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Notes in the Margins: Endowments, colleges in fiction and so-what to rankings

Employment Rate For Young Adults Lowest In 60 Years, Study Says Just 54 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 currently have jobs, according to a Pew Research Center study. That’s the lowest employment rate for this age group since the government began keeping track in 1948. (The Huffington Post) Colleges obsess over rankings; students shrug U.S.…
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How MnSCU's chancellor is approaching job training

How MnSCU's chancellor is approaching job training

“He’s more like a CEO than an academic. So far, he’s got people listening.” — Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system trustee Duane Benson to the Star Tribune regarding Chancellor Steven Rosenstone and his efforts to work with state industry to expand training programs for Minnesota’s work force. Read the full story here.
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Today's Question: Should we have to produce a photo ID to vote?

Today's Question: Should we have to produce a photo ID to vote?

I think the proposal is clearly aimed at stopping college students and other youth from voting and is quite unfortunate. I think we should be encouraging our youth to be involved in governance, not discouraging it, for not only their own good but for the future of our nation. — MPR News reader Larry M.…
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Court arguments in the University of Minnesota Facebook case

“Why not give deference (to university discipline)? Because, after all, they’re the university, and they have to provide for the safety of their students.” — Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson to the attorney representing Amanda Tatro, a University of Minnesota mortuary-science student disciplined over possibly disturbing comments she made on Facebook involving a cadaver.…
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Notes in the Margins: Grade tampering, hiring and what a scientist looks like

This is What a Scientist Looks Like Change the perception of who and what a scientist is or isn’t. (lookslikescience.tumblr.com) Will Tuition Hikes Affect College Applications? When the House of Commons approved a bill allowing universities to increase undergraduate tuition in England to more than $14,000 a year, the effect was reflected in an overall drop of…
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Bill would ban ex-legislators from Regents, Trustees for two years

Bill would ban ex-legislators from Regents, Trustees for two years

This state House bill was just submitted today — one that would ban former legislators from becoming a MnSCU trustee or University of Minnesota regent for two years after leaving office. Nice timing, considering the University of Minnesota Board of Regents will probably discuss concerns of regent Steve Sviggum’s potential conflict-of-interest issue at its regular…
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MN Supreme Court to hear UMN Facebook free-speech case today

Arguments before the Minnesota Supreme Court are scheduled today for Tatro v. University of Minnesota, that Facebook-free-speech case I mentioned back in July. The issue is whether the U should have been able to punish a mortuary-science student for posting crude/disturbing Facebook comments about a cadaver. The Chronicle of Higher Education has its own take on…
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Should Minnesota's state colleges fix old buildings or construct new ones?

Should Minnesota's state colleges fix old buildings or construct new ones?

I’ve been looking into a minor debate going around the higher-ed legislative circles: whether the state should spend its limited higher-ed construction money on new labs and buildings, or on maintaining and renovating the buildings it already has. Sounds about as interesting as a rusty pipe. But it’s actually turning into a lively debate about…
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A new college movie about an … admissions counselor?

A new college movie about an … admissions counselor?

Just a little something to whet your whistle for “Liberal Arts,” a new movie about a 30-something  admissions counselor who falls in love with a student. Just a snippet, because I haven’t been able to find the actual trailer. Apparently, it was well-received at last month’s Sundance Film Festival. 
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Notes in the Margins: Apple, the brain drain and a nontraditional university

Trade secrets: Why some opt for the university alternative While trade school has its benefits, the biggest downfall of it is the stigma of trade schools in society. (USA Today) Pa. college machine dispenses ‘morning-after’ pill The vending machine at Shippensburg University’s Etter Health Center provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests. (USA…
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