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University of Minnesota dean: Tenure — Use it or lose it
University of Minnesota College of Design Dean Thomas Fisher explains in The Huffington Post what faculty must do to keep public support for tenure, a perk that is coming under fire in these tight financial times: “Drawing attention to the public benefit that tenure provides seems essential at a time when some will want to…
Wiccan days included on Tenn. university calendar Wiccan and pagan students at Vanderbilt University might get to take an excused day off from class to dance around the maypole. (USA Today) Women See Value and Benefits of College; Men Lag on Both Fronts At a time when women surpass men by record numbers in college…
The state's education commissioner says she's exploring ways to make the ACT college entrance exam even higher-stakes for Minnesota students than it already is.
Police say a parent helper at the school spotted the gun and told a liaison officer who confronted the boy outside the building.
Why the GOP won't be recruiting at Mac anytime soon
As if anyone here didn’t know it already, Macalester College topped the Princeton Review list of the country’s most liberal colleges, The Huffington Post reports. So far, Macalester has been called “trendy” and nerdy, as well as among the least religious, among other things. I’ll try to look at the full Princeton rankings at some…
Why Univ. of Minnesota custodians are upset
“It is absolutely going to destroy that pride that people have in an area.” — Sue Mauren, principal officer for the Teamsters union representing University of Minnesota custodians. The union says the U’s shuffling of custodial duties — designed as an efficiency measure in a period of less staffing —  will hurt efficiency, and that…
China looks to model hip-hop program at St. Paul college
The hip-hop program at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul is the only one like it in the U.S. But soon there could be one like it in China.
Alabama sorority recruiting video goes viral, takes a beating
This recruitment video for the University of Alabama Panhellenic Council has apparently been trashed online — so much so that the original poster has taken it off of YouTube. A Huffington Post writer comments: … Your decision-making process is about to get a lot easier because after this you’re not going to want to pledge…