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What Sen. Parry wrote MnSCU Chancellor Rosenstone

Here’s a copy of Sen. Mike Parry’s letter that I referred to in yesterday’s post on the hearing over MnSCU’s retirement payouts.
by Alex Friedrich

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University of Minnesota to join e-book bulk purchase pilot project

University of Minnesota to join e-book bulk purchase pilot project

UW-Madison spokesman Brian Rust tells the Wisconsin State Journal why Madison and five other universities — including the University of Minnesota — are buying electronic textbooks in bulk to lower prices in a pilot project starting this semester: “We’re hoping it will not only make texts more accessible in terms of being on a number…
by Alex Friedrich

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Strib: UMN regent Sviggum needs to give up one job

A Star Tribune editorial gives an example of why University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum faces a conflict of interest as long as he remains spokesman for the state Senate Republican Caucus: Sviggum’s new job binds him to the legislative branch. As a Senate employee, he is beholden to his bosses. He will be obliged…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Black students, the college racket and the 1 percent

What the Top 1% of Earners Majored In According to the Census Bureau’s 2010 American Community Survey, the majors that give you the best chance of reaching the 1 percent are pre-med, economics, biochemistry, zoology and, yes, biology, in that order. (The New York Times) A Free College Education For All We are on the cusp of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Anoka-Hennepin board scraps 'controversial topics' proposal

Anoka-Hennepin board scraps 'controversial topics' proposal

The Anoka-Hennepin school board is scrapping its plan for replacing a policy on sexual orientation curriculum matters.
by Tom Weber

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What legislators said today about MnSCU's retirement payouts

What legislators said today about MnSCU's retirement payouts

There apparently aren’t too many things that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system CFO Laura King and faculty union rep Russ Stanton agree on. But this afternoon it was this: That MnSCU really isn’t being extravagant in the amount of money paid out in unused sick pay and vacation to retiring MnSCU employees —…
by Alex Friedrich

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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…
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