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What's New at the U: Goldy Gopher in action

What's New at the U: Goldy Gopher in action

Here’s the “Goldy Gopher Edition” of This Week @Minnesota: Follow the hardest-working mascot in the business through a week’s worth of activities, including Gopher Baseball at Target Field, a special ceremony to honor UDS student employees, the first-ever “Goldy’s Run” at TCF Bank Stadium to benefit Amplatz Children’s Hospital and Goldy Gopher recruiting on campus.
by Alex Friedrich

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Saint Paul, Century prez favorites named; Anoka search scrapped

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor James McCormick has announced he’s recommending these people for the presidencies of two MnSCU colleges — but scrapping the search for a third. He’s recommending the following: Saint Paul College: Rassoul Dastmozd, vice president of instruction at Clark College in Washington; and Century College: Ron Anderson, vice…
by Alex Friedrich

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(Update) Kline fails to block gainful employment rule in budget deal

(Update) Kline fails to block gainful employment rule in budget deal

The federal “gainful employment” regulation targeting for-profit colleges could cut off financial aid from one in 10 programs in the state, a Minnesota Career College Association official said. The rule has faced tough opposition from the for-profit industry for months. It aims to prevent federal student aid from going to for-profit programs that produce graduates…
by Alex Friedrich

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Hamline breaks ground on $36M university center

Hamline breaks ground on $36M university center

Hamline University will break ground on a new campus center this afternoon at 4p.m. The Carol Young Anderson and Dennis L. Anderson University Center is going up at the corner of Snelling and Inglewood Avenues in St. Paul.  Construction should be complete by August of 2012. The 75,000 square foot facility will act as a…
by Tim Post

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Student: Why St. Cloud's smoking referendum is a sham

Student: Why St. Cloud's smoking referendum is a sham

Ferran via Flickr Student fuming St. Cloud State University student Jack Lofgren states why he thinks a student referendum on campus smoking is bogus — and unfair: The Administration said it won’t matter which way the students vote, according to SCSU’s own press release: “Regardless of student feedback, the (smoking) Task Force’s proposal will stay…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Asian MBAs, grumpy towns and waiting a year

Asian M.B.A. Programs on the Rise More students—including U.S. candidates—are pursuing business school in China and India. (U.S. News & World Report) What students forget to do when picking a college By asking questions, students and their parents can learn how the academic life is structured — and by whom — at a given institution.…
by Alex Friedrich

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For many teens, a desire to work but jobs hard to find

For many teens, a desire to work but jobs hard to find

When teens can't find work, it can affect Minnesota's future prosperity. In a knowledge-based economy, it's more important now than ever for teens to save money for college as tuition costs are soaring.
by Annie Baxter

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A different take on why college costs so much

A different take on why college costs so much

Here’s something I didn’t get around to posting on this morning’s live-blogging session — a different voice in the college cost debate. It’s from Richard Vedder, the Ohio University economist and adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a thinktank for conservative-libertarian thought. He has published books and contributed to the Chronicle of Higher Education…
by Alex Friedrich

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Live blog: Why does college cost so much?

The rising cost of college is often blamed on dysfunction in higher education. But two economics professors say the factors behind college tuition increases are economy-wide, and that for many families, college may be more affordable than ever.

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