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The state Senate's higher-ed omnibus bill

The state Senate's higher-ed omnibus bill

The Senate’s higher-education omnibus bill (or “delete-everything amendment”) just came out. So far, no committee meetings are planned past Wednesday. Here’s the text, which I got from the Senate Web site: KEY: stricken = old language to be removed underscored = new language to be added scs1573a-2 1.1Senator ……………….. moves to amend S.F. No. 1573…
by Alex Friedrich

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MSU-Moorhead getting Sanford scholarship money

Dakotas-based Sanford Health is providing $2 million for athletic scholarships at a Minnesota university.

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UMN: VP for research Mulcahy retiring in December

I don’t usually cover VP appointments, but with research being such a heavyweight topic, I’m sharing what I got from the U: U of M Vice President for Research Tim Mulcahy to retire The University of Minnesota today announced that Vice President for Research Tim Mulcahy will retire in December 2012. President Eric Kaler has…
by Alex Friedrich

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Is it me, is it a scam, or this student-debt plea tacky?

Is it me, is it a scam, or this student-debt plea tacky?

Remember the story of Kelli Space, the recent college grad who set up a Web site where people could donate money to help her pay down her $200,000 in student loans? I just got this spam over the weekend. Its sender’s name is listed as Raquel Castillo-Hernandez, and she’s asking me to donate money so…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gov. Dayton's bullying task force begins its work

Gov. Dayton's bullying task force begins its work

How to prevent bullying — even how to define bullying — is the job laid out for Gov. Mark Dayton's task force to investigate the scope of the problem in Minnesota.
by Tim Post

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Notes in the Margins: Adjuncts, law school admissions and community college cuts

Universities Turn to Outsourced Professors to Cut Costs Although colleges argue that outsourcing professors and academic programs are beneficial to both the students and the school, some worry this cost-saving measure can  taint a school’s reputation and take away from the students’ learning experience. (Fox News via University Business) Community colleges downsize programs Community colleges across the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Report: US high school graduation rate improves

Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research to be presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.

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MN legislation would let more students earn dual credit

MN legislation would let more students earn dual credit

I’ve been seeing several pieces of legislation going around that are trying to broaden the state Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. One bill I’m focusing on is by a bipartisan group of state senators led by Republican Gen Olson of Minnetrista. She wants to open up the program to younger students, give them more college…
by Alex Friedrich

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Report: US high school graduation rate improves

Researchers found that the number of "dropout factories," schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of students on time, had dropped by more than 450 between 2002 and 2010, but that 1,550 remain.

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