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Notes in the Margins: Blacks, a tough prof and the role of public higher ed

President to Ease Student-Loan Burden for Low-Income Graduates An expansion of the income-based college-loan repayment program is expected on Wednesday, lowering monthly payments and allowing some loan consolidation. (The New York Times) Student loan debt: ‘Occupy’ movement’s weakest talking point The Occupy Wall Street movement is complex and raises many legitimate issues. Student loan debt is…
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Students' financial info revealed on gov't website

The personal financial details of as many as 5,000 college students were temporarily laid bare for other students to view on the Education Department's direct loan website earlier this month, an education official testified Tuesday.

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Shhh! Minneapolis is hosting national librarian convention

Shhh! Minneapolis is hosting national librarian convention

More than 3,000 school librarians, educators, publishers and guests are expected to attend the American Association of School Librarians' 15th national conference and exhibition.

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A photo of the MnSCU chancellor's medallion

A photo of the MnSCU chancellor's medallion

Finally got a photo of the new chancellor’s medallion — the one that Steven Rosenstone received at his inauguration last week. Here’s what I posted on it earlier today.
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St. Thomas professor: Tenured deadwood is rare

St. Thomas professor: Tenured deadwood is rare

In Sept. 2008, University of St. Thomas professor Susan Alexander wrote a short defense of tenure in the university’s blog The Scroll, saying it did not mean employment for life: There are very specific conditions under which faculty may lose employment. These range from financial exigency to moral turpitude, aka depravity. Admittedly, fairly serious grounds.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Chancellor: Budget cuts are coming to UW-Stout

Chancellor: Budget cuts are coming to UW-Stout

MPR Public Insight Network member Brent Ristow, once a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin – Stout in Menomonie, said a recent faculty e-mail he received indicates unexpected cuts are coming soon: TO: UW-Stout Faculty and Staff via electronic mail FROM: Charles W. Sorensen Chancellor DATE: October 18, 2011 RE: Additional State Budget Cuts The…
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How many Minnesota jobs don't have skilled graduates to fill them?

Considering the Governor’s Job Summit happening today and MnSCU’s push for career technical education (announced last week), check out this snippet from the Minneapolis – St. Paul Business Journal on this year’s Minnesota Skills Gap Survey: About 45 percent of manufacturers in the 2011 Minnesota Skills Gap Survey said the shortage of skilled workers was…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Rosenstone's chancellor medallion is like

What Rosenstone's chancellor medallion is like

Here’s a little info on that medallion that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system chancellor Steven Rosenstone received at his inauguration last week. The medallion was created in a months-long process by Minnesota State College–Southeast Technical jewelry instructor Todd Hawkinson and six of his students. (Hawkinson also produced this year’s medallions for MnSCU’s Excellence in Teaching…
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