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Spelling Bee heads toward climax without Minnesotans

Spelling Bee heads toward climax without Minnesotans

Fifty semifinalists have taken the stage at the National Spelling Bee. The competitors include the sister of the 2009 winner and two five-time participants. But the youngest competitor, a 6-year-old from Virginia, and two Minnesotans, won't be on the stage.

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What keeps college officials up at night

Jon McGee, a VP at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, has been written up at CBS for his white paper at The Lawlor Group, the Twin Cities higher-ed marketing firm. On the CBS Web site, college finance writer Lynn O’Shaughnessy writes about his findings under 7 things colleges worry about. You…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Debit cards, recruiting and the three-year degree

Deals with banks stack fees on college students As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to get to their financial aid money, according to a report by a public interest group. (Associated Press via Pioneer Press) Tech Firms Scour College Campuses for Talent Companies are wooing…
by Alex Friedrich

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2 Minn. students in spelling bee semifinals

Two Minnesota students advanced to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday. They are from North Mankato and Rochester.
by Jon Collins

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Colleges' bank deals saddle students with big fees

Colleges' bank deals saddle students with big fees

As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to get to their financial aid money, according to a new report.

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Girl Scouts CEO LIVE at National Press Club

Girl Scouts CEO LIVE at National Press Club

Hear the CEO of Girl Scouts of America, Anna Maria Chavez, speaking at the National Press Club in Washington.

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Bright Ideas: College Possible founder Jim McCorkell

At Tuesday night's Bright Ideas event, host Stephen Smith spoke with Jim McCorkell, founder and CEO of College Possible, a Minnesota-based nonprofit that helps low income students get into college. We'll hear an excerpt of the conversation.

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How a professor wants to change UMN grading

“I would like to state my own alarm and dismay at the degree to which grade compression … has infected some of our colleges.” — Christopher Cramer, University of Minnesota chemistry professor and chairman of the U’s Faculty Consultative Committee, on what has prompted his proposal to include in every transcript the percentage of students…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minn. students ace 2nd round of National Spelling Bee

Minn. students ace 2nd round of National Spelling Bee

Minnesota's top five spellers aced the second round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee today, with correct spellings of temerity, contrariant, habitus, Buddha, and gazette.
by Madeleine Baran

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Why some low-income students don't focus on studies

Why some low-income students don't focus on studies

College Possible founder Jim McCorkle runs the Minnesota-based nonprofit to help low income students get into college. Last night he told Bright Ideas host Stephen Smith how his organization drills into them a fundamental life lesson when it preps them for the ACT. The students in his program take a full practice test four times…
by Alex Friedrich

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