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Where Kaler goes for fast food when he's traveling

Where Kaler goes for fast food when he's traveling

Looks like University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler is trying to keep his pledge to visit the Dairy Queen in every town he visits.  This one is in Rochester, and is apparently one of the state’s oldest.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Transfers, immigrants and parents on Facebook

College students draw parents to Facebook, hope they behave For parents, Facebook offers them something that the instant communication of e-mail, text messaging and video conferencing cannot — an opportunity for them to participate in their children’s college social circles. (USA Today) Should universities move more aggressively into online education? Two former governors call for the country’s public…
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How the Nobel Peace Prize is chosen

How the Nobel Peace Prize is chosen

This morning, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded from a field of 241 nominees. We explore how the committee whittles down the nominations and sometimes waits for the last minute to decide.

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Chart: Instruction vs. Admin Costs at the University of Minnesota

Chart: Instruction vs. Admin Costs at the University of Minnesota

Here’s just one slide of more than 100 from tomorrow’s presentation by university finance scholar Howard Bunsis, who will speak on “Is There Really a Financial Crisis at the University of Minnesota?” Could be juicy. He’ll speak at the U’s Coffman Union on Friday, Oct. 7, from noon to 2 p.m. (Note: The slides I…
by Alex Friedrich

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Will St. Cloud's roundabout and pedestrians mix?

Will St. Cloud's roundabout and pedestrians mix?

Remember the roundabout going in on University Drive and Fifth Avenue? It’s supposed to be open today — certainly a relief for the construction-weary campus community. But in this little little video, which appears on St. Cloud State’s University Chronicle Web site, an engineering technician questions how efficient it will be if it’s jammed with pedestrians. Update: Here’s a university…
by Alex Friedrich

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Are America's top colleges losing their global competitive edge?

“We seem to be looking at the beginning of the decline of the great American public universities. … It’s the first sign of a worrying trend,” he said. —  Phil Baty, editor of the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings, on how America’s highest-ranked public institutions have been losing ground in the ratings. This year’s…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Nader, career planning and occupying colleges

Average Salary Up for Class of 2011 The average salary offer for the most recent crop of graduates was up 6% compared to salaries offered to 2010 graduates, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. For those earning bachelors degrees, salary offers rose to $51,171 from $48,288 in 2010. (The Wall Street Journal)…
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Why did a straight-A Mankato student go into vo-tech ed?

While visiting South Central College late last month, I ran into Cody McCall, a recent South Central grad who was hanging out in the shop for computer-integrated machining. Cody is a heck of a case in Minnesota higher education — the star high school student who forgoes a four-year college degree to attend a local…
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