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Sviggum will keep U of M regents seat

Sviggum will keep U of M regents seat

Steve Sviggum will resign his teaching position at the University of Minnesota in order to keep a spot on the school's board of regents.
by Tim Post

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Univ. of Minn. fears brain drain from cloning amendment

The Minnesota Daily reports how word of the state’s anti-cloning legislation has already affected the University of Minnesota: As soon as the cloning bill debate fired up in Minnesota, the poaching began, (Dr. Meri) Firpo said. Research institutions across the country began reaching out to personnel at the (university’s Stem Cell Institute) to see if…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: What's new at the U

Video: What's new at the U

You can skip the first 50 seconds or so — unless you’re interested in a segment on student fashion trends (that takes up almost half the clip). Then there’s a robotics competition on campus and an intro to the the “Support the U”campaign.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Professorville, unpaid interns and presidential pay

Decades After Ban, Columbia Opens Door to R.O.T.C. Return The vote came in support of a Senate resolution to “explore mutually beneficial relationships with the armed forces of the United States, including participation in the programs of the Reserve Officers Training Corps.” It followed a series of sometimes venomous campus meetings and found its impetus…
by Alex Friedrich

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Swiggum will resign U of M job, stay with board of regents

Steve Sviggum says he’ll resign his job as a legislative fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs so he can keep his position with the U’s board of regents. Last week a regents committee told Sviggum holding both positions was a conflict of interest, and he should resign one of them.…
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Education commissioner calls for compromise in K-12 bills

Education commissioner calls for compromise in K-12 bills

Brenda Cassellius said there is some room for agreement on Republican-backed education bills but other sections of the bills are unfair.
by Tom Weber

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Should we do postsecondary ed the European way?

Should we do postsecondary ed the European way?

For all the talk of graduation rates and four-year degrees, we haven’t really heard much about vocational education, two-year certificates and all of the options that don’t include a university degree. But a little dinner this week with Bill Symonds of Harvard and some higher-ed leaders got me thinking more about it, and I hope…
by Alex Friedrich

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3 semifinalists for Anoka Tech, Anoka-Ramsey CC prez

3 semifinalists for Anoka Tech, Anoka-Ramsey CC prez

Just got this announcement from MnSCU. Three semifinalists are in the running for a presidency that will oversee both Anoka-Ramsey Community College and Anoka Technical College: Ron Erickson, president and chief executive officer of Hocking College in Ohio and former dean at Dakota County Technical College; Alex Kajstura, provost of the Norfolk campus of Tidewater…
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Bemidji student: We'll see if it was worth it

Bemidji student: We'll see if it was worth it

Here’s Pat Meacham, a 2008 Bemidji State social studies education grad from Detroit lakes, who had to live with his relatives during school to save money. There’s not much detail on that point, but he’s facing a debt load of $30,000. He’s in grad school, but does substitute teaching at a South St. Paul public…
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