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What role should personal politics play in the hiring of faculty?

What role should personal politics play in the hiring of faculty?

In writing about the Hamline-Emmer hiring controversy, I asked dozens of faculty and administrators in our Public Insight Network how much of a role personal politics should, and does, play in the hiring of tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty. (Emmer was reportedly rejected over his political views, including his vocal opposition to same-sex marriage.) The general…
by Alex Friedrich

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When is an oral job offer as good as a written one?

When is an oral job offer as good as a written one?

Concordia University – St. Paul faculty member David Mennicke joined a minority of Public Insight Network folks who’ve commented on the Emmer-Hamline job-offer flap in saying that it wouldn’t be fair to dump a candidate after an oral offer is extended. He adds: An oral offer should be extended only if the formal written offer…
by Alex Friedrich

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University of Minnesota chief lobbyist leaving after two decades

“She’s smart as a whip. She could look three, four days into the future and know exactly how things were going to come out and get everybody ready for what was going to happen.” —  University of Minnesota CFO Richard Pfutzenreuter on the U’s chief lobbyist, Donna Peterson, who’s retiring next month after 20 years on…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Law schools, STEM and PR for biz schools

What Is College For? Our support for higher education makes sense only if we regard intellectual culture as essential to our society.  Otherwise, we could provide job-training and basic social and moral formation for young adults far more efficiently and cheaply, through, say, a combination of professional and trade schools, and public service programs.  (The New…
by Alex Friedrich

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U of Minn. Libraries mark King James Bible anniversary

The University of Minnesota Libraries are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with a series of exhibits and events.

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Northrop Auditorium undergoing three-year, $84 million renovation

Northrop Auditorium undergoing three-year, $84 million renovation

Built in the late 1920's, the University of Minnesota's Northrop Auditorium's renovation will combine student study space, academic offices, and a smaller auditorium with better acoustics than the one it's replacing.
by Tim Post

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Virtual schools booming as states mull warnings

More schoolchildren than ever are taking their classes online, using technology to avoid long commutes to school, add courses they wouldn't otherwise be able to take — and save their school districts money.

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This Old University of Minnesota House: The Northrop edition

This Old University of Minnesota House: The Northrop edition

University of Minnesota officials are in the mood for open houses recently.  A few weeks ago they invited the media to tour Eastcliff, the official residence of U of M president Eric Kaler. On Friday the doors swung open for the media again, this time at Northrop Auditorium, which is in the middle of an…
by Tim Post

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