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Anoka-Hennepin reconsiders sexual orientation policy

Anoka-Hennepin reconsiders sexual orientation policy

Minnesota's largest school district is considering changes to its neutrality policy on sexual orientation, a stance that critics contend has left gay and lesbian students without protection.
by Tom Weber and Elizabeth Dunbar

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Video: If National Geographic visited Macalester

Video: If National Geographic visited Macalester

A colleague of mine (a Mac alumnus) just sent this to me. He says it’s making the rounds of the Mac circles. It profiles the creature discipulus macalestri. Fun stuff.
by Alex Friedrich

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Is class choice fueling the very problems that anger Occupiers?

Is class choice fueling the very problems that anger Occupiers?

In the podcast I just posted, Anne Neal, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni explains why she thinks students should have less choice in their college classes: “When we look at college and university curricula today, what we find is they are pretty much “anything goes.” … (Students) are being asked to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Podcast: What the Occupy movement means to higher ed

If you haven’t noticed already, American RadioWorks (our documentary arm) has been producing a lot of stuff on higher education this year. Here’s a piece on Occupy Wall Street and college: The Occupy Wall Street movement is spreading to college campuses, where students are protesting rising tuition costs and poor job prospects in today’s economy.…
by Alex Friedrich

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The University of Minnesota's four year grad rates are up

The University of Minnesota's four year grad rates are up

The number of University of Minnesota students who get their diplomas in four years is on the rise. The four year graduation rate at the U’s Twin Cities campus is now 54 percent, four points higher than last year.  A decade ago the number was below 30 percent. The U’s dean of undergraduate education, Bob…
by Tim Post

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More U of M undergrads are finishing in 4 years

More U of M undergrads are finishing in 4 years

Fifty-four percent of students at the University of Minnesota are graduating in four years.
by Tim Post

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MnSCU applications nearly triple last month after fee waiver

MnSCU applications nearly triple last month after fee waiver

Remember the article I posted on Wednesday about the huge jump in applications that Bemidji State and Northwest Technical experienced because of last month’s college application week? Looks like the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system saw overall applications almost triple after application fees were waived, according to the edited press release below. Applications…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Coaching salaries, Penn State and the bottom third

For millions of college dropouts, second chances prove difficult Students who quit college are costing taxpayers around $3 billion a year in state appropriations to colleges and universities, as well as federal and state grants to students. And that’s only for beginning full-time students who drop out during their first year. If every dropout were counted,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Who should be on the hook for student loans?

Alex is off and higher ed reporter Tim Post is home with a sick kid, so posting will be light today. To give you something higher ed-related to chew on, I offer up this intriguing suggestion from Glenn Harlan Reynolds at The Washington Examiner (via Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Beast.) Reynolds proposes making schools…
by Bill Wareham

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