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Goldy had better not do this

Goldy had better not do this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y12fKwoBupA&feature=player_embedded Ouch! Mascot shenanigans = painful blunder.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Quakes, bargaining rights and fading HOPE

For-profit education shorts: 0, Lobbyists: 1 Steve Eisman, the short-seller who put himself on the map during the credit crisis, may have suffered a major setback in his campaign against for-profit higher education last week when the House voted resoundingly to strip funding for tough new regulations on the industry. Or did he? (CNN) Collective Bargaining…
by Alex Friedrich

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Senate committee confirms higher ed commissioner, Anderson replaces Skoe

Senate committee confirms higher ed commissioner, Anderson replaces Skoe

Not a huge discussion day for the Senate higher education committee. First off, it unanimously confirmed Sheila Wright, director of the state Office of Higher Education. Before she was confirmed, Wright played up her small-town roots. She told committee members that when people ask what her hometown is, she usually says: I come from I-95…
by Alex Friedrich

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Heading off to the Capitol

On the agenda: Confirmation hearing for Office of Higher Education Director Sheila Wright Overview of the governor’s higher education budget provisions Not sure whether WiFi will allow me to tweet much, but you can follow me on @MPRAFriedrich.
by Alex Friedrich

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Kline explains vote against for-profit regulations

Kline explains vote against for-profit regulations

U.S. Rep. John Kline (R) of Minnesota, who last week helped block the Education Department’s “gainful employment” proposal in the House, defended his position today on MPR’s Midday program. Kline, who is the House education committee chairman, sponsored an amendment that blocked the proposal, which would have tied their eligibility for federal government student aid…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: Professors who work as comics

Video: Professors who work as comics

For all those lecture hall performers: Back in December, I posted about some British academics who are trying their hand at stand-up comedy. Looks like the BBC has caught on in this video, and one of the performers, marketing professor Vince Mitchell of City University London, performs in the clip above. So should they quit…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU alumni: How you can tell your debt story

As I’ve posted before, the Minnesota State University Student Association is collecting the stories of recent grads who are living with student debt, to show how it affects their lives and the economy. It has surveyed more than three dozen students so far, and has posted this video — the story of Winona State University…
by Alex Friedrich

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Prof uses his terminal diagnosis as a 'teachable moment'

I did a profile of Metropolitan State University professor Monte Bute for MPR’s Morning Edition this morning. Last year on his 65th birthday, Bute was diagnosed with a rare and terminal pulmonary lymphoma. At the time doctors gave him about 14 months to live. That was 12 months ago, and in that time he’s been using…
by Tim Post

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Where recovering St. Cloud State student addicts and alcoholics might live

St. Cloud State University is considering joining some other higher-ed institutions in the nation by establishing a residence for students who have gone through drug or alcohol treatment, the St. Cloud Times reports. The program it’s looking at is Augsburg College’s 75-student StepUp program, which historically has been able to keep 87 percent of its…
by Alex Friedrich

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