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What an engineering flash mob at the University of Minnesota looks like

What an engineering flash mob at the University of Minnesota looks like

Having run a video on a UCLA flash-mob wedding proposal late last week, I stumbled across this flash-mob video — from the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering’s 75th anniversary — while reading a New York Times article on how they’re sweeping campuses across the country. Ya think?  
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Flash mobs, the Common App and the Net Price Calculator

Immersion Trips’ aim to pop college comfort bubbles – at home and abroad Student participation in study abroad programs has grown steadily over the past 25 years and so have educators’ worries over students not immersing themselves in their new environments. Enter: The Immersion Trip – an experience aimed at getting students outside of their comfort zone…
by Alex Friedrich

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ACLU releases hundreds of documents in TiZA case

ACLU releases hundreds of documents in TiZA case

The ACLU of Minnesota claims the depositions, emails and other files help show that its nearly three-year old claims against Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy are true.
by Tom Weber

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Why it's not right to leave ESL students to sink or swim

ESL expert Dana Ferris explains at a recent St. Mary’s University conference why professors and administrators who take a tough-for-you approach toward students who speak English as a second language aren’t being fair: “It is unethical to admit and matriculate students and take their money when their background shows they need support, and not give…
by Alex Friedrich

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Check out the brains on Carleton

Check out the brains on Carleton

Looks like Carleton College has made The Huffington Post’s list of brainiest colleges, based on a Unigo ranking. Here’s what it had to say about the place: With a reputation as one of the country’s top private liberal arts colleges and intimate class sizes, Carleton is an ideal environment for students who want their college…
by Alex Friedrich

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What skills and education are necessary for today's students?

What skills and education are necessary for today's students?

If you haven’t read or heard about it already, MPR will be hosting a free higher-education forum tomorrow called “Tomorrow’s College” — based on an American RadioWorks documentary series by that name — about what skills and education (a year? two years? four?) are necessary to compete in today’s tough economy. American RadioWorks’ Stephen Smith…
by Alex Friedrich

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So what's the overall rankings picture for Gustavus, or any other college?

So what's the overall rankings picture for Gustavus, or any other college?

The Gustavus Adolphus has lined up Gustavus Adolphus College’s “awards” among this year’s college rankings results in its recent article, What do rankings really mean? Pretty nifty. But how much do students and others pay attention to them? Apparently, not too many who are familiar with American higher education. Robert Morse, director of data resources…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Interviews, savings and social-media skills

Do Admissions Interviews Matter? While admissions interviews are powerful informational tools, they can be deeply flawed. (The New York Times) How Colleges Punish Families Who Choose to Save Schools and the government should focus on income, not savings, when awarding financial aid assistance. (The Atlantic) America’s revolution in business school education U.S. business school reformers of the 1950s…
by Alex Friedrich

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How Moorhead plans to enter Division I hockey

How Moorhead plans to enter Division I hockey

Funny, just after writing about the financing hubbub over college sports, I come across this: Minnesota State University – Moorhead is considering starting a Division I ice hockey program in by the 2013-14 school year, and would spend more than $1 million a year in coaching salaries and benefits to maintain it, The Forum of…
by Alex Friedrich

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