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Minnesotan among 5 in teachers Hall of Fame

Five teachers from across the country will be the latest additions to the National Teachers Hall of Fame at Emporia State University in eastern Kansas, including Crystal, Minn., fifth- and sixth- grade teacher Scott Charlesworth-Seiler.

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What graduate assistants are facing this week

What graduate assistants are facing this week

“Things are extremely polarized in terms of union organizing. Any attempt is going to be very contentious.” — Hamline University employment-law professor David Larson to the Minnesota Daily on the national atmosphere around union organizing — just as the U’s graduate assistants vote this week on whether they’ll form a union. Read the full story…
by Alex Friedrich

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The hiring controversies of the UMN nursing dean

“We are both movers, and respect but do not let issues obstruct progress …” — University of Minnesota dean of nursing Connie Delaney in an e-mail, reported by the Star Tribune, to Julie Jacko, a former Georgia Tech professor whom Delaney helped recruit to Minnesota. Jacko has been indicted on charges of fraud. Now the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Spring break, female rivalry and the green-card chant

Greedy Law Schools Taught Jobless Grads Too Well Greedy law schools may have taught their jobless graduates a little too well. Some disgruntled lawyers are suing their alma maters for exaggerating employment prospects. That seems fitting for a litigious lot with buyers’ remorse over a $120,000 education. The lousy job market isn’t the schools’ fault, but…
by Alex Friedrich

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OHE: Tuition now funds 59 percent of MN public colleges

OHE: Tuition now funds 59 percent of MN public colleges

Just got the state Office of Higher Education’s reaction to results from the report on higher-ed finance released today by the State Higher Education Executive Officers. The main message: Higher ed is relying increasingly on tuition for funding. Below is the OHE’s reaction. After that comes a full copy of the report. You can also…
by Alex Friedrich

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Should prison inmates have a shot at higher education?

Should prison inmates have a shot at higher education?

“I can understand the idea that people think it’s unfair for people in prison to get an education. It plays into the ‘either/or’ thinking about punishment: anything that is good for prisoners can’t be good for the rest of us. But that’s not true.” — Joshua Page, assistant professor of sociology at the University of…
by Alex Friedrich

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House GOP approves payment to schools

House GOP approves payment to schools

Republicans in the Minnesota House have passed their plan to dip into the state's rainy day fund to repay some of the money owed to public schools.
by Tim Pugmire

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Notes in the Margins: Boomerang kids, MBAs and college assessment anxiety

Boomerang kids don’t mind their roommates — err, parents Over the last few years, 29-percent of those between the ages of 25 and 34 have at some point moved back in with their parents, often because of the economy, according to a Pew report released Thursday. The vast majority said they were satisfied with the set-up and…
by Alex Friedrich

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UST law school apologizes for faulty rankings data

UST law school apologizes for faulty rankings data

The University of St. Thomas is apologizing on its Web site for giving incorrect grad-employment data to U.S. News and World Report, which released its rankings earlier this week.

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