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U of M grad workers vote down unionization

Results released Monday show University of Minnesota graduate assistants have voted down an attempt to unionize over pay and working conditions.
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU asks employers to assess needs

Starting next month, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will ask employers what skills their job candidates need.

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UMN graduate assistants: No union for us, thanks

Just in from the Minnesota Daily: Graduate assistants at the University of Minnesota voted against forming a union 1,857 to 1,142, according to results released by the Bureau of Mediation Services Monday. Read the (short) article here. Update: Those initial numbers are right. In last week’s voting, 62 percent of those who cast ballots rejected…
by Alex Friedrich

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Newspaper finds suspicious test scores nationwide

Newspaper finds suspicious test scores nationwide

Hundreds of school systems nationwide exhibit suspicious test scores that point to the possibility of cheating, according to an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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University of Minnesota graduate assistants finishing unionization vote

University of Minnesota graduate assistants finishing unionization vote

University of Minnesota graduate assistants are wrapping up week-long voting on whether to unionize. The students cast their votes today. The results could come as soon as Monday.

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The Week in Commentary

The Week in Commentary

A sampling of the week's commentaries and the comments they provoked.

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How the U responded to complaints about bioethics prof

Remember the complaint letter that stem-cell company CellTex sent to the University of Minnesota over critical statements made by bioethics professor Leigh Turner? Above is the U’s response.
by Alex Friedrich

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University of Minnesota graduate assistants finishing unionization vote

University of Minnesota graduate assistants finishing unionization vote

University of Minnesota graduate assistants are wrapping up week-long voting on whether to unionize. The students will finish casting their votes today Friday (today), and the results could come as soon as Monday. Union supporters say they want a voice in decisions over pay and working conditions, which they say are uneven across departments — and…
by Alex Friedrich

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School teachers, board reach contract agreement

Minneapolis school administers and teachers announced Thursday that they have reached a tentative contract agreement.
by Jon Collins

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What's the impact of recent GOP anti-intellectual statements?

What's the impact of recent GOP anti-intellectual statements?

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum called President Obama a "snob" for encouraging all Americans to go to college. Is this part of a larger trend toward GOP anti-intellectualism and what's the impact?

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