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Why Capella Education Company laid off 63 people

“2011 was a year marked by a challenging economic environment and increased competition for the high-quality learners Capella serves.” Capella Education Company CEO Kevin Gilligan on last year’s revenue drop and news that it had to lay off 63 non-faculty positions. The company owns Capella University. (Note: The previous version of this post had an…
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What Northland Community College got from the Pistons

What Northland Community College got from the Pistons

This just seemed cool. WDAY News 6 reports that none other than the Detroit Pistons has donated a DC-9 to Northland Community and Technical College’s aviation program. Students won’t fly it; they’ll take it apart and put it back together. Read the full story and see some of WDAY’s footage here.
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Notes in the Margins: Cheating, modernizing a library, and Obama's college fund

Court hears challenge to CA affirmative action ban Backers of affirmative action asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn California’s 15-year-old ban on considering race in public college admissions, citing a steep drop in black, Latino and Native American students at the state’s elite campuses. (Associated Press via The Boston Globe) Obama emphasizes education in economic…
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What legislators should do to improve postsecondary access

“Whether we close the educational achievement gap for children from low-income families and communities of color will largely determine whether Minnesota continues to outperform the nation economically.” — Growth & Justice President Dane Smith, writing on his organization’s Web site about the need to adopt what he considers three bipartisan policies to improve access to…
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UMN grad assistants: An unofficial majority say they want a union

A majority of the University of Minnesota’s 4,500 or so graduate assistants have signed cards indicating they want a to form a union, a representative of the group told me today. They’re actually having a rally this morning with a number of supportive politicians, including Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison. Spokeswoman Diane O’Brien said the…
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Notes in the Margins: Obama's college aid, Occupy and the $10k degree

Obama to Propose Community College Aid President Obama will propose an $8 billion program with the goal of training two million workers for well-paying jobs in high-demand industries, officials said. (The New York Times) Universities are bringing Occupy into the classroom Social movement has sparked widespread interest on college campuses. (USA Today) Claremont McKenna’s inflated scores bring…
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What UMN Regents Chairwoman Cohen said about Sviggum case

Here’s the official statement given out by University of Minnesota Board of Regents Chair Linda Cohen on her decision to seek legal counsel regarding regent Steve Sviggum’s conflict-of-interest case: Board of Regents Chair Linda Cohen’s Statement on Regent Sviggum’s Employment“As Regents are aware, on January 16, 2012 Regent Steve Sviggum announced that he had accepted…
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UMN Regents chairwoman orders legal opinions on Sviggum case

UMN Regents chairwoman orders legal opinions on Sviggum case

University of Minnesota Board of Regents Chairwoman Linda Cohen has asked for two legal opinions to advise whether regent Steve Sviggum has a potential conflict of interest with his GOP staff job. At a regular regents meeting today, Cohen said she expects the opinions by Feb. 24 from both the U’s legal counsel, Mark Rotenberg,…
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How Pogemiller was received by Senate higher-ed officials yesterday

“Clearly this office has done great data collection. But my interest in the past and continues to be to utilize those markers in a way to create meaningful reform.” — State Sen. Kathy Sheran (DFL-Mankato) Thursday at the Senate higher-ed committee’s confirmation hearing for Larry Pogemiller as director of the state Office of Higher Education.…
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UMN Regents' update on Sviggum case expected today

UMN Regents' update on Sviggum case expected today

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents will discuss today how it will handle concerns that regent Steve Sviggum might face a potential conflict of interest with his job with the Senate GOP. Here’s a quick roundup of the situation, and here’s a list of areas the U thinks Sviggum’s GOP job might be violating…
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