How some St. Olaf students show profs appreciationDecember 5, 2011 6:19 AMBy Alex FriedrichLots of students at liberal arts colleges talk about the quality of the teaching, and the close relationships that classes form with their professors. At St. Olaf, they’ve put it down in writing. On a tour of the campus, I stumbled upon a temporary shrine of sorts to professors in the skyway between Buntrock Commons…
Video: Debate on whether too many kids go to collegeDecember 5, 2011 5:07 AMBy Alex FriedrichJudging from the material I’ve received this morning, today seems to be the big Let’s-Question-the-Value-of-College Day. (And it’ll keep popping up. Always does.) The main event here at MPR is at noon: Midday’s broadcast of the Intelligence Squared structured debate: Too many kids go to college. Guests Henry Bienen: President Emeritus, Northwestern University Charles Murray:…
Today's Question: Is the value of college overemphasized?December 5, 2011 4:55 AMBy Alex FriedrichTodays Question on MPR– Is the value of college overemphasized? — prompted this comment from GregX, who said American business has generally abandoned its its job of training workers: I don’t know if we have an economic system that is designed to let them do anything else (but go to college). I think that system…
Minn. online schools go old school to nab cyber-truantsDecember 5, 2011 4:00 AMMinnesota's online schools have quietly persuaded county prosecutors to accept an expansive view of the state's outdated truancy law and use the courts to reel hundreds of cybertruants back to class, but both prosecutors and educators agree the makeshift arrangement can't last.
Why college isn't everyone's path to successDecember 5, 2011 2:10 AMBy Alex FriedrichSean Kershaw and Stacy Becker of the Citizens League in St. Paul write in the Star Tribune that whether students should go to college is a much more complicated issue than society makes it out to be: “Rather than pound, pound, pound into their heads “Go to college, you’ll earn more,” we owe them a more…
Notes in the Margins: Asians, diversity and female business school deansDecember 5, 2011 1:42 AMBy Alex FriedrichPrivate-College Presidents Getting Higher Salaries The median compensation — including salary and benefits — was $385,909, a 2.2 percent increase from the previous year. The median base salary increased by 2.8 percent to $294,489. (The New York Times) B-School Leadership Through a Different Lens Two women are shattering a glass ceiling for business school deans. (U.S. News…
Play53min 54secDo too many kids go to college?December 5, 2011 12:00 AMThe conventional wisdom about college degrees is being challenged in light of ballooning student debt and the success of young start-up entrepreneurs without college degrees. NPR's Intelligence Squared U.S. invites four debaters to square off on the proposition that too many kids are pushed into attending college.
Private college presidents' pay up modestlyDecember 4, 2011 5:00 PMAs the economy staggered, private college presidents enjoyed modest raises. The median 2009 compensation for leaders at private schools was $386,000, up 2.2 percent from the year before, according to the latest annual analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Undocumented students learn about path to collegeDecember 4, 2011 9:46 AMBy Rupa ShenoyMore than 100 students attended Minnesota's first-ever conference for undocumented high school students seeking a college education Saturday at the University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis teacher's union approved to authorize charter schoolsDecember 2, 2011 5:25 PMBy Tom WeberThe Minneapolis teachers' union has become the first teachers' union in the nation to win the right to authorize charter schools.