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Search begins for new UMN-Crookston chancellor

This just in from the U: University of Minnesota begins search for new Crookston chancellor University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration Robert Jones have launched a national search for a new chancellor of the Crookston campus. University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Chancellor Charles H. Casey will retire…
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What is it about the four-year thing that's so tough?

When I started my freshman year at St. Thomas, I assumed I would graduate in four years without a problem. Both my siblings at the University of Minnesota did it, so I assumed I could too. I felt that graduating in anything more than four years—even staying for one extra semester—connoted laziness and, dare I…
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University of Minnesota loses star researcher to Texas

University of Minnesota loses star researcher to Texas

“I have every reason to believe that the University of Minnesota will work with me to understand where that ‘right line’ is.” Former University of Minnesota star heart researcher Doris Taylor, on whether the U, which owns the recellularization techniques she invented there, will cooperate with her on building on them now that she’s at…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Bathrooms, horrible essays and unpaid internships

The 7 Worst Types Of College Admission Essays For every tortured student, there’s a tortured admissions professional, sifting through an entire forest of paper, looking for an essay that doesn’t scream with gimmick. (The Huffington Post) At Harvard, teachers get a lesson  Lectures, the dominant mode of instruction in classrooms, just do not work, no matter how…
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Why two-year student leaders like Sen. John Carlson

Why two-year student leaders like Sen. John Carlson

Cracking down on tuition must be the way to students’ hearts, at least this year. You may remember how the Minnesota State College Students Association, which represents those at two-year colleges, recently gave Legislator of the Year awards to Republican higher-ed chairs Michelle Fischbach of the Senate and Bud Nornes of the House. Even though…
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Why MSU-Moorhead is texting students

Why MSU-Moorhead is texting students

“We’re trying to get to their level. Students are texting. They’re using apps. So we’re adjusting.” — Graduate assistant John Edmonds, who specializes in new media for Minnesota State University – Moorhead’s university college office, on how the university is now texting students important information instead of e-mailing it. Apparently, a number of students weren’t…
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How Minnesota has changed its views on funding higher ed

How Minnesota has changed its views on funding higher ed

“In those days we acted like a nation that looked out for one another, and we prospered together. Today we act more like a pack of wolves, except that wolves do not eat their young.” — Southwest Minnesota State University associate history professor Jeff Kolnick in a MinnPost essay on how America and Minnesota are…
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Notes in the Margins: Rankings, information requests and paid recruiting agents

Maryland bill would limit public information requests that target professors But some open-government advocates are concerned about proposal. (The Baltimore Sun via University Business) An ‘Arab Spring’ of free online higher education Radical changes in educational content and delivery mechanisms will lead to an unbundling of the university as we know it. The natural question then becomes,…
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What higher-ed bills have been submitted to lawmakers?

What higher-ed bills have been submitted to lawmakers?

Curious about what’s coming up in higher-ed legislation this session? I’ve reported what some of the players are seeing, but here’s a look at what’s been submitted so far. (We’ll have to wait, though, to see which bills get heard, and when.) The voter-ID bill, however, isn’t being heard by the higher-ed committees. You can…
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How comparatively easy would it be for students to vote?

How comparatively easy would it be for students to vote?

“We should not live in a state where it is easier for a young adult to purchase cigarettes and alcohol than it is to vote.” — University of Minnesota student Sydney Jordan, who doesn’t have an ID with her current address and said in a hearing that requiring a photo ID will keep a lot…
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