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March 6, 2011 8:52 PM

Minn. teachers' union upset over alternative licensure bill

Minnesota teachers' union officials say they're disappointed Gov. Mark Dayton plans to sign a bill Monday allowing alternative teacher certification programs.

by Rupa Shenoy

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March 4, 2011 9:15 AM

Superintendents leader weighs in on hot education issues

The legislature is debating school funding, public employee salaries and benefits, alternative ways to license teachers, and much more. What should be done to improve teaching and learning?

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March 4, 2011 9:06 AM

Why many students don't fare well when they sue their schools

— Marshall H. Tanick, a Minneapolis employment lawyer who has handled cases similar to Mary Swenson’s intellectual property suit involving Capella University, explains why it’s tough for students to take schools to court: “It’s a problem that comes up from time to time, particularly at the graduate or postgraduate level. Students are working on projects…

by Alex Friedrich

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March 4, 2011 8:45 AM

5 things to do before transferring to another college

Since we’ve recently been on the subject of credit transfers, here’s a USA Today piece by student Jeremy Azurin with tips to smooth out the process. You can read the whole piece here, but below is a bullet-point summary: Be clear with yourself about whether you want or need to transfer. Remember the additional costs…

by Alex Friedrich

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March 4, 2011 6:33 AM

State Representatives push for study of for-profit grad schools

Two failed lawsuits against Capella University and one of its instructors have prompted a bill, discussed at yesterday’s House higher ed committee meeting, that would have the state Office of Higher Education scrutinize the practices and contractual arrangements that for-profit graduate schools in Minnesota have with their students. The bill is authored by a committee…

by Alex Friedrich

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March 4, 2011 4:59 AM

Gustavus student: What do the humanities teach us?

Refreshing simplicity in this sentence from Olivia Karns at The Gustavian Weekly on the merits of a humanities degree: The humanities are among the most important parts of the liberal arts education because they nudge one in the direction of simply living well.

by Alex Friedrich

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March 4, 2011 4:00 AM

Notes in the Margins: Libya, remedial students and a homework ban

Harvard to let ROTC back on campus Harvard University is welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back to campus this week, 41 years after banishing it amid dissent over the Vietnam War. (USA Today) Cornell To Consider Banning Homework Over Breaks The proposed ban would only apply to “last-minute” assignments, say, something assigned the Thursday…

by Alex Friedrich

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March 4, 2011 3:59 AM

St. Cloud State offers early retirement to 100

Last fall, more than two dozen faculty accepted early retirement offers from St. Cloud State University, and the St. Cloud Times reports that the university has sent more than 100 to non-faculty employees this week. School officials said they expect about 20 acceptances, and the university should finish the process in about five weeks, the…

by Alex Friedrich

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March 3, 2011 3:07 PM

Cravaack under fire for vote to cut financial aid

Students and Duluth community leaders are criticizing newly elected GOP Rep. Chip Cravaack for a vote that could lead to severe cuts to a financial aid program.

by Bob Kelleher