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How to close the achievement gap

How to close the achievement gap

One of the great challenges for educators is the widening achievement gap between students of different races and different economic backgrounds. The directors of two charter schools join Midmorning to discuss their efforts to close that gap, and create a culture of achievement among minority and low-income students.

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Kaler's vision for the University of Minnesota

This last question, which regent Dean Johnson said he submitted: Could you share your vision of what the U of M will look like in five years, and what changes are needed? I want this institution to be perceived as a premier institution in the U.S. I am going to focus on the undergraduate experience.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Kaler on diversity

Forum question: How will you increase diversity and access? I have a very strong commitment to diversity, both racial and gender. As for gender, when I was at the engineering college, I moved the female share of the faculty from 4 percent to 15 percent by insisting on an aggressive search. Success with our faculty…
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Kaler on labor unions in universities

Forum question: Do you support the right of employees and graduate students to organize? How should the university respond? Employees who wish to unionize will do so under the full protection of the law. I have mixed views about the benefits of unionization. At the faculty level, if you have appropriate HR mechanisms, a good…
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Kaler on the need for a successful athletics program

Forum question: What kind of role should athletics play? Athletics are a very important part of the university. They are a window through which people see the university. Part of athletics is whether you win or lose, and that influences how people see the university. And some people are uncomfortable about that. But Michigan, Virginia,…
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Kaler on moving money from administration into the classroom

Forum question: How do we reallocate administrative resources so that we have more instructional resources? I’m in favor of it. I haven’t had a chance to have conversations that would better inform what I have to say. The (net) cost of education at Stony Brook is $12,000. I haven’t been able to get precisely what…
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Kaler on the role of e-learning at the U of Minnesota

Forum question: What’s your vision for e-learning? It’s probably not as sharp as it should be. We need to evaluate the landscape around e-learning very carefully. A lot of (institutions) have moved very aggressively, and being third or fourth is not the best thing strategically. We need to have an advantage. … We need to…
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Kaler on the role of the liberal arts at the U-Minnesota

Forum question: What’s your vision for the College of Liberal Arts? It’s an absolute core competency, and we have to protect it. I will invest in it, and they will not wane. On my watch, that will not happen. … I’m extremely impressed by the recent report by the (U of M) College of Liberal…
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Kaler on the commercialization of research

Forum Question: Do you support the commercialization of research? Universities don’t have deep pockets. Their ability to protect intellectual property is very limited. They need to reach out to companies — established and start-up — to help them. I’m interested in commercialization. It’s critical to tap the intellectual property that staff and faculty have created.,…
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MnSCU to ask legislature for $630 million annually in next two years

Just got this from MnSCU HQ: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities board approves budget request to Legislature The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a recommendation from Chancellor James H. McCormick that the board request $630 million annually from the state in 2012 and 2013. The request is the amount…
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