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Northeastern won't be coming to Minnesota anytime soon

Northeastern won't be coming to Minnesota anytime soon

Don’t hold your breath for Northeastern University to establish a graduate-studies branch in Minnesota. After I reposted a New York Times article on the subject of expansion, late yesterday afternoon I talked with Northeastern spokesman Mike Armini, who said this state is just one of many the university is considering. He told me that although…
by Alex Friedrich

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Employed students' workload puts studies at risk

Employed students' workload puts studies at risk

Many students work to put themselves through college. But the number of hours they work puts their studies at risk, and worries university administrators.
by Tim Post

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St. Cloud State's construction Web cam

St. Cloud State's construction Web cam

I’ve already written about how proud Saint Cloud State University is about the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF) that it’s building. Now it has a Web cam so we can track the progress of construction, the St. Cloud Times reports.  
by Alex Friedrich

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How much part-time work is too much for students?

How much part-time work is too much for students?

MPR’s Tim Post has a report today about how students are working so much that their studies are suffering. He’s told by 20-year-old Bianca Jones, a full-time University of St. Thomas journalism student who works more than 30 hours a week: “There are days where I just dread having to wake up and go to…
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Notes in the Margins: Women, football coaches and Naval Academy admissions

Naval Academy, other colleges differ on when an application counts The U.S. Naval Academy received 19,145 applications for the class that began in fall and accepted 1,426. Its admission rate was 7.5 percent, one percentage point lower than Princeton’s. Or was it? Academy leaders acknowledge that only 5,720 of those applications were complete. The rest, more than two-thirds of…
by Alex Friedrich

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104 Minn. school districts reach deals with teachers

More than 100 Minnesota school districts have reached new contract deals with their teachers.
by Tom Weber

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How one blog sees MnSCU salary transparency

The Let Freedom Ring Blog rails about what it considers a dearth of easily available information on administrative salaries and job descriptions within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system: There’s no excuse why universities shouldn’t have an organizational chart, showing who’s in administration and what they’re responsible for. I don’t mean the euphemism-filled…
by Alex Friedrich

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A guide to the new University of North Dakota names

A guide to the new University of North Dakota names

Now that the University of North Dakota has retired its “Fighting Sioux” mascot, the school has been changing the names of associations and programs affiliated with the old name, the Grand Forks Herald reports. (It has no replacement, because by law it’s not supposed to take on another mascot or nickname for a few years.)…
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Is Northeastern University coming to Minnesota?

Is Northeastern University coming to Minnesota?

Northeastern University in Boston may be coming our way, this recent New York Times piece reports: Northeastern, known for its co-op program in which undergraduates spend significant amounts of time in the workplace, opened its first satellite campus this fall in Charlotte, N.C., and is planning a second in Seattle next year; outposts in Austin,…
by Alex Friedrich

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What's no longer allowed at MSU – Mankato

What's no longer allowed at MSU – Mankato

The Free Press of Mankato has news for university students and staffers there: If you want to purchase an incandescent light bulb or a smoke a cigarette on the Minnesota State University campus — too bad. New regulations are now in effect, so read the full story here.
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