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OHE's Pogemiller takes some heat from a fellow DFLer

OHE's Pogemiller takes some heat from a fellow DFLer

Minnesota Office of Higher Education Director Larry Pogemiller didn’t have the easiest first appearance before the state House higher-education committee. He started his address to the committee saying he was hoping to beef up the research and consultative components of the office, which he said in years past hasn’t been as strong or well-regarded as…
by Alex Friedrich

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Pogemiller's presentation to the House higher-ed committee

Here’s the PowerPoint presentation that state Office of Higher Education Director Larry Pogemiller has been giving during the hearing.
by Alex Friedrich

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Ellison co-sponsoring bill on Stafford Loan interest rate

Ellison co-sponsoring bill on Stafford Loan interest rate

Just got this: Ellison Co-Sponsors Legislation to Prevent Student Loan Rate Increase Today, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) joined Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) as an original cosponsor of H.R. 3826, which fulfills the President’s State of the Union request to ensure that interest rates for undergraduate Stafford Loans do not double this summer. In 2007, Congress…
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Report: The state of Minnesota higher education

Here’s the most recent version of Minnesota Measures, the state Office of Higher Education’s report to the legislature on the state of higher ed here. I’ve just received it, so I haven’t had time to go through it yet. Director Larry Pogemiller will be going over the highlights in his 12:30 address to the House…
by Alex Friedrich

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UMN video: Why a public research university is important

UMN video: Why a public research university is important

Here’s a video that University of Minnesota spokesman Jeff Falk says the U’s government relations team is sharing with legislators this session — just to drive their point home, I suppose.  
by Alex Friedrich

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The campus innovation Minnesota students couldn't live without

The campus innovation Minnesota students couldn't live without

Ah, so this is what an official “water-bottle-filling station” or “hydration station” looks like. Advocate photo editor Jessica Fleming recently caught it in action at MSU-Moorhead. Note the functionality breakthroughs: The user’s mouth never has to approach the fluid-dispensory component, which makes the station much more accessible than its Water 1.0 counterparts. The interface is clearly…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Alcohol, resume oblivion and hitting the books

Your Résumé vs. Oblivion Tracking software has its pitfalls. It may miss the most-qualified applicant if that person doesn’t game the system by larding his or her résumé with keywords from the job description. (The Wall Street Journal) Why Education Publishing Is Big Business One after another, Apple, Inkling, Barnes & Noble and other digital publishers have…
by Alex Friedrich

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A cause that Moorhead students can rally around

A cause that Moorhead students can rally around

Andrea [bah! la realta!] via Flickr Moorhead, these are called “water pipes” — I think. The ’60s and ’70s are still alive at Minnesota State University – Moorhead, from what The Advocate student paper is reporting. Some Moorhead residents are fighting an ordinance banning products that could be construed as drug paraphernalia, which is apparently…
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What Sen. Bakk wrote Kaler about the U's union literature

Read the third paragraph. Sen. Thomas Bakk (DFL-Cook) appears to take exception with the way the University of Minnesota is presenting the grad-student union drive.
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