberal arts colleges are struggling. The survivors are shedding their liberal arts identity, if not the label.

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Science Museum shines spotlight on diversity

Science Museum shines spotlight on diversity

The Science Fusion series kicks off Jan. 5 with African Americans in Science, inviting museum visitors to interact with African Americans who have careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Skipping college to succeed

Skipping college to succeed

Holding up the examples of Microsoft's Bill Gates and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, some soon-to-be college students are skipping the traditional higher education path. What do some of these higher education alternatives look like?

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Colleges help students scrub online footprints

Colleges help students scrub online footprints

Universities are offering free ways to allow students to clean up their online image. Students realize that ill-considered Web profiles of drunken frat parties, prank videos and worse can doom graduates to unemployment, even if the pages are somebody else's with the same name.

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