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What Bemidji students think of their insurance mandate

What Bemidji students think of their insurance mandate

“In the beginning there was a lot of frustrations with it and a lot of confusion. Students didn’t think they were informed enough about it. They didn’t understand what it meant. (Now) more students are passing along the word that this might be a good idea for college student. They can go to health services…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Religion, volunteering and outdoor orientation

Want cheaper tuition? Find religion With church membership dwindling and more families struggling to afford the cost of college, many private religiously-affiliated colleges and universities are slashing tuition and offering incentives to attract new students — and to stay afloat. (CNN via NAICU) Universities need to get better at telling their stories Universities have multiple narratives to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Dayton set to announce anti-bullying executive order

Gov. Mark Dayton's office is finalizing an executive order addressing bullying in Minnesota's schools, the governor's spokeswoman said Monday.
by Tom Weber

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What UW-Stout students might want to major in

What UW-Stout students might want to major in

So how did UW-Stout start this one? From The Quad News: Maybe a career in packaging is better fit for you. Can you imagine studying boxes for four years? Well, people apparently do and according to University of Wisconsin-Stout, “the employment rate for graduates from the school year 2009-2010 was 100 percent.” Read the full…
by Alex Friedrich

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What caused MnSCU to turn sour on the U's transfer decision?

What caused MnSCU to turn sour on the U's transfer decision?

Well, this is an interesting change of opinion. When I was raising some questions earlier this month about the University of Minnesota’s decision to scale back a bit on the number of transfer student’s it’ll be accepting, I wanted to get the reaction of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. It has some…
by Alex Friedrich

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How so is the Freshman 15 a myth?

How so is the Freshman 15 a myth?

This is timely enough, considering we’ve just come off Thanksgiving. TommieMedia (of the University of St. Thomas) covers an Ohio State University study that says the Freshman 15 is a myth. What it finds: Women 2.4 pounds, on average; Men 3.4 pounds; Weight gain does happen over a college career — 7-9 pounds on average for…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Digital texts, too little debt and the survival of for-profits

The other student loan problem: too little debt Students who take extreme steps to avoid debt at all costs, they say, may get stuck with something much more financially damaging than moderate student loan debt. They may not wind up with a college degree. (Associated Press via NAICU) Textbooks Finally Take a Big Leap to Digital Though…
by Alex Friedrich

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For young math phenom, age is just another number

For young math phenom, age is just another number

"He's probably smarter than all of us," his middle school classmates say of eight-year-old Mani Chadaga, who's currently taking geometry and Algebra II.

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