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How to digitize textbooks yourself

How to digitize textbooks yourself

For those with way more time than money — and a tolerance for tedium — here’s a condensed list of ways to digitize textbooks when you can’t find the e-book versions. Beware, though: Some of this is for geeks only. Option #1: Textbook Scanning Services There are several online services that will scan a textbook…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why not to judge who's "college material"

“I did very poorly in high school for a variety of reasons, and was told I wasn’t college material. A few years later, I took a chance and went to City College of San Francisco–which I could pay for myself with my minimum wage job. … It was life changing: I went on to CalState…
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Notes in the Margins: For-profits, Facebook and unnecessary degrees

Matthew Greenfield: Are For-Profit Colleges Evil? I now look in a different way at diplomas from for-profit institutions: Instead of seeing something that is not prestigious, I see something earned by the stubborn, disciplined, even heroic persistence of a working adult. (Huffington Post) Bruininks talks football, light-rail lawsuit, goals for final year as University president…
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On Campus blog: How to cope with student loans

Student default rates are at a 10-year high. People now owe more on student loans than they do on their credit cards. What does this mean for students and parents? How should they cope with that if they're planning for their education - or already trying to pay it off?

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Poll: We want to see Troubled Waters

The crowd of MPR News Cut readers has spoken: Show the darn film already. So far, 9 in 10 voters in Bob Collins’ poll say the U should hurry up and show the environmental film Troubled Waters — or someone should slip the media a bootleg copy. Collins also comments on a Strib article about…
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What's in the Troubled Waters film

Twin Cities Daily Planet reporter Molly Priesmeyer on Monday viewed Troubled Waters, the environmental film that has been mysteriously yanked by the University of Minnesota at the last minute. The U has said that the film was delayed out of concern that it might not be up to snuff scientifically. Meanwhile, some ag deans have…
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St. Cloud's latest options for sports cuts

St. Cloud's latest options for sports cuts

anneh632 via Flickr Still not lookin’ great for St. Cloud State football Saint Cloud State President Earl H. Potter III, who has considered cutting a number of sports — including football — from the university’s budget, has presented three financial scenarios he’ll consider as a way to fill a projected $500,000 budget gap. The full…
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Final notes on Midmorning student-loan chat

Here are my notes from the last part of Midmorning’s chat on student loans. In this part, Zac Bissonnette joins Kerri Miller and finance author Erica Sandberg. Bissonnette is a reporter with Daily Finance and author of Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents.…
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What's The Airplane Rule for student loans?

Student and college finance author/blogger Zac Bissonnette on why parents should not go too much into debt to finance their children’s education: I have what’s called The Airplane Rule: Please make sure you have your own oxygen mask on before assisting your child. Don’t loot your retirement. Short-term measures are OK, but don’t take on…
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More notes on Midmorning student-loan talk

More notes on Midmorning student-loan talk

Part II of the Midmorning chat with Erica Sandberg, financial education director and co-host for the web-based video program Change Starts at Home, as well as a columnist and reporter for CreditCards.com. She is author of Expecting Money: The Essential Financial Plan for New and Growing Families. Caller: I’m going to grad school. Suggestions? ES:…
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