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Dayton’s bonding recommendations for higher education

Just putting this out there for now — Gov. Dayton’s capital budget recommendations, or what he wants built. He lists his recommendations for MnSCU ($112 million) on p. 21, and his recommendations for the University of Minnesota ($107 million) on p. 26.
by Alex Friedrich

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What MnSCU and its student trustees told their board about transfers

A their regular committee meeting, trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system discussed the report (above) on credit transfers requested by the state legislature. You may remember that MnSCU’s credit-transfer rate was one of the hotter items during last year’s higher-ed committee meetings. Student complaints over perceived problems in the MnSCU’s credit-transfer system…
by Alex Friedrich

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UMN grad students contacting state, Kaler about unionization vote

UMN grad students contacting state, Kaler about unionization vote

The group of graduate students trying to organize at the University of Minnesota has been working today to bring about a student vote on whether to unionize. It’s taking a two-pronged approach now that a majority of the U’s 4,500 graduate assistants have signed union-authorization cards, spokesman Scott Thaller told me. First, the group is asking…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Sleep texting, consumer reports and preying on pain

Efforts Are Under Way to Tie College to Job Needs As the economy begins to show signs of life, efforts are under way at two-year colleges across the state to make programs more responsive to the labor market. Some Texas leaders are trying to reverse the trend toward encouraging students to attain the highest degree possible.…
by Alex Friedrich

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An exchange of letters about union intimidation claims at the U

Just an update in the efforts by a group of University of Minnesota graduate students to form a union. Last month, I tweeted from a grad-student forum that some students were saying they’d received an administration memo claiming that union organizers were intimidating students in an effort to get them to join. Below are two…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why it's not easy to be green — at least with some things

Why it's not easy to be green — at least with some things

Those Oles must love their college. I’m still getting e-mail about my visit to St. Olaf last month. My little piece on the chicken wrap at the Lion’s Cage also seems to have touched a minor environmental nerve, judging from feedback I’ve received. (After seeing so much environmental consciousness at the school, at the time…
by Alex Friedrich

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Three quick questions about this week's Hosanna-Tabor case

Three quick questions about this week's Hosanna-Tabor case

After posting that snippet about whether Wednesday’s Hosanna-Tabor case decision applies to higher education, I still had the feeling that some professors at religiously affiliated colleges will be asking themselves: Will this affect me? (You may remember that the Supreme Court ruling essentially allows religious schools to classify certain employees as “ministers,” leaving them exempt…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rosenstone hints of MnSCU changes to come

Rosenstone hints of MnSCU changes to come

“We need to look at everything. Nothing can be off the table.” — Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Chancellor Steven Rosenstone to MPR’s Tim Post on the academic and financial changes necessary to reform the system. He hopes to unveil some of them this summer. Listen to the audio and read the full article here.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Placement tests, mergers and scrutiny of lenders

The idea of ‘impact’ has been hijacked: We are in danger of suffocation by the ‘impact agenda’ and risk losing sight of the original value of research. Negative findings and research failures are essential parts in the journey to increasing academic knowledge.  (LSE / Impact of Social Sciences) IBM sees students’ Facebook time as more than…
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Six months in, MnSCU chancellor readies change, strategy

Six months in, MnSCU chancellor readies change, strategy

When Steven Rosenstone took over as chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system almost six months ago, he promised big changes for the system's 31 schools.
by Tim Post

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