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Notes in the Margins: Catholics, executives and illegal immigrants

Colleges Get Career-Minded Some liberal-arts schools are beginning to make career development a mission-critical aspect of the college experience, with everything from ramped-up career services to academic programs emphasizing real-world applications. (The Wall Street Journal) Marc Ostrofsky Spends $1.5M To Send His 5 Daughters To College We’re looking at roughly $60,000 to $70,000 per child per year,”…
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Minnesota's new accountability scores

Here are the results of Minnesota’s new school-accountability measurements, which replace the ones used by No Child Left Behind. The new system gives each school two big scores. 1) The main score: the Multiple Measurements Rating. It uses the Adequate Yearly Progress score to measure student proficiency. AYP is based largely on standardized test scores…
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Report on Minn. school performance released Tuesday

The Minnesota Department of Education is releasing its list of state school performance evaluated under new standards on Tuesday. The state was granted a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements this year. What do these new measurements mean for schools?

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Notes in the Margins: Competition, longer lives and the skills shortage

Higher education linked to longer life, CDC report shows Education may not only improve a person’s finances, it is also linked to better health habits and a longer life. (USA Today) Skills Shortage: Fact or Fiction Do we really have a skills gap or is it that employers just aren’t willing to pay market value for…
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American RadioWorks documentary: Thurgood Marshall Before the Court

American RadioWorks documentary: Thurgood Marshall Before the Court

On the anniversary of the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Board v. Board of Education, hear an American RadioWorks documentary about Thurgood Marshall, who was the NAACP lawyer who argued the case before the Supreme Court. In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed him to the Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American appointed to the Supreme Court.

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UW boosts Native American enrollment

Enrollment figures from the University of Wisconsin System show many more Native Americans are going to college. But their retention and graduation rates lag behind the overall student population.

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Recent college grads face underemployment, debt

In case you missed it, MPR’s The Daily Circuit had a discussion yesterday about recent college grads and the crippling debt and demoralizing underemployment they face. You can listen to the audio above, watch the following video and read the collection of tweets and comments compiled by MPR’s Stephanie Curtis after that. Watch For College…
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Notes in the Margins: World rankings, dropout ceremonies and Quebec

As student loans grow, so does university leadership pay Students graduating with mountains of debt this month might want to ask why their university presidents make so much money. (CNNMoney via University Business) This graduation season, should there be a ceremony for dropouts too? While the graduates are treated as people, the rest of us are treated…
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Interim president Kennedy named to lead MSCTC

More presidential action from MnSCU. Here’s the official announcement: Peggy Kennedy Appointed President of Minnesota State Community and Technical College The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees today appointed Peggy Kennedy as president of Minnesota State Community and Technical College, which has campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. Kennedy has…
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