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U of M officials contradict Sviggum on conflict claim

University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum says he "vetted" his new state Senate Republican Caucus spokesman position with university officials. But the officials say that isn't the case.

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How does one MN college fight the jobs-skills mismatch ?

With all the talk of a jobs-skills mismatch — high unemployment even as technical and manufacturing jobs go begging — the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system is trumpeting its push to meet Minnesota’s work force needs. Yesterday I joined MnSCU trustees and others in touring Dakota County Technical College and seeing some of…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's a stealth parent?

What's a stealth parent?

Remember those hovering helicopter parents? Dakota County Technical College VP Kelly Murtaugh tells me she and her colleagues are seeing an even more problematic type: the stealth parent. Stealth parents (a term new to me) are harder to manage than helicopter parents because they control everything from behind the scenes, she says. Helicopter parents might…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why MSU-Moorhead is closing its continuing studies department

Why MSU-Moorhead is closing its continuing studies department

Minnesota State University – Moorhead President Edna Szymanski tells The Advocate student paper why the university is phasing out its continuing studies department, which handles public-outreach programs: “Right now, this university is supported 64 percent by your tuition; for that reason, I can’t continue anything that doesn’t either benefit you directly, or in someway, generate a…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Hazing, legacies and successful cohorts

Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia Aim to Raise Their Higher Education Profile Education ministers from those countries have decided to band together to learn from each other and make strides toward reforms to help them compete with their Western counterparts. (The New York Times) Tenured UC Riverside professor faces rare firing discussions The UC Board of…
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Rating teachers

Rating teachers

A new study by Harvard and Columbia economists showed that students of teachers with a high value-add score -- a complex mathematical formula that claims to measure a teacher's effectiveness -- fare better later in life.

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Minnesota's system of teacher evaluation

What is Minnesota doing about reforming teacher evaluations?

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Two GOP lawmakers ask feds to deny Minnesota's 'No Child' waiver

Two key GOP lawmakers want the federal government to reject Minnesota's application for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law.
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University of Minnesota officials: Sviggum did not consult with us

I’ve already gone over the point that University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum says he “vetted” his new state Senate Republican Caucus spokesman position with board Chairman Linda Cohen and David Larson last week to make sure it didn’t present a conflict of interest with his regent’s job. He also told me he’d also mentioned…
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