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Notes in the Margins: Visa abuses, hotness ratings and no Oxford blacks

US Fails To Tackle Student Visa Abuses Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady jobs and a chance to sightsee, some foreign college students on summer work programs in the U.S. get a far different taste of life in America. (universitybusiness.com) Today’s Students Need Leadership Training Like Never Before The idea is that…
by Alex Friedrich

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Bioethicists call for probe of U of M patient's suicide

Eight University of Minnesota bioethicists are asking the Board of Regents to re-examine the suicide case of a drug trial participant in 2004.
by Lorna Benson

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A student's proposal for U of Minnesota Prez-Designate Eric Kaler

I want to see the majority of my tuition going toward the salaries of professors and teaching assistants instead of unnecessary renovations and technology. Our education comes from humans. Should we really be covering every inch of the Science Teaching and Student Services building in high-definition televisions while many students can no longer afford to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Attended college but have no degree? Let us know.

MPR’s economics blogger, Paul Tosto, is helping American Radio Works colleagues look for people to tell him their stories about having some college — but no actual degree. We’ve been reaching out to folks in MPR’s Public Insight Network who’ve told us they’ve taken some college classes or were at least interested in attending college.…
by Alex Friedrich

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The uphill climb for MN educators

The uphill climb for MN educators

Outgoing Education Commissioner Alice Seagren joins Midday to talk about challenges in education.

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How the Big Ten coaches stack up

How the Big Ten coaches stack up

Now that the University of Minnesota has hired Jerry Kill to replace Tim Brewster as head football coach, I’ve been surfing the Web to see how the other Big Ten coaches are doing and earning. First off, the use of this site might not be optimal, as it’s not affiliated with any major sports source…
by Alex Friedrich

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The worst people on the U of Wisconsin campus

Oh, the shame! The Badger Herald student paper has published a list of the 35 or so University of Wisconsin students who apparently put their Rose Bowl tickets up for sale within two hours of tickets selling out. It proclaims: Truly, there is a special place in Hell for people who buy Rose Bowl tickets…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: So you want to get a Ph.D. in political science?

Video: So you want to get a Ph.D. in political science?

Another in the nasty-yet-spot-on series of animated satires that skewer academic fields and the students who study them. Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic magazine calls it: A lovely rip-off of the moronic quantification and irrelevance of what now passes for political science. It’s why I escaped from this faux-bullsh*t-science that has no grasp of history,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gay former U of Minnesota golf coach alleges discrimination

The Minnesota Daily reports that Katie Brenny, who resigned in October as the University of Minnesota’s associate women’s head golf coach after only two months on the job, is gearing up to sue the U on charges of discrimination: Brenny is openly gay and has a female partner. When asked if the alleged discrimination involved…
by Alex Friedrich

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An option that Facebook might need

An option that Facebook might need

jdlasica via Flickr Need to change those settings? 60 Minutes describes how Facebook can’t capture founder Mark Zuckerberg’s relationship to Harvard University, where he studied for a time: We were warned that he can be awkward and reluctant to talk about himself, so we turned for help to his Facebook page, which says he’s a…
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