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June 10, 2011 7:20 AM

U of M regents taking public comments on 2012 budget

The University of Minnesota board of regents is taking feedback from the public, and from members of the university community, on the 2012 budget proposal until 1pm today. So far we’ve heard from a few employees, some who support the budget proposal, others who say it falls too heavily on the shoulders of the U’s…

by Tim Post

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June 10, 2011 6:27 AM

Provost says state aid cuts would hurt UMN faculty

University of Minnesota provost Tom Sullivan just offered the school’s board of regents some insight on what cuts in state aid would mean for the faculty at the U. Sullivan said 60 open positions in the College of Liberal Arts will go unfilled, 32 positions at the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences…

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June 10, 2011 5:11 AM

Layoff notices for 6,000 MnSCU employees expected to go out today

There’s been no word from the state on whether the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system will have access to its tuition revenue and reserve funds during a state shutdown. That means colleges in the 32 school system will send out layoff notices to 6,000 employees today, more than a third of MnSCU’s workforce. The…

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June 10, 2011 4:47 AM

Regents honor outgoing UMN president Bruininks

During their meeting today the University of Minnesota board of regents honored president Robert Bruininks, and his wife Susan Hagstrum, for their service to the U of M over the last nine years. Regents chair Clyde Allen gave Bruininks the title “President Emeritus”, something he can’t cash in until after June 30th, his last day…

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June 10, 2011 4:08 AM

UMN Regents begin a busy meeting

Hi, MPR’s Tim Post here. I’ll do my best to post a few items today while my colleague Alex Friedrich is taking part in an all day training session. I’m in place at the University of Minnesota for the board of regents meeting, and we’re looking at a jam-packed agenda. A provisional budget will be…

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June 10, 2011 3:59 AM

How Moody's analysts see the higher-ed sector

At yesterday’s Summer Seminar, I was able to corner John C. Nelson, managing director for Moody’s higher education division, who had given a presentation that had impressed a lot of people in the room. He looked at financial and economic trends in the higher education industry, and what they meant for the bottom line of…

by Alex Friedrich

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June 10, 2011 3:00 AM

Notes in the Margins: Iran, adjuncts and disaster

Time to Make Professors Teach A new study suggests a simple way to cut college tuition in half. (The Wall Street Journal) Iranian scholars seek rescue, support University scholars in Iran are seeking protection in greater numbers since that nation’s controversial 2009 presidential election, according to a report from the Scholar Rescue Fund. (The Washington…

by Alex Friedrich

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June 10, 2011 3:00 AM

Bruininks to present U of M budget, though state aid remains uncertain

University of Minnesota president Robert Bruininks will present next year's budget to the school's of board of regents Friday, even though he doesn't know how much state aid the university will get because of the budget impasse between Gov. Dayton and the Republican-controlled Legislature.

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June 10, 2011 12:00 AM

ARW Podcast: Turning Around a School from Within

In 2008, the non-profit charter-management organization Green Dot took over Alain Locke High school in L.A.. Locke is located in a tough inner-city neighborhood, and was a picture of academic failure when teachers secretly schemed for Green Dot to take control of their school.