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What Argosy, Art Institutes Intl. have to say about MN lawsuit

Just got this from the Pittsburgh-based Education Management Corporation, the parent company of Argosy University in Eagan and Art Institutes International in Minneapolis. It’s the company’s reaction to the lawsuit announced today by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. The main argument is in bold. After that is a company memo on the law itself: “Education…
by Alex Friedrich

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State attorney general sues Argosy and Art Institutes International

This just in from the state attorney general: ATTORNEY GENERAL LORI SWANSON BRINGS LAWSUIT TO RECOVER TAXPAYER-FINANCED STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PAID TO TWO FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES IN MINNESOTA Swanson Issues Alert to Caution Students and Parents About Potential Traps               Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson today filed a lawsuit against Education Management Corporation (“EMC”), the…
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Two ways to look at the St. Thomas neighborhood party debate

Two ways to look at the St. Thomas neighborhood party debate

A TommieMedia article on a student-housing moratorium in St. Paul has a couple of interesting quotations showing the two sides of the neighbors-vs.-party-animals debate that’s been going on in the area around the University of St. Thomas. Junior Leah Olson tells the news service why homeowners living near the campus need to just suck it…
by Alex Friedrich

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Infographic: A look at college costs, financial aid and other key data

Infographic: A look at college costs, financial aid and other key data

The Wall Street Journal Found these numbers — and more — in a Wall Street Journal article on how parents need to rethink the choice of a college and how to finance an education there. The main idea: Parents and students like to think they’re rational when it comes to picking a college and paying…
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Notes in the Margins: Rich kids, hydration stations and residential colleges

More public universities turn dorms into residential colleges This fall, Virginia Tech opened its first residential college, a place where undergraduates of all ages live with graduate students and faculty members in a facility designed to foster learning, late-night discussions and chance encounters. (The Washington Post) More college officials learn about applicants from Facebook The number of college…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rain slows BWCA blaze, stalls firefighters' efforts

Rain slows BWCA blaze, stalls firefighters' efforts

New rain in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is helping suppress the Pagami Creek fire, but it also put an early end to Wednesday's efforts to contain the blaze.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Still waiting on Feds, state to release school progress data

State education officials say they will release data related to the federal No Child Left Behind law next week because they haven't yet heard from the feds on a waiver from that law.
by Tom Weber

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My quick impression of South Central students

My quick impression of South Central students

South Central College is not a place that’s particularly cohesive. It has no athletic program or mascot to rally around. Its selection of clubs is limited. And a lot of the students are commuters — from 45 minutes away or more — so they’re a scattered bunch. The college iseems to be a place where…
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