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Bill would ban ex-legislators from Regents, Trustees for two years

Bill would ban ex-legislators from Regents, Trustees for two years

This state House bill was just submitted today — one that would ban former legislators from becoming a MnSCU trustee or University of Minnesota regent for two years after leaving office. Nice timing, considering the University of Minnesota Board of Regents will probably discuss concerns of regent Steve Sviggum’s potential conflict-of-interest issue at its regular…
by Alex Friedrich

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MN Supreme Court to hear UMN Facebook free-speech case today

Arguments before the Minnesota Supreme Court are scheduled today for Tatro v. University of Minnesota, that Facebook-free-speech case I mentioned back in July. The issue is whether the U should have been able to punish a mortuary-science student for posting crude/disturbing Facebook comments about a cadaver. The Chronicle of Higher Education has its own take on…
by Alex Friedrich

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Should Minnesota's state colleges fix old buildings or construct new ones?

Should Minnesota's state colleges fix old buildings or construct new ones?

I’ve been looking into a minor debate going around the higher-ed legislative circles: whether the state should spend its limited higher-ed construction money on new labs and buildings, or on maintaining and renovating the buildings it already has. Sounds about as interesting as a rusty pipe. But it’s actually turning into a lively debate about…
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A new college movie about an … admissions counselor?

A new college movie about an … admissions counselor?

Just a little something to whet your whistle for “Liberal Arts,” a new movie about a 30-something  admissions counselor who falls in love with a student. Just a snippet, because I haven’t been able to find the actual trailer. Apparently, it was well-received at last month’s Sundance Film Festival. 
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Apple, the brain drain and a nontraditional university

Trade secrets: Why some opt for the university alternative While trade school has its benefits, the biggest downfall of it is the stigma of trade schools in society. (USA Today) Pa. college machine dispenses ‘morning-after’ pill The vending machine at Shippensburg University’s Etter Health Center provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests. (USA…
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Minn. boy suspended for MJ groin grab back in school

The 9-year-old student suspended after mimicking Michael Jackson's famous groin grab dance during a fundraiser at a Catholic elementary school in Winona is back in class.

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Search begins for new UMN-Crookston chancellor

This just in from the U: University of Minnesota begins search for new Crookston chancellor University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration Robert Jones have launched a national search for a new chancellor of the Crookston campus. University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Chancellor Charles H. Casey will retire…
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What is it about the four-year thing that's so tough?

When I started my freshman year at St. Thomas, I assumed I would graduate in four years without a problem. Both my siblings at the University of Minnesota did it, so I assumed I could too. I felt that graduating in anything more than four years—even staying for one extra semester—connoted laziness and, dare I…
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University of Minnesota loses star researcher to Texas

University of Minnesota loses star researcher to Texas

“I have every reason to believe that the University of Minnesota will work with me to understand where that ‘right line’ is.” Former University of Minnesota star heart researcher Doris Taylor, on whether the U, which owns the recellularization techniques she invented there, will cooperate with her on building on them now that she’s at…
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Notes in the Margins: Bathrooms, horrible essays and unpaid internships

The 7 Worst Types Of College Admission Essays For every tortured student, there’s a tortured admissions professional, sifting through an entire forest of paper, looking for an essay that doesn’t scream with gimmick. (The Huffington Post) At Harvard, teachers get a lesson  Lectures, the dominant mode of instruction in classrooms, just do not work, no matter how…
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