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January 18, 2012 1:18 AM

Notes in the Margins: Coaches, foster youth and higher starting salaries

Programs help foster youth achieve college success A growing number of colleges and universities are offering more services to students who grew up in foster care. (USA Today) Population of needy college students is exploding There is a group of students who enter college with such dire financial need that the amount the federal government expects their…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 17, 2012 12:23 PM

U Regents leaders: We may scrutinize Sviggum's new job

Late this afternoon I asked University of Minnesota Board of Regents Chairwoman Linda Cohen and Vice Chairman David Larson whether they thought regent Steve Sviggum’s new position as Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus spokesman represented a potential conflict of interest — and whether they felt the need to do anything. Cohen said that although the board’s…

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January 17, 2012 11:01 AM

Is UMN regent Sviggum in another potential conflict of interest?

Just how well will University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum represent the U now that the former state legislator has accepted a job as spokesman for the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus? His move seems to have raised a few regents’ eyebrows — including those of Chairwoman Linda Cohen — just as a similar move ran…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 17, 2012 7:49 AM

UMN-Crookston Chancellor Casey announces retirement

Got this just now: University of Minnesota, Crookston Chancellor Charles H. Casey Announces Retirement Chancellor Charles H. Casey, D.V.M., announced today that he plans to retire at the end of the 2011–12 academic year. Casey has been UMC chancellor since September 2005 and has held other University leadership roles over nearly 35 years, including serving…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 17, 2012 7:12 AM

The University of Minnesota's response to Dayton's bonding bill

This just in: University of Minnesota officials have reviewed Governor Dayton’s 2012 Capital Budget Recommendations as they relate to the U’s capital bonding request. “Governor Dayton has been a vocal and tireless advocate for the University of Minnesota, and we are thankful for his support. We realize the challenge Governor Dayton faces when weighing the…

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January 17, 2012 7:01 AM

Dayton’s bonding recommendations for higher education

Just putting this out there for now — Gov. Dayton’s capital budget recommendations, or what he wants built. He lists his recommendations for MnSCU ($112 million) on p. 21, and his recommendations for the University of Minnesota ($107 million) on p. 26.

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January 17, 2012 6:13 AM

What MnSCU and its student trustees told their board about transfers

A their regular committee meeting, trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system discussed the report (above) on credit transfers requested by the state legislature. You may remember that MnSCU’s credit-transfer rate was one of the hotter items during last year’s higher-ed committee meetings. Student complaints over perceived problems in the MnSCU’s credit-transfer system…

by Alex Friedrich

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January 17, 2012 3:27 AM

UMN grad students contacting state, Kaler about unionization vote

The group of graduate students trying to organize at the University of Minnesota has been working today to bring about a student vote on whether to unionize. It’s taking a two-pronged approach now that a majority of the U’s 4,500 graduate assistants have signed union-authorization cards, spokesman Scott Thaller told me. First, the group is asking…

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January 17, 2012 1:58 AM

Notes in the Margins: Sleep texting, consumer reports and preying on pain

Efforts Are Under Way to Tie College to Job Needs As the economy begins to show signs of life, efforts are under way at two-year colleges across the state to make programs more responsive to the labor market. Some Texas leaders are trying to reverse the trend toward encouraging students to attain the highest degree possible.…

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January 13, 2012 8:50 AM

An exchange of letters about union intimidation claims at the U

Just an update in the efforts by a group of University of Minnesota graduate students to form a union. Last month, I tweeted from a grad-student forum that some students were saying they’d received an administration memo claiming that union organizers were intimidating students in an effort to get them to join. Below are two…

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