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Just how valuable are backpacks at MCTC?

Just how valuable are backpacks at MCTC?

City College News, the student paper of Minneapolis Community and Technical College, says it conducted a survey and found that the average student backpack contains more than $500 worth of stuff. That’s … more than I can remember carrying in college. Read the full story on campus security here.  
by Alex Friedrich

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Wisconsin Assembly to take up sex ed bill

The state Assembly is scheduled to vote on the bill Tuesday. The legislation would stress abstinence education.

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So is chemistry a marketable degree or not?

So is chemistry a marketable degree or not?

Last week I wrote about the conflicting signals that students must be receiving about what to major in, considering the fluctuating job market. One of the surprising bits was that recent data shows chemistry is a clunker of a degree. That flies in the face of all the STEM hype that we’ve been reading. So…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: China, Republicans and the prestige chase

Exodus to overseas universities rises Applicants for overseas universities continued to rise in Shanghai last year, due to locals’ desire for an international education and lower cost brought by the yuan’s appreciation. (People’s Daily via NAICU) Opinion: Why my Facebook is better than your Facebook Being yourself is quite important in the social networking sphere and it turns out it can also be quite beneficial in terms of prospective employment. At least that’s the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology from the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Greenfield girl going to national spelling bee

A homeschooled 12-year-old from Greenfield will represent Minnesota at the national spelling bee in Washington, D.C. in May.

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UMN prof says stem-cell firm is pressuring U over letter to FDA

UMN prof says stem-cell firm is pressuring U over letter to FDA

“…I am hopeful that the (university) will see my letter to the FDA as a legitimate effort to request an FDA investigation of Celltex and RNL Bio. It appears that Celltex has no regard for freedom of speech, academic freedom, or the legitimate concerns I identify in my letter to the FDA. I see nothing…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why a MN state rep says his textbook legislation is needed

State Rep. King Banaian (R-St. Cloud) tells the Minnesota Daily that textbook publishers are required to release custom-text information and pricing info to faculty, but no one says how that’s supposed to get into the hands of students: “What my bill does is try to provide this information that already exists … and get it…
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Notes in the Margins: Debt, academese, and the hypocrisy of Thiel

It takes all sorts One explanation for the media attacks on higher education is that there is still a view in some parts of society that individuals have a defined and pre-determined place in the hierarchy. It appears some think that certain individuals should not be doing degrees at all and certainly not in particular subjects.…
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State receives $28M grant for charter schools

The federal grant money will be used to develop new programs for existing charter schools based on the successes at Minnesota's highest-performing charters.
by Tim Post

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U ex-president Bruininks moved $350K to his new post

U ex-president Bruininks moved $350K to his new post

State lawmakers are raising questions about former University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks' handling of university funding in two separate instances. Earlier this week, legislators looked into payouts that Bruininks made to departing senior officials at the U. Now his ties to a program he funded while president have raised more questions.
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