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January 31, 2012 4:29 AM

MPIRG student group: Sviggum should pick one job

The student-oriented Minnesota Public Interest Research Group calls on University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum to choose either his position as regent or his staff job with the state Senate Republican Caucus: Because of the partisan nature of his new position, it is hard to reconcile how he can execute the Regents mission while fulfilling…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 31, 2012 1:43 AM

Notes in the Margins: Cocaine, poor kids and an admissions goof

For Some Vassar Applicants, Joy Then Misery as College Corrects Mistake Scores of early-decision applicants to the college were mistakenly told they had been accepted. (The New York Times) Is college not for poor kids? A few weeks ago, we read about a group of students who were promised in 1988, when they were in elementary school, that…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 30, 2012 6:49 AM

Kaler: Outside reviewers coming to UMN Academic Health Center

This is on the University of Minnesota’s Web site today. The crux: A recent internal review of the Academic Health Center doesn’t get to larger issues that Kaler wants answered — among them whether the center is structured correctly. (Note: I find that interesting, since the report’s executive summary lists “mission, functions and administrative responsibilities…

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January 30, 2012 6:38 AM

Financial aid analyst: Would Stafford Loan interest cut hurt Pell Grants?

College finance expert Mark Kantrowitz of FinAid.org isn’t too hot on the the bill cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minneapolis) that would freeze the interest rate on Stafford Loans at 3.4 percent. A 2007 law cut the rate from its original 6.8 percent, and when the provision expires in July, the rate is set…

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January 30, 2012 4:51 AM

What Ellison said about the Stafford Loan rate freeze bill

I spoke this morning with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison about the bill he said he has helped introduce that would prevent the Federal Direct Stafford Loan’s 3.4 percent interest rate from doubling this year. (The rate used to be fixed at 6.8 percent, but was reduced back in 2007. It’s scheduled to return to 6.8…

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January 30, 2012 1:11 AM

Notes in the Margins: Obama, freshman politics and benefits of big-time sports

College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan President Barack Obama’s new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach. Particularly sharp words came from the presidents of public universities; they’re already frustrated by increasing state budget…

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January 27, 2012 9:41 AM

Some bits from Kaler's address to reporters

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler told reporters today that this legislative session he’ll push for more money to maintain aging buildings and offset tuition. It was a wide-ranging forum, and I’ll try to get some more details later. But here’s what I’ve got so far on these topics: Maintenance. After last year’s bonding request,…

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January 27, 2012 1:58 AM

MSU-Moorhead still trying for Division I hockey team

MSU-Moorhead Athletic Director Doug Peters is trying to squelch rumors that the university has dropped its bid to start a Division I hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The association reports that Moorhead has collected $17 million of the $29.6 million goal that would get them in, and The Advocate writes the deadline…

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January 27, 2012 1:33 AM

Notes in the Margins: Indiana Jones, SAT cheating and Apple

Accurate role models as hard to find as the Holy Grail itself One professor has had enough of Hollywood’s clichéd depictions of faculty. (Times Higher Education) NY Bill Would Make Crimes Out Of SAT Cheating The measure, proposed by Sen. Kenneth LaValle of Suffolk County, would create new felonies of facilitation of education testing fraud and of…

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January 26, 2012 9:54 AM

OHE chief: Remediation should come earlier than college

During State Office of Higher Education Director Larry Pogemiller’s introductory address to the House higher-education committee, Vice Chairman Bob Dettmer (R-Forest Lake) brought up the need to deal with remediation. He recalled cases in which non-native English speakers would arrive in Minnesota with few English skills and start as freshmen in high school. After graduation,…

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