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January 23, 2012 1:46 AM

Student paper: Board of Regents becoming politicized

“Now that Sviggum’s job has drawn public criticism, we hope the board will act diligently to guard against partisan influence.” — A Minnesota Daily editorial, saying Sviggum’s recent attempt to hold his regent’s post and new Republican job, along with last year’s selection of former Republican legislator Laura Brod as regent, is politicizing the Board…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 23, 2012 1:13 AM

Notes in the Margins: Digital badges, the new activism and curbs on aid

The New Student Activism Occupy-related student protests stand apart from much of the campus activism that has come before. (The New York Times) Business schools braced for sharp decline in MBA students The Financial Times reports that, on the 16 full-time MBA programmes participating in its 2012 rankings, enrolment of overseas students is down 10 per cent on this…

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January 20, 2012 10:16 AM

What some students are saying about MnSCU's transfer report

Earlier this week, when MnSCU rolled out the report it’ll give the legislature on how smoothly students are able to transfer schools, it touted the statistic that: “… 91 percent of students who transfer within the system do so successfully without experiencing any problems.” (See the executive summary and pg. 7) But Associate Director Jessica…

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January 20, 2012 6:08 AM

What the MnSCU CFO told pols about retirement payouts

Here’s the full text of MnSCU CFO Laura King testimony at yesterday’s legislative subcommittee hearing on MnSCU sick pay and vacation payouts to retiring employees. If you know MnSCU, you can skip the first couple of pages and focus on the retirement issue.

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January 20, 2012 6:00 AM

What Sen. Parry wrote MnSCU Chancellor Rosenstone

Here’s a copy of Sen. Mike Parry’s letter that I referred to in yesterday’s post on the hearing over MnSCU’s retirement payouts.

by Alex Friedrich

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January 20, 2012 2:53 AM

University of Minnesota to join e-book bulk purchase pilot project

UW-Madison spokesman Brian Rust tells the Wisconsin State Journal why Madison and five other universities — including the University of Minnesota — are buying electronic textbooks in bulk to lower prices in a pilot project starting this semester: “We’re hoping it will not only make texts more accessible in terms of being on a number…

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January 20, 2012 2:42 AM

Strib: UMN regent Sviggum needs to give up one job

A Star Tribune editorial gives an example of why University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum faces a conflict of interest as long as he remains spokesman for the state Senate Republican Caucus: Sviggum’s new job binds him to the legislative branch. As a Senate employee, he is beholden to his bosses. He will be obliged…

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January 20, 2012 2:25 AM

Notes in the Margins: Black students, the college racket and the 1 percent

What the Top 1% of Earners Majored In According to the Census Bureau’s 2010 American Community Survey, the majors that give you the best chance of reaching the 1 percent are pre-med, economics, biochemistry, zoology and, yes, biology, in that order. (The New York Times) A Free College Education For All We are on the cusp of…

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January 19, 2012 10:41 AM

What legislators said today about MnSCU's retirement payouts

There apparently aren’t too many things that Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system CFO Laura King and faculty union rep Russ Stanton agree on. But this afternoon it was this: That MnSCU really isn’t being extravagant in the amount of money paid out in unused sick pay and vacation to retiring MnSCU employees —…

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January 19, 2012 5:42 AM

How does one MN college fight the jobs-skills mismatch ?

With all the talk of a jobs-skills mismatch — high unemployment even as technical and manufacturing jobs go begging — the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system is trumpeting its push to meet Minnesota’s work force needs. Yesterday I joined MnSCU trustees and others in touring Dakota County Technical College and seeing some of…

by Alex Friedrich

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